Harris Hill Raceway

Harris Hill Raceway is a paved road racing track in San Marcos, Texas used for both auto and motorcycle racing.

History

Harris Hill Raceway was conceived as a local place to drive high-performance cars, responding to the lack of club-based tracks in Central Texas. The track was founded by Bo Rivers with his daughter Dacia and her spouse Eric Beverding. The track was paved in December 2007 and officially opened in June 2008. The track broadened its offerings to driver education, corporate events, and team programs in response to the Great Recession, and gained sponsorship from Austin-area Mazda dealers. The track had 200 members as of 2011.
In summer 2020 the track re-paved the rough surface and brought the back section between turns 6 and 7 inward to allow construction of FM 110.
The track includes a sports car club and a motorcycle club that each hold regular hours for members. Harris Hill also hosts H2R Challenge, Longhorn Racing Academy and other driver training courses, SCCA's Track Night in America, ChampCar Endurance Series, and press events.

Track description

Situated in the hills of northeastern San Marcos, Harris Hill was designed to feel like a drive through the Texas Hill Country. The 11-turn track is long and wide. It features positive and negative camber turns, a sweeper, increasing and decreasing radius turns, and two blind corners. Turn 4, named for the patron saint of impossible tasks Santa Rita, has an change in elevation up and down. The overall track elevation change is. The circuit is run clockwise or counter-clockwise directions. The longest straight is.
Built upon of clay soil of the Texas Blackland Prairies, Harris Hill develops bumps that add to its character.
The property contains a clubhouse with amenities, a garage with a mechanic, a banked dirt oval track, and a rally course just inside the paved track.