Road course · Texas, USA
MSR Houston
MSR Houston is a road course in Texas. OpenStreetMap maps 5 layouts here, the longest 2.36 mi (3.80 km). Below: the map, every corner with a computed line, the elevation, and where to stay and eat.
- 2.36
- Miles
- 14
- Corners
- 1
- Ft of elevation
01Track map
MSR Houston track map
Full circuit
Name inferred by TRACK from the mapped loops, not an official layout name.
- Mapped length
- 2.36mi
- 3.80 km
- Direction
- Not mapped
- TRACK takes it from your first drive.
- Start/finish line
- Estimated
- Estimated by TRACK from the mapped geometry and not verified on site. TRACK asks you to confirm or move it before timing laps here, when you’re stopped.
- Published length (cross-check)
- 2.38 mi · mapped loop agrees within 3%
- Corners
- 15
- Inferred from curvature, not official turn numbers
- Sectors
- 3
- Estimated, near each third of the lap
Source geometry: OpenStreetMap ↗. Something wrong? Fixing it in OpenStreetMap improves it for everyone.
02Overview
What MSR Houston is like to drive.
The full circuit layout at MSR Houston is 2.36 miles with 14 corners worth setting up for and about 1 ft of elevation change. A generic track-day car in our model brakes hard 12 times a lap and is at full throttle for about 37% of the distance; the longest straight runs roughly 1280 ft.
9 of the corners are slow (under 50 mph in the model), 1 are fast (over 75 mph). There are hairpins where exit speed matters more than entry. The corner notes below come from the mapped geometry, not from local knowledge; we’ll add a researched guide for MSR Houston later.
03Lap at a glance
Where the speed is, and where the hills are.
- Length
- 2.36mi
- Elevation range
- 1ft
- Steepest grade
- 0%
- Braking zones
- 12model
- Full throttle
- 37% model
- Longest straight
- 1280ft
The speed trace is a model, not a real lap: a generic track-day car (about 1.1 g of cornering grip, 1 g braking, 150 W/kg) driven on the computed line through an assumed 12 m wide track. Use it to see where the braking zones and flat-out sections are, not to predict your speeds. Elevation: USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (NED 10 m) via OpenTopoData, sampled every 25 m along the mapped centerline.
04Corner by corner
The corners at MSR Houston.
TRACK’s own corner numbering (C1, C2…), found from the curvature of the mapped centerline. It isn’t the official turn numbering. Each diagram shows the computed line: the minimum-curvature path through an assumed 12 m wide track. It’s a geometric starting point. Your instructor’s line comes first.
- C1
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 165°, tightening to a radius of roughly 26 m (85 ft). The model car brakes for about 130 m (427 ft), from 110 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 165° right
- Tightest radius
- 26 m
- Model speed
- 110 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 130 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C2
Fast left-hander
↰ LeftfastessesTRACK numbering
A fast left-hand esses that turns about 42°, tightening to a radius of roughly 62 m (203 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 79 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 100 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 42° left
- Tightest radius
- 62 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 79 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C3
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 139°, tightening to a radius of roughly 21 m (69 ft). The model car brakes for about 45 m (148 ft), from 72 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 45 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 139° left
- Tightest radius
- 21 m
- Model speed
- 72 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 45 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C4
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 117°, tightening to a radius of roughly 21 m (69 ft). The model car brakes for about 45 m (148 ft), from 72 to 49 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 117° left
- Tightest radius
- 21 m
- Model speed
- 72 → 49 mph
- Braking (model)
- 45 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C5
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 241°, tightening to a radius of roughly 20 m (66 ft). The model car brakes for about 30 m (98 ft), from 64 to 48 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 140 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 241° left
- Tightest radius
- 20 m
- Model speed
- 64 → 48 mph
- Braking (model)
- 30 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C6
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 110°, tightening to a radius of roughly 20 m (66 ft). The model car brakes for about 30 m (98 ft), from 64 to 48 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 110° left
- Tightest radius
- 20 m
- Model speed
- 64 → 48 mph
- Braking (model)
- 30 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C7
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand chicane that turns about 146°, tightening to a radius of roughly 21 m (69 ft). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 78 to 46 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 146° right
- Tightest radius
- 21 m
- Model speed
- 78 → 46 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C8
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand chicane that turns about 136°, tightening to a radius of roughly 21 m (69 ft). The model car brakes for about 65 m (213 ft), from 78 to 46 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 50 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 136° right
- Tightest radius
- 21 m
- Model speed
- 78 → 46 mph
- Braking (model)
- 65 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C9
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 70°, tightening to a radius of roughly 53 m (174 ft). The model car brakes for about 20 m (66 ft), from 57 to 51 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 10 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 70° right
- Tightest radius
- 53 m
- Model speed
- 57 → 51 mph
- Braking (model)
- 20 m
- Grade
- -0.1%
- C10
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumcornerTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand corner that turns about 59°, tightening to a radius of roughly 70 m (230 ft). The model car brakes for about 75 m (246 ft), from 94 to 58 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes a late apex, about 175 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 59° right
- Tightest radius
- 70 m
- Model speed
- 94 → 58 mph
- Braking (model)
- 75 m
- Grade
- —
- C11
Slow right-hander
↱ RightslowhairpinTRACK numbering
A slow right-hand hairpin that turns about 140°, tightening to a radius of roughly 16 m (52 ft). The model car brakes for about 110 m (361 ft), from 94 to 41 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 140° right
- Tightest radius
- 16 m
- Model speed
- 94 → 41 mph
- Braking (model)
- 110 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C12
Slow left-hander
↰ LeftslowchicaneTRACK numbering
A slow left-hand chicane that turns about 35°, tightening to a radius of roughly 46 m (151 ft). The model car barely brakes here, carrying about 43 mph: a lift or a confident throttle balance. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes an apex close to the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 35° left
- Tightest radius
- 46 m
- Model speed
- ≈ 43 mph
- Braking (model)
- Lift / none
- Grade
- -0.1%
- C13
Medium left-hander
↰ LeftmediumhairpinTRACK numbering
A medium left-hand hairpin that turns about 175°, tightening to a radius of roughly 19 m (62 ft). The model car brakes for about 55 m (180 ft), from 79 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the right side, takes a late apex, about 55 m after the corner’s geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the right on exit.
- Turns
- 175° left
- Tightest radius
- 19 m
- Model speed
- 79 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 55 m
- Grade
- 0.0%
- C14
Medium right-hander
↱ RightmediumchicaneTRACK numbering
A medium right-hand chicane that turns about 46°, tightening to a radius of roughly 19 m (62 ft). The model car brakes for about 55 m (180 ft), from 79 to 53 mph. The computed line turns in from the left side, takes an early apex, about 5 m before the geometric apex, and lets the car run out to the left on exit.
- Turns
- 46° right
- Tightest radius
- 19 m
- Model speed
- 79 → 53 mph
- Braking (model)
- 55 m
- Grade
- +0.1%
05Configurations
Every mapped loop at MSR Houston.
TRACK finds each closed loop in the OpenStreetMap raceway network. Named layouts come from OSM circuit relations; the rest are named by length, and some may be combinations the venue never runs. Your first session confirms which one you drove.
Full circuit
2.36 mi3.80 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
Layout B · 2.6 km
1.61 mi2.59 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
Layout C · 2.2 km
1.35 mi2.17 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
Layout D · 1.3 km
0.81 mi1.30 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
Layout E · 1.0 km
0.60 mi0.96 kmDirection unknownS/F EstimatedName inferred
06Time it with TRACK
Drive MSR Houston. TRACK knows where you are.
No setup and no transponder. Start a session in the paddock and TRACK recognises MSR Houston and the layout from your GPS trace, then times every lap and sector with a live delta to your best.
- 1DetectTRACK matches your first few hundred metres against every mapped layout at MSR Houston, including shared pavement between configurations.
- 2Confirm the lineThe start/finish line here is estimated. When you’re stopped, TRACK shows it on the map: accept it or tap to move it. You’re never asked while driving.
- 3Laps, timed retroactivelyLaps you drove before confirming are timed from the recorded trace, so you don’t lose your first session.
- 4Go furtherSync a GoPro for video with telemetry and let TRACK Engineer point out where the time is. External 10–25 Hz GPS receivers for tighter sectors are awaiting hardware validation.
- Venue and layout detection is tested on simulated drives over real OpenStreetMap circuits, not yet in a real car. Compatible GPS receivers
07Plan your trip
Getting there, staying, eating.
Nearby places for MSR Houston haven’t been loaded yet.
08Track days
Find an open track day at MSR Houston.
TRACK doesn’t copy event listings. An on-page calendar will come with an organizer data partnership.
Before your first day here
09Nearby tracks
Closest mapped venues.
- Circuit of the AmericasTexas · 145 mi away
- The Driveway AustinTexas · 150 mi away
- Harris Hill RacewayTexas · 154 mi away
- Motorsport Ranch CressonTexas · 259 mi away
Straight-line distance between venues. All 96 tracks
FAQ
MSR Houston, answered.
How long is MSR Houston?
OpenStreetMap maps 5 closed loops at MSR Houston, from 0.60 mi to 2.36 mi (3.80 km). These are mapped centerline lengths; the venue’s published figures can differ slightly. The published length we cross-check against is 2.38 mi.
How much elevation change is there at MSR Houston?
About 1 ft (0 m) between the lowest and highest points of the full circuit layout, from USGS 3DEP elevation data sampled every 25 m. The steepest stretch is around 0%.
Which direction does MSR Houston run?
OpenStreetMap doesn’t record a direction for the main layout at MSR Houston. Venues sometimes run both ways. TRACK takes the direction from your first laps.
Can I time laps at MSR Houston with my phone?
Yes, with the TRACK iPhone app (beta). It recognises MSR Houston and the layout you’re driving from GPS, then times laps and sectors. A phone’s GPS is good for lap times; an external 10–25 Hz receiver tightens sector splits.
Where is the start/finish line at MSR Houston?
TRACK estimates the line from the mapped geometry (usually beside the pit lane, or on the longest straight). It isn’t verified on site, so the app asks you to confirm or move it before timing your first session here.
How do I find track days at MSR Houston?
Clubs and organizers list HPDE, track days and club races on MotorsportReg. The venue’s own calendar (also linked) lists its events too. TRACK doesn’t list events itself.
Where can I stay near MSR Houston?
This page lists hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, fuel and parts stores near MSR Houston from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Book early for big event weekends.
Track geometry and nearby places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License 1.0 (via the TRACK Atlas, snapshot 2026-10-17). Elevation: USGS 3DEP (public domain). Lengths are mapped centerlines, not official figures. The computed line and speed trace are a model. No start/finish line has been verified on site.
TRACK is not affiliated with or endorsed by MSR Houston, MotorsportReg or any business listed here. The venue name identifies the location only and belongs to its owner. TRACK shows no lap records or official results for this venue. Driving advice is general: your instructor, the event’s rules and the venue’s rules come first.