AMG Everland Speedway

AMG Everland Speedway at a glance

Location

Yongin, Gyeonggi Province (경기도, Gyeonggi-do)

Type

road course

Length

4.346 km (2.701 mi)

Turns

16

Surface

asphalt

Opened

1995

Owner

Samsung Everland (theme park operator)

Address

199 Everland-ro, Pogog-eup, Cheoin-gu

Phone

+82 31-320-8981

Track map and layout

Everland Speedway was South Korea's first permanent motor racing circuit, built inside the grounds of the Everland theme park near Yongin. A major expansion completed around 2011, designed with input from Hermann Tilke, extended the original short layout into today's longer configuration with an eastern loop and a Suzuka-style road crossover, taking the lap to roughly 4.346 km with 16 turns, a 456-metre main straight and a 960-metre back straight. The circuit's permanent garages and theme-park setting make it distinct among Korean racing venues, combining accessible location near Seoul with a genuine national-level road course.

Configurations

Events and race weekends

The circuit's main recurring event is the Superrace Championship (formerly branded the CJ Super Series), Korea's premier touring car and GT series, which returned to the venue's calendar in 2016 after a long dormant period. It has also hosted Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia rounds and earlier in its history supported Korean GT and various club and manufacturer events, including the historic Click Speed Festival.

Getting there and parking

The circuit sits inside the Everland resort near Yongin, roughly 50 km south of Seoul, making it one of the more accessible Korean racing venues from the capital. Most visitors drive or take a bus/shuttle combination via the Everland theme park's own transport links, which run frequently from Seoul.

• Incheon International Airport (ICN) · about 90 min drive
• Gimpo International Airport (GMP) · about 70 min drive

Everland theme park runs its own direct bus services from central Seoul and Gangnam, which is generally the simplest way to reach the resort area without a car.

Hotels and camping near AMG Everland Speedway

As part of the Everland resort, the circuit is close to on-site resort hotels as well as the wider hotel supply of Yongin and, given the roughly hour-long drive, all of Seoul, making a day trip from the capital straightforward without needing to book locally.

Where to look

Everland resort hotels (on-site); Yongin city; Seoul (day-trip distance, widest hotel choice).

Track days, driving experiences and lap records

The venue is used mainly for Superrace Championship race meetings, manufacturer product launches and rental events rather than advertised public tourist track days; no dedicated public track-day operator at the circuit was verified.

Spectator guide

As a national-level circuit rather than an F1-scale venue, Everland Speedway's spectator facilities are modest compared with Korea International Circuit, generally centred on grandstand seating near the pit straight for Superrace weekends.

Seating

Grandstand seating is concentrated around the pit straight and start-finish area.

Weather

• Apr-Jun: mild spring conditions, highs typically around 18-26°C
• Sep-Oct: cooler autumn conditions, highs typically around 18-24°C

History of AMG Everland Speedway

Korea's first permanent circuit

Everland Speedway opened in 1995 as Yongin Motor Park, established under Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee to give South Korea its first permanent motor racing facility, sited within the grounds of the Everland theme park south of Seoul. The park's name was applied to the circuit the following year. In its original short configuration of roughly 2.125 km, the track supported Korean GT racing and the long-running Click Speed Festival, becoming an early home for organised motorsport in the country.

A long closure and a family dispute

The circuit closed for renovation in November 2008 with plans to extend the layout and remove its original final corners. What was meant to be a straightforward upgrade instead stretched on for years, complicated by an internal dispute within the Samsung/Lee family over corporate inheritance, which reportedly extended to disagreements over control of Korean motorsport promotion. The circuit sat effectively dormant through this period even as the extended layout, developed with input from Hermann Tilke and featuring a Suzuka-style road crossover, neared completion.

Reopening as a modern venue

The family dispute was resolved by 2013, and the circuit reopened that year initially for manufacturer rental events and product launches rather than competitive racing. Racing proper returned in 2016 when the domestic touring car series (later rebranded Superrace Championship) added the venue back to its calendar. In 2018, Mercedes-AMG signed a naming-rights deal making it the world's first circuit to carry the AMG name, and the venue has continued hosting Superrace rounds, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia races and manufacturer events since, giving Seoul-area fans a national-level circuit within easy reach of the capital.

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