It was sometime in the early 70's, that the effort towards acquiring a land near Sriperumbudur, for putting up a world-class race track started. Thanks to the untiring efforts of the Madras Motor Sports Club, construction of the track finally began towards the fag end of the 80's. The Irungattukottai race track, which is the first of its kind in India was inaugurated in 1990. On 8th February 1998, Irungattukottai witnessed Formula Campus cars in action, for the first time in India. Sixteen single-seater cars, using 1350cc Renault engine with a five-speed gearbox, built by the Frenchman Claude Fior were raced. The track is 11 meters wide and has 10 major curves, apart from a number of minor ones. A smaller club circuit of 2.1 kms is also available for shorter events. The main track has three straights, with the longest one being 250 meters. The main circuit is about 3.717 kms long, while the club circuit is 2.010 kms long. The circuit conforms to the two international bodies - the Federation Internationale de Automobile and the Federation Internationale du Motocyliste, who lay down the norms for racing and racing circuits. The track is licensed to race up to and including Formula-3 for cars, as well as all classes of two-wheelers. The record for the fastest lap time on the track, belongs to Martin O Connell who finished the distance in a time of 1:34.124 minutes in the Formula-3 class in 1996.