IndyCar’s Christian Lundgaard Helps Place Final Track Piece on Tormenta at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas
Arlington, Texas — March 13, 2026— As the global racing community turns its attention to Arlington for this weekend’s highly anticipated IndyCar event, Six Flags Over Texas welcomed Arrow McLaren driver and 2022 Rookie of the Year Christian Lundgaard for a special visit and a major construction milestone.
Lundgaard, fresh off preparations for the race and known internationally for his speed behind the wheel, visited the park to take on Titan — Six Flags Over Texas’ fastest coaster — before helping crews place the Golden Bolt, the final piece of track on Tormenta Rampaging Run, the park’s six time, world record-breaking dive coaster debuting later this year.
The ceremonial bolting marks the official completion of Tormenta’s world record-breaking 4,199-foot track, a defining moment that moves construction into its next phases including train installation, system programming, commissioning, safety testing, team training and test cycles leading up to passholder previews and the grand opening.
Tormenta Rampaging Run is set to break six world records when it opens:
Tallest dive coaster at 309 ft.
Highest 95‑degree beyond vertical drop at 285 ft.
Fastest dive coaster at 87 mph
Highest Immelmann inversion at 218 ft.
Tallest vertical coaster loop at 179 ft.
Longest dive coaster at 4,199 ft.
At 4,199 feet, Tormenta Rampaging Run stretches longer than seven AT&T Stadium football fields — the same stadium Christian Lundgaard will effectively “lap” 70 times during this weekend’s Grand Prix of Arlington.
“Having a global racing figure such as Christian Lundgaard help mark this milestone made the moment even more special,” said Six Flags Over Texas park manager Mark Boyer. “This is a huge weekend for Arlington and the entire DFW region, and celebrating Tormenta’s progress alongside one of the sport’s most exciting young drivers made perfect sense.”
“I spend my life chasing speed, so getting an early look at Tormenta Rampaging Run was incredible,” said Lundgaard. “Placing the Golden Bolt and seeing the full track completed was an honor and a cool way to spend my morning ahead of an exciting inaugural IndyCar race weekend in Arlington. This coaster is built for pure speed and power and I can’t wait to come back and ride it when it opens later this year.”
IndyCar Track Comparisons
To help illustrate the scale of Tormenta Rampaging Run’s 4,199 foot track, the following IndyCar focused comparisons may be used for broadcast or supplemental coverage:
Tormenta packs almost a third of an IndyCar lap into a single coaster ride. The 2026 Grand Prix of Arlington circuit measures 2.73 miles per lap. Tormenta’s layout represents nearly one third of that distance, compressed into a run filled with dives, inversions and record-breaking elements.
At IndyCar speeds, the full length of Tormenta’s track flashes by in just over 30 seconds. An IndyCar traveling near 200 mph would travel 4,199 feet in roughly 34 seconds — about the same time Tormenta riders climb the lift, drop 285 feet and enter the first major inversion.
Tormenta is more than twice the length of the starting straight Christian Lundgaard will race on this Sunday. Many IndyCar street circuits feature a front straight between 1,500 and 2,000 feet. Tormenta’s track more than doubles that distance.
It would take 226 “Tormentas” to equal the full 191mile Grand Prix of Arlington race distance. Christian Lundgaard will complete 70 laps totaling 191.1 miles — the same as riding Tormenta more than two hundred times back to back.
ABOUT CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD
Christian Lundgaard is a Danish professional racing driver who currently pilots the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. The 2022 IndyCar Rookie of the Year, Lundgaard has a decorated background in global open‑wheel competition including championships in F4, podiums in Formula Renault Eurocup and multiple wins across Formula 3 and Formula 2. In 2023, he became the first Danish driver to win an IndyCar race.
ABOUT SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS
Six Flags Over Texas is home to more than 100 rides, shows, and attractions, including 14 world-class roller coasters like New Texas Giant and Titan. Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, the largest water park in North Texas, features more than 40 rides and attractions like Typhoon Twister and Tsunami Surge. Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor are the premier destinations for thrilling family fun.
SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: FUN) is North America’s largest regional amusement-resort operator with 26 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties across 16 states in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The Company also manages an amusement park in Saudi Arabia. Focused on its purpose of making people happy, Six Flags provides fun, immersive and memorable experiences to millions of guests every year with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling water parks, resorts and a portfolio of beloved intellectual property such as Looney Tunes®, DC Comics® and PEANUTS®.
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