Name a modern leisure pursuit, and chances are good there’s a high-end resort property that caters specifically to those who pursue it. Now we can add race resorts to this trend. Destinations like Miller Motorsports Park (www.millermotorsportspark.com), New Jersey Motorsports Park www.njmotorsportspark.com), the Club at Lime Rock Park (www.limerock.com), and the Virginia International Raceway Motorsport Country Club (www.virclub.com) indulge the motorsport fancies of the well-heeled hotshoe. These rarefied retreats encompass world-class racetracks, paddock facilities, and high-performance driving academies, along with resort amenities like premier accommodations, fine restaurants, and wellness centers. Following are several additional resorts worth a second look.

When it opens later this year, the Motorsport Country Club of Colorado won’t be the first motor resort, but it may well be the grandest and the largest. Sitting on some 2,600 acres of bucolic countryside about an hour outside Denver, the club will boast all the usual resort comforts, including a pool, a gym, a wine-tasting room, and an equestrian center. The club will offer a variety of membership options, right up to the elite Residence Club level, starting at $1.5 million. Residence Club members enjoy butler and chef services and meticulous mechanical care for their track vehicles. The project will also feature an array of Founding Member homesites ($175,000), whose owners will have use of the track facilities and resort amenities, along with the year-round opportunity to hobnob with other motorsports enthusiasts.

"This is not just a racetrack," says the developer, Claus Wagner. "This is a community designed for those who appreciate the luxury motorsport lifestyle, share a passion for automotive design from all eras, and want to socialize with like-minded individuals in a private luxury environment."

Of course, the centerpiece of any race resort is its track, and this club will have a stunner—four of them, in fact, with facilities for cars and motorcycles as well as a separate track for karts. Designed by the celebrated Formula One track designer Hermann Tilke, whose credits include circuits in Bahrain and Shanghai, the vast, multiconfigurable tarmac takes its inspiration from Germany’s venerable Nürburgring (Tilke calls his creation the ’Ring of the Rockies) but incorporates a few modern extras: superb spectator vantage points, an abundance of passing opportunities, and—thanks to generous run-off areas—plenty of safety. "We had an ideal piece of land to work with, given the elevation changes and natural beauty," says Tilke. "The layout allows for several configurations, so that drivers of every level can be challenged."

Two time zones to the east, the 650-acre Monticello Motor Club lies only 90 minutes from the island of Manhattan (or a scant 25 minutes by helicopter to the club’s private heliport). Monticello features a 30,000-square-foot clubhouse; spa, fitness, and fine-dining facilities; and a 4.1-mile track with 22 turns and an impressive 1.5 miles of straights. Naturally, members can bring their own rides, but Monticello also offers a fleet of modern and vintage road and track cars available for rent, including a retired Formula One racer. Initiation runs $125,000 and annual dues start at $9,000; membership includes up to 200 track days per year between April and November.

Down in the Sunshine State, the Palm Beach Driving Club caters to high-speed needs even during the winter months. Built around the Palm Beach International Raceway, a 2-mile-long road course with 11 turns and a 0.6-mile straightaway, the club features sprawling garages, a concrete drag strip, and a serpentine karting track nearby. The 20,000-square-foot Drivers’ Pavilion, which will include a restaurant, a member bar, a cigar room, locker rooms, and customizable garages for members’ cars, is slated to break ground next year. Fees range from $125,000 to $145,000, and dues from $6,000 to $14,750 a year.

Deep in the Nevada desert, about 45 minutes west of Las Vegas, Club Spring Mountain builds on the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch’s ample facilities and fast-lane activities, which include the Ron Fellows and Lotus performance driving academies and the Radical Racing School, whose brave students drive a senselessly fast British racer called the Radical SR3 Tracksport. The Classic-level membership requires a $15,000 initiation fee and $200 monthly dues, and includes at least 10 track days each month; Charter-level members pay a $40,000 initiation fee and $150 each month, for which they enjoy at least 16 track days per month.

Across the Atlantic, about two hours southeast of Seville, Spain, in the tiny town of Ronda, the Ascari Race Resort is the brainchild of Dutch businessman Klaas Zwart. The resort takes its name from Zwart’s handcrafted supercar, the Ascari KZ1, and its rolling rural property features a glorious 26-turn track that runs a generous 3.37 miles, making it the longest in Spain. While its cortijo, or clubhouse, features the expected pool, bar, and wellness center, Ascari further amuses its members with a skeet range, a kart track, a demanding 4x4 playground, and a unique "buggy" course specially designed for the club’s swarm of single-seat, motorcycle-engined off-roaders. The club accepts members for $162,000, with annual dues starting at $6,500, which entitles drivers to 50 track days a year.