Slovakia Ring was built as a permanent motorsport facility intended to attract international series to Slovakia. The circuit spans 5.922 km in its primary Variant 4 configuration and 5.935 km in Variant 4b. The track is 12 metres wide, with a 900-metre finishing straight that widens to 20 metres. An accelerating test track of 1.144 km runs alongside the main circuit.
A prominent hump on one of the straights became a signature feature and an immediate talking point. At high speed, cars became fully airborne crossing it, with only one car having flipped entirely from the impact. Ahead of the 2014 season, the hump between turns 2 and 3 was rebuilt to reduce risk. New Zealand driver Matt Halliday noted that the circuit's long-radius corners disadvantaged rear-engined Porsches relative to competitors with stronger front aerodynamics.
Slovakia Ring entered the WTCC calendar in 2012 as a replacement for the cancelled Argentina round. Gabriele Tarquini won the first race in a SEAT León and Robert Huff took the second in a Chevrolet Cruze, making the inaugural Race of Slovakia a competitive debut for the venue.
The circuit returned for the 2013 WTCC season. Tarquini again won race 1, this time in a Honda Civic, while Tom Coronel claimed race 2 in a BMW 320 TC.
In the 2014 event, Sébastien Loeb drove a Citroën C-Elysée to victory in race 1; race 2 was cancelled due to heavy rain, an unusual outcome that reflected the exposed nature of the circuit in changeable Central European weather.
The 2015 edition saw both races won by Citroën drivers, with Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb splitting the wins. In 2016, the format shifted to an opening race with an inverted grid and a main race based on qualifying results. Tiago Monteiro took the opening race in a Honda Civic and José María López won the main race in a Citroën C-Elysée.
Slovakia Ring was absent from the 2017 WTCC calendar.
With the restructuring of the WTCC into the FIA World Touring Car Cup for 2018, Slovakia Ring rejoined the calendar on 7 June, again replacing the Argentina event. Racing across the weekend of 13–15 July 2018 brought a new three-race format under TCR regulations. Pepe Oriola won race 1 in a Cupra León, while Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz shared wins in races 2 and 3, both driving Hyundai i30 N TCR cars.
In 2019, the circuit hosted the third round of the WTCR season on 10–12 May. All three races took place on Sunday, with the event run concurrently alongside the FIM Endurance World Championship support series. Frédéric Vervisch won race 1 in an Audi RS3, Néstor Girolami took race 2 in a Honda Civic, and Ma Qing Hua completed the triple with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta victory.
The circuit appeared in the WTCR calendar through 2020 before dropping off the schedule.
Slovakia Ring hosted the FIA GT3 European Championship in 2011, the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012, the FIA GT Series in 2013, and the Blancpain Sprint Series in 2014. The ADAC GT Masters visited in 2013 and 2014. The venue also hosted the first 24-hour endurance event in Slovakia — the Hankook 24H Slovakia Ring in June 2016 as part of the Touring Car Endurance Series. The FIA European Truck Racing Championship has been a recurring presence from 2017 onwards and remains a current fixture at the circuit.
Slovakia Ring's inclusion on the WTCC and WTCR calendars gave Central Europe a regular touring car championship round and demonstrated the viability of purpose-built circuits outside the traditional Western European heartlands. The venue's airborne hump became one of the most-replayed moments in WTCC broadcast footage, lending the circuit an identity distinct from the majority of smooth modern tracks. Its willingness to host a wide variety of series — from truck racing and GT championships to endurance events — sustained its calendar across multiple disciplines following the end of the WTCR relationship.