Six Flags Magic Mountain wants to be the “Coaster Capital of the World.”

And with its just-announced 2019 addition West Coast Racers, the park is one step closer to its goal. On Wednesday night, the Valencia amusement park unveiled plans for the ride, its first new roller coaster since Twisted Colossus in 2015, which will put Six Flags Magic Mountain’s coaster count at 20.

“This is huge news,” Neal Thurman, Six Flags Magic Mountain president, said in an interview. “No park on the planet has 20 coasters. Our guests have been waiting for something like this.”

When it opens next year, the ride — designed with Burbank-based West Coast Customs — will be the world’s first racing launch coaster. Unlike traditional coasters, this first-of-a-kind ride features two side-by-side tracks with a record-breaking four high-speed magnetic launches.

The coaster cars, which were modeled after “The Rocket,” a one-of-a-kind car that Ryan Friedlinghaus, founder and CEO of West Coast Customs, built for the artist Will.I.Am, will begin their three-minute journey on a terrain-hugging track for head-to-head racing at speeds of up to 55 miles per hour. In all, the race covers two complete laps and features four total inversions (including three zero-gravity rolls and one stall), 14 track crossovers and a “high-five” in which riders come so close they almost high-five the opposing car.

Other features include side-by-side airtime hills and extreme overbanked turns.

In the new West Coast Riders, guests are loaded into sleek West Coast Customs-designed coaster cars for head-to-head racing. (Courtesy of Six Flags Magic Mountain)

Features of the new West Coast Racers include overbanked turs in which the track tilts . (Courtesy of Six Flags Magic Mountain)

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West Coast Riders will be the world’s first racing launch coaster when it opens in 2019. (Courtesy of Six Flags Magic Mountain)

West Coast Riders features four total inversions, including three zero-gravity rolls and a stall. (Courtesy of Six Flags Magic Mountain)

Ryan Friedlinghaus, left, Founder and CEO of West Coast Customs and Neal Thurman, Park President Six Flags of Magic Mountain arrive in a a 1967 Lincoln Continental to make the announcement of “West Coast Racers”, a new racing launch coaster for 2019 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)



Ryan Friedlinghaus, left, Founder and CEO of West Coast Customs and Neal Thurman, Park President Six Flags of Magic Mountain give interviews as they make the announcement of “West Coast Racers”, racing launch coaster for 2019 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)

Members of the media watch a video animation during the announcement of “West Coast Racers”, a new racing launch coaster for 2019 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)

Ryan Friedlinghaus, right, Founder and CEO of West Coast Customs and Neal Thurman, Park President Six Flags of Magic Mountain exit a 1967 Lincoln Continental driven by Jay Murphy of West Coast Customs as they arrive to make the announcement of “West Coast Racers”, a new racing launch coaster for 2019 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)

Neal Thurman, left, Park President Six Flags of Magic Mountain and Ryan Friedlinghaus, Founder and CEO of West Coast Customs fist-pump as they make the announcement of “West Coast Racers”, a new racing launch coaster for 2019 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A highlight of the ride is its immersive real-time “pit stop” that gives riders a look into a replica of the West Coast Customs shop.

Six Flags Magic Mountain and West Coast Customs, which has created custom designs for the likes of Justin Bieber, Kid Rock and Conan O’Brien, started their collaboration eight years ago.

“When it comes to a roller coaster, have we ever done it? No,” Friedlinghaus said in a statement about the attraction. “Can we? Of course.”

West Coast Racers will open in summer 2018 in a new L.A. centric urban-themed area near the wooden coaster Apocalypse and the Cyclone 500 Go Karts, which will undergo a re-theming.

New dining, games, and retail locations will round out the renovation.

As if that weren’t thrilling enough, Six Flags Magic Mountain used the announcement to kick off its special Flash Sale through Labor Day weekend featuring savings of up to 70 percent off its 2019 Season Pass.

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 30, guests can receive a free upgrade to a Gold Season Pass with every pass purchased. It includes admission to Six Flags Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor, Wet ‘n’ Wild in Phoenix and any Six Flags amusement parks, free parking and special admission offers for friends.

Guests can also join the Six Flags Membership program for 50 percent off the full price and receive three free bonus months.

A membership has all the perks of a season pass plus more than 50 additional benefits, including unlimited soft drinks, preferred parking, walk-on passes for rides, exclusive waterpark seating and more. In addition, members can participate in the new Six Flags Membership Rewards loyalty program that allows them to earn prizes just for coming to the park.

The offer ends Monday, Sept. 3.