INDIANAPOLIS (USA)
Type: Speed oval Length: 2.5 miles / 4.023 km Location: 10 km east of central indianapolis, Indiana. Used: 1909 - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was opened in 1909 as a automobile testing and racing facility. Its surface was made of crushed stones and tar but that proved to be a mistake as the track broke up creating several serious accidents. The founder Carl Graham Fisher immediately ordered the track to be resurfaced with 3.2 million bricks, hence the nickname the "Brickyard". The track is now cowered with tarmak with the exception of a strip of bricks at the finish line. The first Indy 500 was run in 1911 and have been raced every year since with the exception for 1917-1918 and 1942-1945. Between 1927 and 1945 the track was owned by American WW1 top fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker. (CDommander of the 94th Auro Squadron, 26 'kills'). Foreign (European) drivers and/or cars have entered the Indy 500 during certain periods. The times around the first World war was such a period and the next came in 1939-40 when Wilbur Shaw took this Maserati 8CTF to a double victory. The race was included in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950-1960, but no F1 drivers scored in Indy during that period. Brabham (Cooper) was the first to return in 1961 and started trend that culminated with Clark's and Hill's victoried in 1965-66. Then there was a new interval till Fittipaldi's victory in 1989.
1935 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1936 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1937 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1938 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1939 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1940 INDIANAPOLIS 500 1941 INDIANAPOLIS 500 ROOSEVELT RACEWAY - New York (USA)
Type: Purpose built race circuit Length: 6.39 km / 5.63 km or 5.34 km Location: Westbury, Long Island, New York. Used: 1936-1937
Buenos Aires (RA)Type: Length: 2,65 km Location: Used: 1936 CIRCUITO RETIRO - Buenos Aires (RA)
Type: Street circuit Length: 2.41 km Location: Used: 1941, 1947
GAVEA - Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Type: Road course Length: 11.16 km Location: Gávea, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Used: 1933-195?
1935 GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO 1936 GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO 1937 GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO 1938 CIRCUITO DE GÁVEA NACIONAL 1938 GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO 1939 CIRCUITO DE GÁVEA NACIONAL 1940 CIRCUITO DE GÁVEA NACIONAL 1941 GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO JARDIM AMÉRICA - Sâo Paulo (BR)
Type: Street circuit Length: ca 2.5 km ? Location: Jardim América, a residential area of Sâo Paulo Used: 1936 - ? After the successful 1936 Rio de Janeiro GP all the entrants were invited next month to the São Paulo GP. The start took place on Avenue Brazil in front of the São Paulo Car Club building and continued clockwise along Rua Colombia, Rua Estados Unidos and Rue Canada with sharp 90° curves between them. Marinoni and Pintacuda raced Ferrari Alfa Romeo 2.9 l sportscars and "Mlle. Hellé-Nice" her own blue "Monza". The rest of the field consisted of private drivers. Pintacuda won the race but on the last lap "Mlle. Hellé-Nice" wilre fightinhg for third position with de Teffé crashed into the grandstand with five dead and thirty injured as result, the wost accident in the history of Brazilian motorsport. |
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