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   This year [2002] 21,000 grandstand seats were built,
   providing  more than three thousand extra as compared with
   last year (2001).

   Corporate clients this year numbered over 8,000 per day.
   Increasing from the 2001 daily figure of 7,200.

   Employment as a result of the event has increased to 290
   full time job equivalents, while the media benefit (that
   is the value of international and national television,
   radio and press coverage) had grown by 32% over the past
   three years with the total value being $87.67m.

   A New Family Area was introduced to the event this year.
   The area, located in the Rymill Park Lake section of the
   circuit off Bartels Road (Adelaide Straight) was a
   designated 'dry zone' and provided a number of free
   attractions for children from 10am to 4pm each day,
   including face painting, a jumping castle, a horse & car
   carousel, and ladybird carousel. The area was complete
   with a Clipsal Vision Super screen for ease of viewing.

   This year two concerts were held at the event. The
   Saturday Night After Race Concert delivered the ultimate
   country show with a city appeal - featuring Lee Kernaghan
   and Beccy Cole, with the Sunday Night Concert featuring
   Australia's premiere male vocal group Human Nature, joined
   by special guest Deni Hines, and new South Australian
   talent, Candyce.

   The Clipsal 500 Adelaide track was modified for this
   year's event. The turn 8 / 9 chicane was removed making it
   a fast sweeper from Adelaide Straight on to Brabham
   Straight.

   The nominated charity to benefit from fundraising
   opportunities during the 2002 event was The Leukaemia
   Foundation of SA.

   The Clipsal 500 Adelaide television audience had grown,
   not only on Network 10 throughout Australia, but live in
   New Zealand and with a growing global audience which
   included South Africa, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Russia,
   forty four countries in Europe, the United Kingdom, the
   Middle East, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, the United
   States and South America.

See the official Web site for
more information.

This information on the 1994 F1 race at Adelaide is provided
by ViperMask, one of the biggest F1 fans I have ever met.  It
is edited only for formatting purposes.

   Adelaide.  This was the final race of the 1994
   F1 season (the season often referred to as "The Year
   in Hell.") and during the race; Michael Schumacher
   messed up and tapped the wall at a turn.  Damon Hill
   cut to the inside on the next turn, but Michael (who
   have catched up) steered right into Damon Hill, taking
   them both out (and with Michael's Benetton riding on 2
   wheels for 3 seconds!)  Michael won the championship
   because he was leading in the points that season.
   Damon Hill, and many others (including me) blamed
   Michael for trying to take Damon out.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: BATHURST
From the official Web site of Bathurst 24 Hours (since there
is no official Web site for the circuit itself;
unfortunately, there is very little historical information
available here):

   This unique circuit is located literally at the end of the
   main street of Bathurst, a city of 40,000 people with
   another 160,000 located within an 80-kilometer radius. It
   holds legendary status within Australian motorsport
   history, having hosted long distance races every year
   since 1963.

   ...

   The circuit runs 6.213 kms in an anti-clockwise direction.
   A lap time for FIA N-GT cars is expected to be in the 2
   min 10 sec to 2 min 15 sec region. Although it is usually
   a public road, the track is constructed to an extremely
   high standard for racing with excellent surfaces, width
   and safety. The main pit areas feature permanent lock-up
   garages (55) with overhead corporate hospitality suites.
   Additional temporary pit structures will be provided for
   the Bathurst 24hr situated along Mountain Straight. All
   pit garages will use the same pit exit lane to the
   circuit.

   ...

   Mount Panorama is the only active motor racing track in
   Australia, which is open to the public. It is 6.213 kms in
   length, 870 metres above sea level at its height, 670
   metres above sea level at its lowest point and has grades
   of up to 1 in 6.13 - downhill on the actual racing
   circuit.

See the official Web site of Bathurst 24 Hours for more information.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: BRANDS HATCH
Events at Brands Hatch include: MRO Powerbike, BRSCC
Championship, Aston Martin Race Weekend, Champion of Brands,
Historic Superprix, British F3, WSB Championship, Ferrari and
Maserati Festival, British Touring Cars, MG Racing
Spectacular, and Formula Ford Festival.

Official circuit history (from the Octagon Motorsports Web
site):

   Since its birth in 1926 as a local bicycle-racing venue,
   Brands Hatch has become synonymous with the best of
   British motor racing. Situated in a natural bowl, the
   circuit provided panoramic views of all the action, so its
   popularity as a racing venue grew rapidly. In 1950 Brands
   Hatch consisted of a mile-long oval tarmac circuit, but
   extensions and improvements meant that by 1960, Brands
   Hatch was ready to host Grand Prix events, and to write
   itself into the history books.

   In 1964, Jim Clarks won the European Grand Prix - not long
   after, he posted the first 100 mph lap of the circuit. A
   regular Grand Prix venue in the 70's and 80's, Brands
   Hatch also provided Nigel Mansell with his first World
   Championship win in 1985.

Unofficial circuit history (from grandprix.com):

   It was back in 1926 that a group of cyclists on the main
   road from London to Folkestone noticed a natural
   amphitheater on land belonging to Brands Hatch farm, near
   the village of West Kingsdown. After discussions with the
   local farmer it was agreed that the field could be used
   for bicycle racing and time trials. Within a couple of
   years motorcycles had begun to use the dirt track and a
   three-quarter mile circuit was laid out in the little
   valley. It remained in operation throughout the 1930s but
   it was not until after World War II that a proper
   organization was established. That came with the formation
   of Brands Hatch Stadium Ltd. in 1947 and later that year
   the organizers convinced the BBC to film motorcycle races
   to be transmitted on the new television network.

   In April 1950, with a new tarmac surface and extended to a
   mile, the track opened for car racing with 500cc Formula 3
   becoming the mainstay of the racing calendar. In 1953 the
   Universal Motor Racing Cub was established and a racing
   school was set up at the circuit. The following year the
   track was lengthened to 1.24-miles - with the addition of
   the hairpin at Druids Bend - and widened and the racing
   changed direction, the track having previously been anti
   clockwise. A grandstand, acquired from the Northolt
   trotting track, was added in 1955. The Le Mans disaster
   that year was to provide a boost to Brands Hatch as many
   of the rival postwar tracks were closed down because they
   were not safe enough.

   Brands Hatch managed to keep up with requirements and in
   1956 hosted its first Formula 2 race with victory going to
   Roy Salvadori, who was in considerable pain having broken
   several ribs in a crash in an earlier sportscar event.
   There was a second F2 race a month later which was won by
   Colin Chapman driving one of his own Lotus 11s. A third F2
   race at the end of the season established Brands Hatch as
   a serious racing circuit although it was obviously too
   short to attract any major international events. As a
   result the track authorities applied for planning
   permission to build an extension through the woods behind
   the track. The Kent County Council agreed and the new
   track hosted its first major race in August 1960 with
   victory in the non-championship Silver City Trophy F1 race
   going to Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax.

   The following year the circuit's press officer John Webb
   negotiated the sale of Brands Hatch to Grovewood
   Securities. He was put in charge of Motor Circuit
   Developments, the company which took over the management
   of the track. Major upgrading followed with new facilities
   added and new circuits acquired by MCD, including Mallory
   Park (1962), Snetterton (1963) and Oulton Park (1964). In
   July of that year Brands Hatch hosted its first World
   Championship F1 race, the RAC having agreed to alternate
   the British GP between Brands Hatch and Silverstone.

   From the earliest days Brands had a number of fatal
   accidents, but in the winter of 1965-66 Paddock Hill Ben
   in particular had acquired a dreadful eputation, for
   within a matter of months George Crossman, Tony Flory and
   Stuart Duncan were killed there and two others were
   seriously hurt. The death of Jo Siffert in October 1971
   would lead to major safety work in 1972.

   In the 1970s Brands Hatch played an important role in the
   development of Formula Ford and in 1976 took over the
   running of the Formula Ford Festival. Two years later
   Brands Hatch hosted a race featuring Indycars, imported
   for the occasion from the United States of America. Webb's
   abilities as an organizer even enabled the track to host
   the 1983 European Grand Prix at 10 weeks notice after the
   unexpected cancellation of the New York GP.

   The last British GP at Brands Hatch was held in 1986 with
   victory going to Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Honda. That
   year John Foulston bought Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and
   Snetterton from Grovewood Securities and established a new
   company called Brands Hatch Leisure. The following year
   the company bought Cadwell Park but tragedy struck when
   Foulston was killed while testing a McLaren Indycar at
   Silverstone. BHL was taken over by his widow Mary
   Foulston, although John Webb remained in charge until his
   retirement in 1990. The running of the group was then
   taken over by Nicola Foulston.

   Without a Grand Prix Brands Hatch concentrated on Formula
   3000 but a huge multiple accident in 1988 raised questions
   of safety again and by 1991 the F3000 circus turned its
   back on the track. Nicola Foulston was unperturbed and
   continued to develop BHL as a business. In 1996 she
   floated the company on the London Stock Exchange.

   This was a big success and Foulston began to make
   preparations for a bid for the British Grand Prix. In 1999
   she announced that she had acquired the rights to hold the
   race in 2002. Planning permission was sought for
   rebuilding work but while this was still being discussed
   Foulston sold the company to the giant American
   advertising firm Interpublic for $195m, a premium of 36%
   on the price of the shares.

See the official Web site of Octagon Motorsports for more
information on this and other Octagon Motorsports race venues
in the United Kingdom.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: BRISTOL
First used for NASCAR in 1961, Bristol Motor Speedway is the
shortest track on the current NASCAR calendar at 0.533 miles
(0.853 kilometers) - thus it is known as 'The World's Fastest
Half-mile.'  Formerly asphalt, the  Bristol, Tennessee, USA,
circuit was converted to concrete in 1992, and boasts
attendance easily topping 150,000 for NASCAR events.  The
banking is thirty-six degrees in the corners and sixteen
degrees on the straightaways.

World of Outlaws and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have also
held races at Bristol Motor Speedway.  Racing schools at
Bristol Motor Speedway include Buck Baker Racing School, Fast
Track High Performance Driving School, Jarrett Favre Driving
Adventure, Richard Petty Driving Experience, SpeedTech Auto
Racing School, and Roy Hill's Drag Racing School.

Here is the history of Bristol Motor Speedway as given on the
official Web site of the circuit:

   Bristol Motor Speedway could very easily have opened in
   1961 under a different name.  The first proposed site for
   the speedway was in Piney Flats but, according to Carl
   Moore, who built the track along with Larry Carrier and
   R.G. Pope, the idea met local opposition.  So the track
   that could have been called Piney Flats International
   Speedway was built five miles down the road on 11-E in
   Bristol.

   The land that Bristol Motor Speedway is built on used to
   be a dairy farm.

   Larry Carrier and Carl Moore traveled to Charlotte Motor
   Speedway in 1960 to watch a race and it was then that they
   decided to build a speedway in Northeast Tennessee.
   However, they wanted a smaller model of CMS, something
   with a more intimate setting and opted to erect a half
   mile facility instead of mirroring the 1.5-mile track in
   Charlotte.

   Work began on what was then called Bristol International
   Speedway in 1960 and it took approximately one year to
   finish.  Many ideas for the track were scratched on
   envelopes and brown paper bags by Carrier, Moore and Pope.

   Purchase of the land on which BMS now sits, as well as
   construction of the track, cost approximately $600,000.

   The entire layout for BMS covered 100 acres and provided
   parking for more than 12,000 cars.  The track itself was a
   perfect half-mile, measuring 60 feet wide on the
   straightaways, 75 feet wide in the turns and the turns
   were banked at 22 degrees.

   Seating capacity for the very first NASCAR race at BMS -
   held on July 30, 1961 - was 18,000.  Prior to this race
   the speedway hosted weekly races.

   The first driver on the track for practice on July 27,
   1961 was Tiny Lund in his Pontiac.  The second driver out
   was David Pearson.

   Fred Lorenzen won the pole for the first race at BMS with
   a speed of 79.225 mph.

   Atlanta's Jack Smith won the inaugural event - the
   Volunteer 500 - at BMS on July 30, 1961.  However, Smith
   wasn't in the driver's seat of the Pontiac when the race
   ended.  Smith drove the first 290 laps then had to have
   Johnny Allen, also of Atlanta, take over as his relief
   driver.  The two shared the $3,225 purse.  The total purse
   for the race was $16,625.

   Nashville star Brenda Lee, who was 17 at the time, sang
   the national anthem for the first race at BMS.

   A total of 42 cars started the first race at BMS but only
   19 finished.

   In the fall of 1969 BMS was reshaped and remeasured.  The
   turns were banked at 36 degrees and it became a .533-mile
   oval.

   The speedway was sold after the 1976 season to Lanny
   Hester and Gary Baker.

   In the spring of 1978 the track name was changed to
   Bristol International Raceway.

   In August of 1978 the first night race was held on the
   oval.

   On April 1, 1982 Lanny Hester sold his half of the
   speedway to Warner Hodgdon.

   On July 6, 1983, Warner Hodgdon completed 100 percent
   purchase of Bristol Motor Speedway, as well as Nashville
   Speedway, in a buy-sell agreement with Baker.  Hodgdon
   named Larry Carrier as the track's general manager.

   On January 11, 1985, Warner Hodgdon filed for bankruptcy.

   After Warner Hodgdon filed for bankruptcy, Larry Carrier
   formally took possession of the speedway and covered all
   outstanding debts.

   In August of 1992 BMS became the first speedway to host a
   Winston Cup event that boasted a track surface that was
   all concrete.

   On Jan. 22, 1996, Larry Carrier sold the speedway to
   Bruton Smith at a purchase price of $26 million. At the
   time of the sale, the facility seated 71,000.

   On May 28, 1996 the track's name was officially changed to
   Bristol Motor Speedway.

   By August of 1996, 15,000 seats had been added bringing
   the seating capacity to 86,000.

   BMS continued to grow and by April of 1997 was the largest
   sports arena in Tennessee and one of the largest in the
   country, seating 118,000. The speedway also boasted 22 new
   skyboxes.

   For the August 1998 Goody's 500 the speedway featured more
   than 131,000 grandstand seats and 100 skyboxes.

   Improvements to the speedway since Smith took possession
   are in excess of $50 million.

   The seating capacity for the Food City 500 in March of
   2000 was 147,000 as the Kulwicki Terrace and Kulwicki
   Tower were completed.

Some notable track facts (taken from the official Web site):
- Kurt Busch won his first career Winston Cup race in the
  2002 running of the Food City 500.
- Tony Stewart's initial Bristol win came in the 2001 Sharpie
  500.
- Elliott Sadler's victory in 2001 Food City 500 was the
  first for Bristol victory for Stuart, Va.'s, famed Wood
  Brothers team.
- In 21 of 40 years since Bristol opened, a driver who won a
  Winston Cup race at Bristol went on to win the series title
  later the same year.
- Rusty Wallace snapped Jeff Gordon's four-year Food City 500
  winning streak in 1999 and got his 50th win in 2000.
- WCS track qualifying record: Jeff Gordon, 127.216 mph,
  15.083 sec. 126.37 mph, 3/22/02.
- WCS race record: Charlie Glotzbach, 101.074 mph (2:38:12),
  7/11/71.
- Most Bristol wins (driver): Darrell Waltrip, 12 (seven
  consecutive).
- Most Bristol wins (car owner): Junior Johnson, 21 (eight
  consecutive).
- Most Bristol wins (manufacturer): Chevrolet, 36 (Ford is
  second with 23).
- Most Bristol poles (driver): Cale Yarborough, nine.
- Johnny Allen crossed the finish line first in the inaugural
  BMS race, but he was driving in relief of Jack Smith, who
  gets credit for Bristol's first victory.

For NASCAR, race speed records are:
- Winston Cup: C. Glotzbach at 101.074MPH (161.718KPH, set
  July 11, 1971)
- Busch Series: H. Gant at 92.929MPH (148.686KPH, set April
  4, 1992)
- Craftsman Trucks: R. Carelli at 83.992MPH (134.387KPH, set
  June 22, 1996)

See the official Web site for more information
as well as photo galleries.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: CANBERRA
No information or official Web site found.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: CATALUNYA
The Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona has hosted the Grand
Prix of Spain since 1997.  The circuit hosts numerous forms
of racing, including FIA Sportscar Championship, Spanish
Formula-1 Grand Prix, 24 HOURS MOTORBIKE ENDURANCE, 24 HOURS
CAR ENDURANCE, Catalunya Motorbike Championship, Spanish GT's
Championship, Truck GP, and certainly F1 Racing; Catalunya
even holds courses for the preparation of racing officials.
Many teams also use the circuit for practice and testing.
The circuit has three configurations: Grand Prix (7.563
kilometers, or 4.727 miles), National (4.907 kilometers, or
3.067 miles), and School (2.725 kilometers, or 1.703 miles).

F1 winners at Catalunya: Jacques Villeneuve (1997), Mika
Hakkinen (1998-2000), and Mika Hakkinen (2001 and 2002).

See the official Web site for
more information.  Unfortunately, it does not have any
historical information on the circuit, nor can I find any
such information online.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: CHARLOTTE
Named 'Charlotte' in Pro Race Driver, this is really now
known as Lowe's Motor Speedway.  The complex sports both a
superspeedway (which is highly famous amongst NASCAR fans)
and a dirt track (which is highly famous amongst World of
Outlaws fans).

Here is the circuit history from the official Web site:

   Lowe's Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959 b
   current chairman O. Bruton Smith. The late Curtis Turner,
   one of stock car racing's earliest driving stars, was
   Smith's business partner.

   At the time Smith, a native of Oakboro, N.C., was an
   automobile dealer and short-track stock car racing
   promoter at Concord Motor Speedway and the Charlotte
   Fairgrounds. Turner, a Virginian who amassed his money in
   the lumber industry, became one of the first drivers on
   the NASCAR circuit after the sanctioning body debuted in
   1949.

   Together, they built their dream of a 1.5-mile
   superspeedway on the outskirts of The Queen City and, on
   June 19, 1960, the first World 600 was run at the new
   facility.

   In 1961, like many superspeedways of the era, the track
   fell into Chapter 11 reorganization from which it
   eventually emerged despite lagging ticket sales.

   After his departure from the speedway in 1962, Smith
   pursued other business interests in Texas and Illinois.
   Working within Ford Motor Company's dealership program,
   Smith became quite successful and began purchasing shares
   of stock in Lowe's Motor Speedway. By 1975 Smith had again
   become the majority stockholder in the speedway, regaining
   control of its day-to-day operations.

   He hired current President H.A. 'Humpy' Wheeler as general
   manager and the two began to implement plans for needed
   improvements and expansion.

   During the ensuing 25 years, Smith and Wheeler
   demonstrated a commitment to customer satisfaction,
   building a facility that continuously established new
   industry standards.

   Thousands of grandstand seats and luxury suites were
   built. Food concessions and restroom facilities were added
   and modernized to increase the comfort of race fans.

   Smith Tower, a 135,000-square-foot, seven-story facility
   connected to the speedway's grandstands, was erected and
   opened in 1988. The building houses the speedway's
   corporate offices, ticket office, souvenir gift shop,
   leased office space and The Speedway Club, an exclusive
   dining and entertainment facility.

   Under the watchful eye of Smith and direction of Wheeler,
   in 1984 Lowe's Motor Speedway became the only sports
   facility in America to offer year-round living
   accommodations when it built 40 condominiums high above
   turn one. Twelve additional condominium units were added
   in 1991.

   Another innovation implemented by Smith and Wheeler was a
   $1.7 million, 1,200-fixture permanent lighting system
   developed by MUSCO Lighting of Oskaloosa, Iowa. The
   revolutionary lighting process uses mirrors to simulate
   daylight without glare, shadows or obtrusive light poles.

   The lighting system was installed in 1992, allowing Lowe's
   Motor Speedway to be the first superspeedway to host night
   auto racing.

   Ever cognizant of the competitors as well as the
   spectators, Smith and Wheeler added a new $1 million,
   20,000-square-foot Winston Cup garage area in 1994.

   Other additions and improvements include the development
   of the speedway's 2,000-plus acres. In addition to the
   speedway, the property, some of which is leased, includes
   an industrial park that serves as home to several
   motorsports-related businesses, a modern landfill facility
   operated by BFI and a natural wildlife habitat.

   In addition to the 1.5-mile quad oval, the Lowe's Motor
   Speedway complex includes a 2.25-mile road course and a
   six-tenths-mile karting layout in the speedway's infield;
   a quarter-mile asphalt oval utilizing part of the
   speedway's frontstretch and pit road; and a one-fifth-mile
   oval located outside turn three of the superspeedway.

   Three NASCAR Winston Cup events, two NASCAR Busch Series
   races, a pair of Automobile Racing Club of America events
   and a Goody's Dash Series race are among the events held
   each year on the 1.5-mile superspeedway. The FasTrack
   Driving School and the Richard Petty Driving Experience
   also use the track extensively throughout the year.

   Other events on the various tracks include a weekly,
   nationally televised short track series for Legends Cars;
   Sports Car Club of America national and regional
   competitions; American Motorcycle Association events; and
   World Karting Association regional, national and
   international races.

   In May 2000, a state-of-the-art four-tenths-mile clay
   oval-The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway-was complete
   across Highway 29 from the speedway. The stadium-style
   facility has nearly 15,000 seats and plays host to the
   Pennzoil World of Outlaws sprint cars, dirt late model
   stock cars, the AMA Grand National motorcycles, the
   Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series and Monster
   Trucks.

   Lowe's Motor Speedway also annually presents two of the
   nation's largest car shows and swap meets-the Food Lion
   AutoFairs in April and September-and rents the facility
   more than 300 days per year. Corporations such as IBM,
   UNOCAL, Miller Brewing, Coca-Cola, Duracell, Wendy's and
   Lipton Tea have rented the speedway to film television
   commercials or to entertain employees and clients with
   food, music and race car rides.

   Motion pictures such as 'Days of Thunder,' 'Speedway' and
   'Stroker Ace' and even music videos like Tracy Lawrence's
   'If the Good Die Young' have been filmed at the speedway.
   Adding to rental dates are race team testing and
   automobile manufacturer research.

   Smith and Wheeler will quickly point out they have yet to
   complete their vision, and they continue to improve and
   expand the facility.

   More than 10,000 stadium-style seats, 20 new executive
   suites and 40 special 32-seat boxes were built in turn
   four in 1995. In May 1997, the Diamond Tower Terrace
   grandstand was opened along the backstretch to accommodate
   an additional 26,000 race fans for The Winston and Coca
   Cola 600. In May 1998, an 11,000-seat expansion of the new
   Diamond Tower Terrace was completed, bringing the total
   seating capacity of Lowe's Motor Speedway to approximately
   147,000. Then in May 1999, more than 10,000 new seats were
   completed in the Fourth Turn Terrace grandstand. A 10,860
   seat expansion of the Ford grandstand on the frontstretch
   was completed in May 2000, bringing the speedway's total
   seating capacity to 167,000.

   These additions are all part of a long-term project
   calling for additional grandstand seating, infrastructure
   improvements, spectator amenities and the development of
   adjacent land for possible commercial real estate
   ventures.

   Building on the basic philosophy of keeping spectator and
   competitor comfort a high priority, Lowe's Motor Speedway
   continues to be a leading promoter and marketer of
   motorsports activities in the United States.

See the official Web site for more
information.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: DIJON PRENOIS
This French circuit hosts numerous events: F3, GT, F.Renault
Coupe 206CC, Porsche Carrera Cup, an historic Ferrari
weekend, Historics Grand Prix, Euro 3000, and F3000.
Motorcycle events here include 125cc Open, 250cc Open, 600
Supersport, Super Production, Hornet Cup, Aprilia Cup, Coupe
Ducati Club, and Side Car.

Historical information (translated and abridged):

   1968: Beginning of the 'Automobile Stadium Project'

   May 26, 1972: Inauguration of Circuit Dijon-Prenois at
   3.289km (2.056 miles)

   June 4, 1972: First race - European Prototype Championship

   1974: Host of the first Grand Prix of France (F1); winner:
   Ronnie Peterson

   1975: Host of Grand Prix of Switzerland (F1); winner: Clay
   Regazzoni

   1977: Host of Grand Prix of France; winner: Mario Andretti

   1981: Host of Grand Prix of France; winner: Alain Prost
   (his first F1 win)

   1984: Final F1 Grand Prix race held at Dijon-Prenois;
   winner: Niki Lauda

See the official Web site
prenois.com/) for more information.  However, the Web site is
currently only available in French.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: DONINGTON PARK
The Donington Park venue holds two circuits: the National
Circuit and the International Circuit (the latter includes
the parallel straightaways behind the Paddock Area).
Donington Park is billed as a great place for car testing and
launches, and also has days where the average drivers can
take their cars and motorcycles to the tracks.  The Honda Ron
Haslam Race School also used Honda Hornets, CBR600 and
CBR900RR Fireblades to train people of all ages and abilities
on motorcycles.  There is also the public Donington Grand
Prix Collection museum, which contains more than 150 grand
prix cars from the 1930s to the present.

Race events include: Historic Sports Car Club Championships,
British Formula 3 and British GT Championships, German
Touring Car Masters, Donington Vintage and Historic Car
Weekend, Cinzano British Motorcycle Grand Prix, Ford Racing
Festival, Mini Racing Festival, MCN British Superbike
Championship, BRSCC Car Championship, and British Truck
Racing Championship.

The official Web site
unfortunately does not include any historical information.

This information on the 1993 F1 race at Donington Park is
provided by ViperMask, one of the biggest F1 fans I have ever
met.  It is edited only for formatting purposes.

   You forgot about one of the GREATEST
   drives in Formula 1 history.  In 1993 the weather was
   absoulutely MISERABLE.  Ayrton Senna qualified 4th in
   a uncompetitive McLaren Ford with a 1 year old Ford
   engine.  When the race started, he dropped to 5th
   place but he was able to over take Michael Schumacher
   in the Benetton, Karl Wendlinger in the Sauber, Damon
   Hill in the Williams, and FINALLY Alain Prost in the
   Williams ALL IN THE FIRST LAP IN THE RAIN.  Also,
   during the post-race press conference, Prost said he
   had a bad set-up, and was blaming the car, so Senna
   said to him "So why don't you trade cars with me?"
   Which sparked a lot of laughs from everyone except
   Alain.  The following URL has the first lap of
   Donington.
   donington-1993.zip

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: EASTERN CREEK
This 3.93-kilometer (2.456-mile) circuit hosts V8 Supercars,
many Formula series, a number of sports cars and sports
sedans series, touring cars, production cars, and numerous
national and support motorcycle series.  The pit straight
even incorporates a drag strip, and the circuit permits the
average driver to enter cars and motorbikes for drag racing
events (so long as the vehicle is road-registered).

See the official Web site
raceway.com/) for more information.  This Web site
unfortunately does not include historical information.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: FUJI
This Japanese circuit is perhaps most notable to North
American classic video game enthusiasts from its appearance
in Atari's Pole Position series in the stand-up arcades of
the 1980s.  There are a few of these classic Pole Position
and Pole Position II arcade boxes still in existence,
although the best bet for finding these games now is on the
various gaming consoles.  However, those who prefer the
version of the circuit in the Pole Position series will be
rather disappointed at the chicanes added along the faster
sections of the Fuji circuit.

See the official Web site
for information.  There is virtually NO information on the
English-language portion of the site, and NO historical
information.  The majority of information on the site is
available only in the Japanese-language section.

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CIRCUIT HISTORY: HOCKENHEIM
The Hockenheim circuit was an EXCELLENT and very high-speed
race venue until 2002, when the circuit was redesigned and
severely shortened while accommodations were added to bring
in even more spectators than before.  The former Hockenheim
configuration ran almost entirely through the German forest.
The circuit was designed in 1932, and hosts F1 and many other
forms of motorsport.

Notable F1 winners at Hockenheim: Niki Lauda (1977), Mario
Andretti (1978),  (1981, 1986, and 1987), Alain Prost (1984,
1993), Ayrton Senna (1988-1990), Nigel Mansell (1991 and
1992), Michael Schumacher (1995, 2002), and Mika Hakkinen
(1998).