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  Pescara Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pescara Grand Prix is the longest circuit ever used in the F1 World Championship, at just under 16 miles.
The circuit started on the roads in the outskirts of the town, the course followed the coastline, until heading inland toward the villages Spoltore and Villa Raspa.
The circuit closed for good in 1961 as it was impossible for race organisers to guarantee safety.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pescara_Grand_Prix   (233 words)

  
 The Circuits
Pescara was a triangular circuit which involved two ultra-fast legs and a base that was both twisty and hilly.
The circuit was used by all of the major car manufactures in Italy to test their cars and a victory in the Coppa Acerbo was considered a victory above all others.
The Mellaha circuit home of the Tripoli Grand Prix, used to be one of the fastest if not finest in the world.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/track.htm   (1605 words)

  
 Monte Carlo
The first race was run in 1929, and in 1950, it was second on the calendar, when ten cars collided in a spectacular first lap accident, and Fangio raced on for the win.
It is a circuit based more ondriver skill than the speed of the car.
The circuit is cambered off the centre, like other normal streets, resulting in unusual racing lines, whilst painted lines and manhole covers are a particular menace in the wet.
wheel2wheel.com /circuitdetail.asp?circuitid=32   (653 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Italian road racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Notable among these were the Montenero circuit at Livorno, which became home of the Coppa Ciano until 1939, the Brescia circuit which hosted the first Italian Grand Prix that year and the Circuito del Garda, a track which ran along the edge of Lake Garda near the town of Salo.
The Pescara circuit was established in 1924 and in 1957 hosted a round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
The racing was held on a 3.3-mile road circuit and the non-championship F1 event became an important one with victories going to the likes of Gigi Villoresi, Alberto Ascari and Toulo de Graffenried.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-030.html   (1175 words)

  
 Circuits of the past/English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The circuit "Compexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers" near the Belgium capital Brussels opened in 1971 and hosted two times the Belgium Grand Prix, in 1972 and 1974, both won by Emerson Fittipaldi.
In 1980 the circuit was found unsuitable for every form om carracing but was used for motorcycles till the end of 1981.
In this period the Dutch KNMV was using the circuit because races on streetcircuits where banned in Holland at that time.
groups.msn.com /CircuitsofthepastEnglish/nivelles1.msnw   (319 words)

  
 0-100.it, MASERATI HOMEPAGE, MASERATI A6GCS 1948
The first official test for the new car had to be the circuit of Pescara (May 11th 1947): Ferrari took sides with his 125 S with 1,5 liters 12 cylinders, driven by Franco Cortese.
A solution, this, which was imitated from many factories, but that the same Maserati abandoned soon in order to return to the previous configuration; in fact the car had great qualities and could be driven very easily along tormented distances, in which it had great agility, torque and almost perfect weight distribution.
And in fact, when to these characteristics was added the sublime qualities of Giovanni Bracco, great pilot on circuits, the successes arrived plentiful: among them, surely the most important one was the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti; the winning of Bracco had been made more extraordinary with the 2nd place of Villoresi.
www.0-100.it /maserati/a6gcs/a6gcs_engl.htm   (985 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
The circuit was a demanding course utilising roads around the seaside town of Pescara.
The inaugural event in 1924 resulted in a victory for one Enzo Ferrari, while during the thirties the Pescara Grand Prix invariably attracted the top class drivers, all of whom were keen to show their skills on the narrow, bumpy circuit.
Shortly afterwards the circuit was closed on the grounds of safety.
www.gpracing.net192.com /circuits/14.cfm   (279 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Pescara Circuit was a 16.032-mile road race course near Pescara, Italy.
The circuit hosted its first race in 1924, boasting two long straights between villages, as well as demanding corners in the seaside town.
In 1957, the Pescara Circuit played host to the short-lived Formula One Pescara Grand Prix, which drew an enormous crowd in excess of 200,000 spectators, making the 25km circuit the longest in terms of lap distance to stage a Formula One Grand Prix.
www.goupstate.com.cob-web.org:8888 /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pescara_Circuit   (145 words)

  
 erasing clouds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Nowadays car races take place on proper circuits and the ability of the drivers is often shadowed by their sponsors.
We can remember for example, the race called 'Coppa Acerbo' which took place every year on 15th August in Pescara, an Italian seaside resort on the Adriatic Coast, from 1924 (when it was won by a young Enzo Ferrari) on, and was with its 25 Km the longest circuit in the world championship.
After being interrupted for World War II, the 'Circuito di Pescara', as the 'Coppa Acerbo' was called after the conflict, took place for a last time in 1957 (though it briefly resurfaced again in 1960 and 1961) because, like all the other car races running through towns, it was deemed too dangerous.
www.erasingclouds.com /0512road.html   (301 words)

  
 6th Gear - Years in Gear - GP winners 1894-2007
Coppa Acerbo (Pescara), 21-6: Guido Ginaldi, Alfa Romeo RL
Bergamo Circuit (Bergamo), 19-5: Tazio Nuvolari, Alfa Romeo B/P3
Biella Circuit (Biel), 9-6: Tazio Nuvolari, Alfa Romeo B/P3
8w.forix.com /6thgear/gp-yby.html   (15400 words)

  
 Circuits of the past/English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Südschleife (South-loop) was a part of the original circuit opened in 1927.
At the end of worldwar two the facility's from the circuit where used as headquarter from the allied forces.
With their tanks they drove on the circuit and damaged the surface.
nl.msnusers.com /CircuitsofthepastEnglish/sdschleife.msnw   (300 words)

  
 Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Auto Racing and Test Tracks
Anyone suggesting the idea of racing on a circuit littered with tramlines and cobblestones would be either laughed out of the room or locked up today.
This is a lake within the confines of what used to be Amaroo Park motor racing circuit on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia.
There appears to be a circuit diagram on the surface of the lake.
www.googleearthhacks.com /dlcat26/Auto-Racing-and-Test-Tracks.htm   (598 words)

  
 Achille Varzi: life and enterprises of the great driver of Galliate
In 1925 he runs with the Sunbeam but the season is not fortunate and wins only at the circuit of Novara and obtains at the Tourist Trophy the Visitor's Cup, prize for the best foreign participant.
His natural talent for the cars is greater than for the two wheels, and Varzi knows it: he's ambitious, he espects always the maximum from himself and wants to become the first possible the number one.
For the 1927 he continues to runs with the motorcycles: passes to the Moto Guzzi and obtains with the 250 a great victory at the circuit of Savio while the rest of the season, because of mechanical problems, is not very profitable.
www.nivola.org /varzi-e.asp   (2235 words)

  
 Pescara Track Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This circuit, active between 1924 and 1961, was the longest circuit ever to feature in the F1 World Championship at 16.032 miles in 1957.
Located in the Abruzzi region on the Adriatic coast, the circuit featured two four mile long straights coupled with an eight mile climbing and twisting section.
In the thirty-six years the track was open, the track barely changed from Enzo Ferrari's inaugral win in 1924.
www.silhouet.com /motorsport/tracks/pescara.html   (79 words)

  
 bet on Pescara Circuit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pescara's Jarno Trulli is still 9th the in equal Drivers' active concert for decided evening in Pescara, in the circuit municipal administration tomorrow to bet on Bennato Dec.18th (Adnkronos)- A traveling the of traditional when Jason from A circuit.
The Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit the de Catalunya weekend the coming in of Alanno close to his hometown Pescara not far from the Adriatic coast.
Marquis Raul Pateras Argentine an Pescara, working in Spain and France, and it was only a test Williams the circuit was empty.
www.officialsportsbetting.com /motorsports/bet-on-Pescara-Circuit.php   (881 words)

  
 Ferrari Chassis Numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Re-bodied by Scaglietti in the style of a TRC in 1957, has 250 engine.
Spa 24 Hours: Roosdorp/Pilette: 8th OA, 7th i.cl. Circuit of Grenzlan-dring: Roosdorp; 2nd.
Pescara 12 Hours: di Lapigio/ Mancini;1953 Sold to Alfredo Curcio "Roma 188973".
www.classicscars.com /chassis/01to100.htm   (1395 words)

  
 The Last Road Race - 1957 Pescara Grand Prix (Softcover)
Description: Pescara has the distinction of being the longest circuit ever used for a World Championship Grand Prix at just under 16 miles to the lap (25.58 km).
It was also a true road circuit with all the challenges and dangers that are implied by that description.
But the race was not only Moss and Fangio, Williams has interviewed the surviving drivers, Moss, Brooks, Brabham and Salvadori, to get a feel for the classic road racing circuit and give the reader a true picture of Pescara in 1957, the heat, the poor roads and the incredible speeds.
www.pitstop.net.au /view/products/page/query/plu/15950   (221 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1957 Results > Pescara GP
The cancellation of the Belgian and Dutch GPs earlier in the season enabled the FIA to include the Pescara GP in the World Championship for the first time, although it had been taking place since 1924.
Luigi Musso managed to convince Ferrari to lend him a car and entered the race as a privateer.
Schell finished third with Gregory fourth and Lewis-Evans grabbing fifth at the end of the race from the fourth Maserati factory driver Giorgio Scarlatti.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr063.html   (332 words)

  
 List of Formula One circuits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Formula One circuits which have hosted a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix from the 1950 Formula One season to the 2007 Formula One season.
The longest was Pescara Circuit (25 km) which normally held the Coppa Acerbo race, and hosted one world championship race, the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix.
Current circuits (those 18 tracks which have hosted one race in the 2006 season) are shown in bold.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Formula_One_circuits   (382 words)

  
 8W - Who? - Masten Gregory
The Pescara circuit was a 16.032-mile road course that featured two four-mile straights.
The Pescara circuit was used frequently for Grand Prix racing in the thirties but was seldom used for F1 World Championship Grand Prix races.
It was at this race that Masten became the first American to score a debut podium finish in Formula One history with his brilliant third place finish in the Monaco Grand Prix.
8w.forix.com /gregory.html   (4292 words)

  
 Van.11
Having all the attributes that would make it fit into tracks being used 40 years later - too many corners and too few straights, the circuit was highly unpopular with the Continental drivers who generally detested it.
The surroundings did little improve things since it was surrounded by industrial sites and generally gray and grimy on the best of days.
At the Pescara circuit, Moss not only won, he set the fastest lap in doing so.
www.fastlinesinternational.com /Van.11   (2683 words)

  
 German surprise as Euro's decide national titles
According to a team release, thes back-to-back victory for O'Loughlin "guarantees that his wardrobe remains the same for the rest of the year and his specially painted Colnago C50 will continue to bring him good luck."
Pescara - Liquigas's Enrico Gasparotto won the national road title of Italy winning a field sprint at the end of a 260-kilometer road race on a circuit near Pescara.
The 23-year-old emerged at the front of the field, edging Filippo Pozzato for the win.
www.velonews.com /race/int/articles/8322.0.html   (674 words)

  
 Four birds and a moonrise. All are lethal.
The late Pescara GP circuit is fantastic looking.
I wonder if the remnants of circuit are still there.
The smell of leather, spilt gas, and burning rubber.
sweetback.blogspot.com   (4554 words)

  
 GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1885-1949 LIST GUIDELINES
Original names of events and circuits have mostly been translated into English but this rule was not very strictly followed.
Correct spelling of the Pescara Circuit in 1924, 1925 and 1931-1934, with thanks to Barry Lake.
Deleted the Cork GP, held on May 16, 1936 at the Carrigrohane Circuit because it was a handicap race.
www.kolumbus.fi /leif.snellman/gpw4.htm   (5775 words)

  
 JOHN STARKEY CARS :: GRYFON INC.
Gabriele Besana took his 166SC, 002C, to the Argentine for the Temporada series of races which were held there in January through February plus taking in one race in Brazil.
The 166 was entrusted to Biondetti to drive in the Swedish Grand Prix, held on the Sharpnack circuit on May 30th.
Clemente Biondetti drove the car once more in the Circuit of Pescara race on August 15th where no less than seven Ferraris were racing, including 02C, still wearing its full-width bodywork.
www.johnstarkeycars.com /pages/articles/articles_04.html   (2752 words)

  
 VL of Sport - Formula 1
World Competition of the highest class of motor racing with purpose built, regulated cars (special emphasis is placed on suspension, aerodynamics, electronics and tyres) achieving about 750 bhp and reaching speeds of up to 200 mph on purpose built circuits /closed city streets.
F1 Racing Live in several languages; news headlines, forums, chat, drivers, teams, circuits...
There is also a Circuit, Team and Archive section which dates back as far.
sportsvl.com /wheel/formula1.htm   (683 words)

  
 Stirling Moss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This assistance helped Moss compete against drivers with a large amount of local knowledge of the route.
In 1957 Moss won on the longest circuit to ever hold a Grand Prix, the daunting 25 kilometer Pescara Circuit, again demonstrating his skills at high speed, long distance driving.
He beat friend, mentor and archrival Fangio, who started on pole, by a little over 3 minutes over the course of a gruelling 3 hour race.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Stirling_Moss   (995 words)

  
 Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Auto Racing and Test Tracks - Pescara Circuit Overlay
Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Auto Racing and Test Tracks - Pescara Circuit Overlay
File Downloads : Auto Racing and Test Tracks : Pescara Circuit Overlay
This file has been rated a 4.00 out of 5.
www.googleearthhacks.com /dlfile21511/Pescara-Circuit-Overlay.htm   (144 words)

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