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ARG - ARGENTINA
OLAVARRíA (1937÷1938)
Not to be confused with	Olavarría (Club Hípico 1940) - Olavarría, Gran Autódromo Sudamericano - Sierras Bayas - Vuelta de Olavarría
Description	Dirt road circuit used for Fórmula Libre and Fórmula Limitada. Its shape was an irregular rectangle, with dirt surface and 150 degrees bend were slightly banked. Because of dust, the driver Carlos Collia had a fatal accident.
Location	Olavarría B - Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires
Location	Approx 6 km - 3,7 mi from Olavarría town center, along railways
Latitude - Longitude (approx)	- 36°53'30"     - 60°19'20"     (approx) -36.891667     -60.322222     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx)	X = 738620.221  -  Y = 5913796.506  -  Zone 20H     (approx)
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth
Altitude AMSL (approx)	160 m - 525 ft    (approx)
Inauguration	March 7th 1937
Closing	September 25th 1938
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) Fuerza Libre 1919-1942 Author: Guillermo Sanchez - Published by: Bonvivant - Published in: Buenos Aires - year: 2008 (2) Sin Galera.1932-1948. Los hermanos Emiliozzi antes del TC Author: Walter Minor - Published by: (Edición del Autor) - Published in: Olavarría, Argentina - year: 2010 - ISBN: 978-987-05-9703-2 (3) Forum Forum Latin America Argentina Circuitos Argentinos [ESP] (4) www.motorsportmemorial.org (...) The Motorsport Memorial (5) La Nación /1937 (page 10) [Publishing date: March 10th 1937]

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Olavarría (1937÷1938)
Description
Years	1937÷1938
Direction	Anticlockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Dirt Road course
Inauguration	March 7th 1937
Closing	September 25th 1938
Last update of this page	February 1st 2012
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	5574.58  m	18289  ft	3.464  mi		(3)
Width	25  m	82  ft		Straights	(3)
Width	30  m	98  ft		Corners	(3)
Straight length	238.3  m	782  ft	0.148  mi		(3)
Straight length	271.5  m	891  ft	0.169  mi		(3)
Straight length	2059.5  m	6757  ft	1.28  mi		(3)
Straight length	2062.8  m	6768  ft	1.282  mi		(3)

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Location: - 36°53'30", - 60°19'20"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
February 1st 2012		1937÷1938	Guido de Carli		Luis Alberto González	New	Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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