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RACALMUTO, VALLE DEI TEMPLI
Description	This page has been linked as the official one for this circuit. In fact this one (as all ones in this site) is not an official page, but simply a collection of all info I could find from some sources: among them there is also Tempio s.a.s. company.
Location	Racalmuto AG - Agrigento - Sicilia
Location	On National Road SS 640 Agrigento - Caltanissetta. 20 km - 12.5 mi far from Agrigento, 140 km - 87 mi from Catania and 160 km - 100 mi from Palermo. Nearby the circuit, in 2006 new Racalmuto airport should be built.
Latitude - Longitude	+ 37°23'08"     + 13°45'11" 37.385556     13.753056
UTM Coordinates	X = 389612.222  -  Y = 4138374.15  -  Zone 33S
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth  -    Portale Cartografico Nazionale  -    Visual Pagine Gialle
Altitude AMSL	460 m - 1509 ft
Inauguration
Closing
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) mail, note Mails dated July 21st 2004 and November 2nd 2004 from Tempo s.a.s. (2) www.ducatipalermoclub.it/fotoesclusive/foto_esclusive_pista_valle_dei_t.html Photos of the track (3) www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/racalmut.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World (4) Autosprint 42/1998 (page 32) (5) Autosprint 9/2004 (page 12) (6) Autosprint 6/2005 (page 70) (7) www.autodromovalledeitempli.com Official website

(*) 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.

Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento
Description	Original proposal
Years	1998
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 10th 2007
Info last update	October 1998
Designer
Distinctive points
length	3000  m	9843  ft	1.864  mi		(4)

Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento
Description	In March 2004 it was announced that within next June or July 2004 a track 2.8 km - 1.740 mi long will be opened. I have no map. In July 2004 construction goes on quickly: the track has already been covered with tarmac and pits and hotel are nearly finished.
Years	2004 (03)
Direction
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 10th 2007
Info last update	July 2004
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2800  m	9186  ft	1.74  mi		(5)

Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento
Description	Track is nearly finished, but certainly it is not possible to use it for some more months. Track length should be approx. 2500 m - 1.554 mi. I have no more info
Years	2004 (10)
Direction
Proposal	YES
Proposal not developed	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 10th 2007
Info last update	November 2004
Designer
Distinctive points
length	2500  m	8202  ft	1.553  mi

Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento
Description	Minimum track width is 12 m. First section, that includes three "lage hairpins", goes uphill (max gradient: 4.6%) while the final section goes downhill (max gradient: 5.6%). Main straight is 650 m - 0.404 mi long. Boxes are 22, each one is 60 m² wide and paddock is 20000 m² wide. Now they are finishing race direction building that includes also a restaurant and a 3 stars hotel. Tribune can host 1500 spectators and it’s on main straight next to pits complex (and not on the opposite side of the track). From hills surrounding the circuit is possible to see the whole circuit. In future, some more tribunes can be built. The target is to make first car, motorbikes and tyres tests in May or June 2005; first race should be in 2006. I future, it will be possible to lengthen the track on land already bought.
Years	2005 (02)
Direction
Proposal	NO
No longer operational
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 10th 2007
Info last update	February 2005
Designer
Distinctive points	Rettilineo 1 - Curva 1 - Rettilineo 2 - Curva 2 - Curva 3 - Curva 4 - Curva 5 - Rettilineo 3 - Curva 6 - Curva Paolo Tyler - Curva 8 - Rettilineo 4 - Curva 9 - Curva 10 - Curva 11
length	2350  m	7710  ft	1.46  mi		(6)
length	2530  m	8301  ft	1.572  mi		(7)
Min width	12  m	39  ft			(6)
Straight length	650  m	2133  ft	0.404  mi		(6)
Max. gradient (uphill)	4.6  %	2.6  °			(6)
Max. gradient (downhill)	5.6  %	3.2  °			(6)

Latitude - Longitude: + 37°23'08", + 13°45'11"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

PHOTOS

Photo reproduced with kind permission of Tempo s.a.s. and received on July 21st 2004

Photos by Tempo s.a.s. - 2004

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1
Curvone (just after main straight)

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
September 10th 2007			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
October 18th 2005			Guido de Carli			New	Description
February 17th 2005	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
February 12th 2005	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli			Update	Description with map
February 9th 2005	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli			Update	Photos (link)
January 30th 2005	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli			New	Photos (link)
November 4th 2004	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Description with map
November 3rd 2004	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
July 21st 2004	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (10)	Guido de Carli			New	Photos (on this site)
March 13th 2004	Autodromo Valle dei Templi Agrigento	2004 (03)	Guido de Carli			New	Description without map
July 1st 2003			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
June 29th 2003			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
October 2nd 2002			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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