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| SANTA CRUZ DO SUL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Permanent track inaugurated on June 12th 2005 with Formula Renault and Clio Cup races and with 22000 spectators. At first, it should be opened next September 19th 2004 (info confirmed on July 25th 2004), with 80,000 spectators expected. You can see some small difference between map updated February and aerial pics taken on March. Update November 27th 2004 (by Leomar Nestor Teichmann) A little slower than waited, but the work of the Autòdromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul is, finally, in it’s final stretch. With the paving of the track practically ended, the attentions of the work teams return to the construction of the pits and of the wall of the signaling island. With official inauguration confirmed for April 10th 2005, the new race track already consists in the calendar of CBA and it should receive proofs of the 9 main national categories. F-Truck will be the first category to accelerate for the almost 3.5 km of the track and it will be the responsible for exploring the secrets of this new demanding plan. In the link www.lnt.eng.br, beyond to check the updated pictures regularly, it can be known all the details of this that will be, with certainty, one of the great Brazilian temples of the speed. Update January 16th 2005 Inauguration is confirmed on April 10th 2005. CBA announced that in 2005 there will be 11 proofs of the main national categories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bairro Capão da Cruz - Santa Cruz do Sul RS - Rio Grande do Sul - Região Sul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude - Longitude | - 29°47'53" - 52°26'10" -29.798056 -52.436111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTM Coordinates | X = 361203.43 - Y = 6702726.807 - Zone 22J | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aerial photo / Map (*) |  OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Altitude AMSL | 58 m - 190 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inauguration | June 12th 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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| Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | |||||
| Description | |||||
| Years | 2004 (02) | ||||
| Direction |  Anticlockwise | ||||
 Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | June 24th 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | February 2004 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 3495 m | 11467 ft | 2.172 mi | (1) | |
| Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | |||||
| Description | Map sent me by Leomar Nestor Teichmann on April 5th 2004 and qual to the one uploaded on official website on July 25th 2004. | ||||
| Years | 2004 (04) | ||||
| Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | June 24th 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | April 2004 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 3465 m | 11368 ft | 2.153 mi | (1) | |
| Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | |||||
| Description | |||||
| Years | 2005 (01) | ||||
| Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | June 24th 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | January 2005 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 3465.38 m | 11369 ft | 2.153 mi | (1) | |
| Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | |||||
| Description | Final track layout, published on June 2005 and valid for the track layout really opened to races | ||||
| Years | 2005 | ||||
| Direction | Anticlockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
NO | ||||
| No longer operational | |||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | June 12th 2005 | ||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | December 12th 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | June 12th 2005 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 3530.7 m | 11584 ft | 2.194 mi | (1) | |
| Min width | 12 m | 39 ft | (5) | ||
| Max width | 15 m | 49 ft | (5) | ||
| Difference in level | 24.66 m | 81 ft | (5) | ||
| Straight length | 753 m | 2470 ft | 0.468 mi | Start finish straight | (5) |
| Max. banking (bends) | 8 % | 4.6 ° | (5) | ||
| Bend minimum radius | 29.93 m | 98 ft | Turn 9 | (5) | |
| Max minimum radius | 120 m | 394 ft | Turn 12 | (5) | |
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul (project February 2004)
Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul (project April 2004)
| PHOTOS |
| Photos by Leomar Nestor Teichmann - March 25th 2004 |
| Click on thumbnail to open original large photo |
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| Updates | |||||||
| Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
| December 12th 2007 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
| July 12th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Leomar Nestor Teichmann | Update | Description | |||
| January 17th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
| November 28th 2004 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | Update | Description with map | |||
| July 25th 2004 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
| May 28th 2004 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
| April 5th 2004 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | Update | Map | |||
| March 31st 2004 | Guido de Carli | Leomar Nestor Teichmann | New | Photos (on this site) | |||
| February 7th 2004 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | Leomar Nestor Teichmann | New | Description with map | ||
| Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list | |||||||
