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PUTIGNANO
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Description This was a proposal made by A.C. (Automobile Club) Bari on December 1965 for a permanent circuit in Puglia. Proposal was approved and on April 1st 1967 its construction begun. In 1969 70% of the track and 30% of facilities were built and within one year the first race could have been held. Unfortunately Putignano Comune (circuit's owner) had an economical and political crisis and in 1970 all works, still unfinished, were stopped because of lack of money. Since then, several trials were carried out, but it wasn't possible to finish track construction. Two sources reports two different maps, probably with reference to two different steps of the proposal, but I have no more indo. Now it's still possible to see what is was built from aerial photos.
Location Putignano
BA - Bari - Puglia

Eastern suburb of Putignano
Latitude - Longitude + 40°50'49"     + 17°08'15"
40.846944     17.1375
UTM Coordinates X = 680188.35  -  Y = 4523965.461  -  Zone 33T
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Zoom Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Portale Cartografico Nazionale
Altitude AMSL 355 m - 1165 ft
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Italian Autosprint 4/1966 (page 40) Descrizione e mappa del progetto January 27th 1966
(2) Italian Autosprint 14/1967 (page 11) Start of works and map April 3rd 1967
(3) Italian Autosprint 49/1967 (page 29) Articolo sugli autodromo italiani in genere e mappa December 4th 1967
(4) Italian Autosprint 23/1969 (page 19) Speciale sulla pista fantasma June 9th 1969
(5) Italian Autosprint 49/1970 (page 30) In sintesi gli investimenti 1971 December 7th 1970
(6) Italian Autosprint 8/1971 (page 8) Punto della situazione, con foto February 22nd 1971
(7) Italian Autosprint 20/1971 (page 11) Aggiornamento situazione economica May 17th 1971
(8) Italian 50 Anni di automobilismo sportivo in Puglia Author: Luigi Amati (curato e annotato da Gianni Resta) - Published by: Grafischena - Published in: Italia
Thanks to Marcel Visbeen, that gave me all info he has. 		1977
(9) Italian Autosprint 12/1980 (page 29) March 18th 1980

(*) 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.

Putignano
Description I have no more info about this layout
Years 1965
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type  
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 4th 2006
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2500  m 8202  ft 1.553  mi    

Putignano
Description Original proposal
Years 1965?
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page July 29th 2025
Info last update January 1966
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1760  m 5774  ft 1.094  mi   (1)

Putignano
Description Second version of the proposal, corresponding to what was actually being built
Years 1967
Direction  
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page July 29th 2025
Info last update November 1967
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 2340  m 7677  ft 1.454  mi   (2)
length 2340  m 7677  ft 1.454  mi Long circuit (3)
length 1220  m 4003  ft 0.758  mi Short circuit (3)
length 1325  m 4347  ft 0.823  mi Sum of all straights (3)
length 1015  m 3330  ft 0.631  mi Sum of all corners (3)
Width 10  m 33  ft      (2)

Putignano: original 1965 proposal

Putignano: original 1965 proposal

Putignano: 1967 proposal, long circuit

Putignano: 1967 proposal, long circuit

Putignano: 1967 proposal, short circuit

Putignano: 1967 proposal, short circuit


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
July 29th 2025     Guido de Carli     Update Description
May 18th 2008     Guido de Carli     Update Description
August 18th 2005     Guido de Carli     Update Description
April 5th 2005     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   Update Description with map
October 29th 2003     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   New Description with map
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