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CRYSTAL PALACE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not to be confused with | London (1968) - London (2004) - London ExCeL - London Olympic Park - London, Docklands - London, Revolution Karting - Wembley Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | London LND - London, City of (London borough) - England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latitude - Longitude | + 51°25'17" - 0°04'10" 51.421389 -0.069444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 703747.989 - Y = 5700761.653 - Zone 30U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 75 m - 246 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | May 21st 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crystal Palace | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1927÷1934 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | YES | ||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | May 21st 1927 | ||||
Closing | July 2nd 1934 | ||||
Last update of this page | August 13th 2002 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | |||||
length | 1609 m | 5280 ft | 1 mi | (8) | |
length | 1609 m | 5280 ft | 1 mi | (2) | |
Width | 3.7 m | 12 ft | (2) |
Crystal Palace | |||||
Description | Cinder oval that used grandstand of the already exant football pitch | ||||
Years | 1928÷? | ||||
Direction | |||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Dirt Oval course | ||||
Inauguration | 1928 | ||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | January 20th 2008 | ||||
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Width | 402 m | 1320 ft | 1/4 mi | (2) |
Crystal Palace | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1937÷1939 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | April 24th 1937 | ||||
Closing | August 26th 1939 | ||||
Last update of this page | January 20th 2008 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Stadium Straight - Ramp Bend - The Ramp - Maxim Rise - South Tower Corner - Terrace Straight - North Tower Crescent - The Glades - Fisherman’s Bend - Fisherman’s Rise - Pond Hairpin - Big Tree Bend - New Zealand Hill - Stadium Dip - Stadium Curve | ||||
length | 3219 m | 10560 ft | 2 mi | (2) | |
length | 3219 m | 10561 ft | 2 mi | (10) | |
length | 3215 m | 10548 ft | 1.998 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (4) |
Link Circuit | |||||
Description | Shortened version of main circuit used in 1937÷1939. It was used surely on April 15th 1939 for Stanley Cup, a Club Car event. I have no more info | ||||
Years | 1939 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | April 15th 1939 | ||||
Closing | 1939 | ||||
Last update of this page | January 20th 2008 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Stadium Straight - Ramp Bend - The Ramp - Maxim Rise - South Tower Corner - Terrace Straight - The Link - New Zealand Hill - Stadium Dip - Stadium Curve | ||||
length | 1920 m | 6299 ft | 1.193 mi | (2) |
Crystal Palace | |||||
Description | In 1953÷1960 start/finishline was in Stadium Straight; on April 3rd 1961 (first event of the season) start/finish line was moved to Terrace Straight, just widened for this occasion. | ||||
Years | 1953÷1972 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Street course | ||||
Inauguration | May 23rd 1953 | ||||
Closing | September 23rd 1972 | ||||
Last update of this page | January 20th 2008 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Stadium Straight - Ramp Bend - Anerley Ramp - Maxim Rise - The Alley - South Tower Corner - Terrace Straight - North Tower Crescent - The Glade - Park Curve - New Link | ||||
length | 2237 m | 7339 ft | 1.39 mi | (2) | |
length | 2214 m | 7264 ft | 1.376 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (5) |
Crystal Palace | |||||
Description | Sprint race that used a small section of the old circuit | ||||
Years | 1997÷2000 | ||||
Direction | |||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | |||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Point to point track | ||||
Inauguration | 1997 | ||||
Closing | 2000 | ||||
Last update of this page | January 20th 2008 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Pond Hairpin - North Tower Crescent - The Glade |
Crystal Palace: comparison between different layouts
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Crystal Palace 1937÷1939
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Crystal Palace 1953÷1972
Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)
See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)
Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
April 17th 2011 | Guido de Carli | Roelard Smit | Roelard Smit | Update | Description with map | ||
January 8th 2011 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
April 6th 2009 | Guido de Carli | Roelard Smit | Roelard Smit | Update | Description with map | ||
October 2nd 2008 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
January 20th 2008 | Guido de Carli | Lorenzo Tommasi | Update | Description | |||
September 17th 2003 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
March 24th 2003 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
August 13th 2002 | Guido de Carli | New | Description | ||||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |