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PALM BEACH SHORES
Description The first motor race of any kind in 1950 was an American Sports car event held on January 3rd at Palm Beach, organized by SCCA over an interesting two-mile island circuit.
Motor Racing Circuits Database and The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World reports a circuit at Palm Beach, California. I don't know if it is the same circuit with wrong location (I don't know any Palm Beach in California, but I could be wrong) or if they are two different circuits
Location Palm Beach
FL - Florida - Southern States
Latitude - Longitude (approx) + 26°42'10"     - 80°02'11"     (approx)
26.702778     -80.036389     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx) X = 595857.629  -  Y = 2953878.107  -  Zone 17R     (approx)
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 (*) MapQuest
Altitude AMSL (approx) 2 m - 7 ft    (approx)
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database
(2) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/palm.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World
(3) English Autosport (UK) Vol. 2 - N° 3/1951 (page 85) Article that quote first 1950 race January 19th 1951

(*) 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.

Palm Beach Shores
Description  
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 12th 2009
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3219  m 10560  ft 2  mi   (3)
length 3701  m 12144  ft 2.3  mi to be verified (1)
length 3701  m 12144  ft 2.3  mi to be verified (2)


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
April 12th 2009     Guido de Carli     New Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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