ARG - ARGENTINA
GENERAL SAN MARTÍN
Not to be confused with San Martín, Hipódromo - San Martín, Jorge A. Pena
Description  
Location San Martín
B - Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires
Location Ciudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín (usually known silmply as San Martín), Buenos Aires suburb, in the area now included by Avenida de los Constituyentes (North East), 38 Gral. Manuel Savio (South East), 63 French (South West) and 48 Estrada (North West)
Latitude - Longitude - 34°34'22"     - 58°31'08"
-34.572778     -58.518889
UTM Coordinates X = 360676.489  -  Y = 6173284.5  -  Zone 21H
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL 18 m - 59 ft
Inauguration July 10th 1927
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Argentinian Spanish Historia Deportiva del Automovilismo Argentino (page 130)Author: Alfredo Parga - Published by: La Nación - Published in: Argentina - year: 1995
(2) Argentinian Spanish Historia Deportiva del Automovilismo Argentino (page 169)Author: Alfredo Parga - Published by: La Nación - Published in: Argentina - year: 1995
(3) Argentinian Spanish ForumForum --> Latin America --> Argentina --> Circuitos Argentinos [ESP] (with description and map)
(4) Argentinian Spanish ForumForum --> Latin America --> Argentina --> Circuitos Argentinos [ESP]
(5) Argentinian Spanish es.wikipedia.org (...)Wikipedia
(6) Argentinian Spanish www.automovilsport.com (...)
(7) Argentinian Spanish Autos de Epoca 23/2001 (page 40)See note ’Aca cerca en la General Paz y Constituyentes’, pages 40÷42. [Publishing date: November 2001]

(*) 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.

Autódromo General San Martín
Description  
Years 1927÷...
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Dirt Oval course
Inauguration July 10th 1927
Closing  
Last update of this page February 6th 2010
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3000  m 9843  ft 1.864  mi   (3)
Width 10  m 33  ft      (3)
Max. banking (bends) 35  ° 70  %        (3)

Autódromo General San Martín
Description Compared to 1927 layout, banking were modified because they were too dangerous. Track surface was covered in crude oil, in order to make it more compact. On June 4th 1933 this solution didn’t work and the track became even more dangerous
Years 1931÷1933?
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Dirt Oval course
Inauguration 1931
Closing  
Last update of this page February 6th 2010
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  

General San Martín

General San Martín



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
February 20th 2012     Guido de Carli     Update Description
February 6th 2010     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Luis Alberto González New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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