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RAFAELA (1919)
Not to be confused with Rafaela (1920÷1924) - Rafaela (1925) - Rafaela (1926) - Rafaela (1927÷1928) - Rafaela (1929÷1930) - Rafaela (1935) - Rafaela (1936÷1941) - Rafaela (1947, Parque) - Rafaela (1947÷1951) - Rafaela, Autódromo / Báscolo
Description Circuit used only once on May 25th 1919 for a Fuerza Libre race won by Oberdan Piovano (Overland)
Location Rafaela
S - Santa Fé - Centro
Location  
Latitude - Longitude (approx) - 31°12'27"     - 61°28'35"     (approx)
-31.2075     -61.476389     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx) X = 645145.215  -  Y = 6546401.406  -  Zone 20J     (approx)
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 (approx) 100 m - 328 ft    (approx)
Inauguration May 25th 1919
Closing May 25th 1919
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Argentinian Spanish Historia Deportiva del Automovilismo Argentino Author: Alfredo Parga - Published by: La Nación - Published in: Argentina - year: 1995
(2) Argentinian Spanish Fuerza Libre 1919-1942 Author: Guillermo Sanchez - Published by: Bonvivant - Published in: Buenos Aires, Argentina - year: 2008
(3) Argentinian Spanish ForumForum --> Latin America --> Argentina --> Circuitos Argentinos [ESP] (with description and map)
(4) Argentinian Spanish www.rafaela.com.ar/autodromo.php
(5) Argentinian Spanish Automundo 116/1967 (page 35)See note "Nota "Amancer en Rafaela" por el Ingeniero Juan R. Bascolo", pages 35/42 [Publishing date: July 25th 1967]
(6) Argentinian Spanish Autos de Epoca 31/2003 (page 16)See note "Juan Malcom, el gaucho escocés", pages 16/18 [Publishing date: July 2003]

(*) 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.

Rafaela (1919)
Description  
Years 1919
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Road course
Inauguration May 25th 1919
Closing May 25th 1919
Last update of this page June 7th 2010
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Rafaela - Lehmann - Ataliva - Sunchales - Tacurales - Morteros - Porteña - Luzardo - San Francisco - Clucellas - Saguier - Susana - Rafaela
length 320  km    198.844  mi   (3)
Average Speed 77.108  km/h      47.914  mph Winner average speed (3)

Rafaela (1919)

Rafaela (1919)



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
June 7th 2010   1919 Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Luis Alberto González New Description with map
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