ARG - ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES, HIPÓDROMO (1901)
Not to be confused with Buenos Aires (D3) - Buenos Aires, Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez - Buenos Aires, Avd. 9 de Julio (TC 2012) - Buenos Aires, Costanera - Buenos Aires, Palermo - Buenos Aires, Palermo (1994) - Buenos Aires, Recoleta (TC 2013) - Buenos Aires, Retiro - Recoleta - Palermo - Tigre
Description Circuit that hosted the first car race in Argentina
Location Buenos Aires
C - Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires
Location Hipódromo Argentino (Argentinan Horse Racing Track), located between modern Avenida Livertador (at that time Avenida Blandengues), River Plate football stadium and Avenida Monroe, in Belgrano. Nowadays it doesn’t exist anymore and it is not to be confused with the Hipódromo Argentino, now exixting in Palermo
Latitude - Longitude (approx) - 34°32'55"     - 58°27'10"     (approx)
-34.548611     -58.452778     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx) X = 366702.588  -  Y = 6176053.909  -  Zone 21H     (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) 10 m - 33 ft    (approx)
Inauguration November 16th 1901
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Argentinian Spanish Forum Forum --> Latin America --> Argentina --> Circuitos Argentinos [ESP]
(2) Argentinian Spanish Parabrisas Corsa 536/1976 (page 20) Article by Federico Kirbus titled "Los lugares del nacimiento" (birth place) September 1976
(3) Argentinian Spanish Historia Deportiva del Automovilismo Argentino (page 15) Author: Alfredo Parga - Published by: La Nación - Published in: Argentina
1995
(4) Argentinian Spanish Historias de la Fórmula 1 Argentina (page 5) Author: Luis Alberto González - Published by: (Edición del Autor) - Published in: Argentina - ISBN: 978-987-33-1395-0
2011

(*) 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.

Buenos Aires, Hipódromo (1901)
Description  
Years 1901
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Courses established on or around horse track venues
Inauguration November 16th 1901
Closing  
Last update of this page February 4th 2012
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1100  m 3609  ft 0.684  mi   (4)





Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
February 5th 2012   1901 Guido de Carli   Luis Alberto González New Description without map
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