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| DETROIT, BELLE ISLE PARK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | For several years there were rumors about the move of Detroit F.1 GP from usual track around Reinassance Center to Belle Isle. This really occurred in 1992, few years after the race changed from F.1 to Cart. Last event had been in 2001 and the circuit seemed to be only a memoty; on the contrary on September 2nd 2007 Indycar will have its first event here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Belle Isle, Detroit MI - Michigan - Midwest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | On Belle Isle on Detroit River, 8 km - 5 mi away from Detroit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude - Longitude | + 42°20'12" - 82°59'36" 42.336667 -82.993333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTM Coordinates | X = 335786.797 - Y = 4689081.302 - Zone 17T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aerial photo / Map (*) |  OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia - Microsoft Research Maps - MapQuest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Altitude AMSL | 175 m - 574 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Detroit, Belle Isle Park | |||||
| Description | Proposal dated summer 1985; it should have been used for Detroit F.1 GP 1986 | ||||
| Years | 1985 | ||||
| Direction |  Clockwise | ||||
 Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Street course | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | February 1st 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | June 1985 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | Loiter Way - Picnic Way - The Strand - Sunset Drive - Casino Way - Muse Road | ||||
| Detroit, Belle Isle Park | |||||
| Description | |||||
| Years | 1988 | ||||
| Direction | Clockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Street course | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | August 6th 2002 | ||||
| Info last update | June 1988 | ||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | Loiter Way - Picnic Way - Central Avenue - Inselruhe Avenue - Loiter Way - Picnic Way - The Strand - Sunset Drive - Casino Way - Muse Road | ||||
| length | 4240 m | 13911 ft | 2.635 mi | (4) | |
| Detroit, Belle Isle Park | |||||
| Description | This layout was used by Cart for 6 yearsm the the circuit has been extended. On September 2nd 2007 Indycar will have its first race at Belle Isle using this track layout. | ||||
| Years | 1992÷1997, 2007÷... | ||||
| Direction | Clockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
NO | ||||
| No longer operational | |||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Street course | ||||
| Inauguration | June 7th 1992 | ||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | May 22nd 2007 | ||||
| Info last update | |||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | Sunset Drive - Casino Way - Muse Road - Loiter Way - Picnic Way - The Strand - Fountain Drive - The Strand | ||||
| length | 3380 m | 11088 ft | 2.1 mi | (6) | |
| Detroit, Belle Isle Park | |||||
| Description | |||||
| Years | 1998÷2001 | ||||
| Direction | Clockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
NO | ||||
| No longer operational | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Street course | ||||
| Inauguration | June 7th 1998 | ||||
| Closing | June 17th 2001 | ||||
| Last update of this page | May 7th 2003 | ||||
| Info last update | |||||
| Designer | |||||
| Distinctive points | Sunset Drive - Casino Way - Central Avenue - Loiter Way - Picnic Way - The Strand - Fountain Drive - The Strand | ||||
1985 proposal
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)
1988 proposal
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)
Belle Isle Park 1992÷1997 and 2007÷...
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)
Belle Isle Park 1998÷2001
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 | |
| May 22nd 2007 | Guido de Carli | Lorenzo Tommasi | Stephan Zeidler | Update | Description with map | ||
| May 19th 2007 | Lorenzo Tommasi | Update | Map | ||||
| February 1st 2007 | 1985 | Guido de Carli | |||||
| November 9th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Lorenzo Tommasi | Update | Description | |||
| May 7th 2003 | 1992÷1997, 2007÷... | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | |||
| August 3rd 2002 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
| Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list | |||||||
