Fundidora Park
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Fundidora Park is a public park located east of Monterrey, Mexico, inside the former Monterrey Foundry property. The park has an area of 120 hectares.
The Monterrey Foundry (Monterrey Steel Foundry Company) operated from 1900 until its bankruptcy in 1986. Two years later, after having been legally declared financially insolvent, the "Fideicomiso Fundidora" (Fundidora Escrow) was installed to administer the Park.
The park contains several buildings from the old Foundry making the park a famous Archeological Industrial Site in Mexico. The park also contains extensive walking tracks, an artificial lake, playgrounds for children and a 2.1 mile permanent road course which is popular with joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters.
Fundidora Park also includes a CINTERMEX which is a convention center, a hotel, a museum, Sesame Street Park, the Monterrey Arena, an auditorium, Cineteca Nuevo Leon, and other smaller buildings and cultural venues.
[edit] Events
Every year since 2001 the park has held the Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Monterrey.
Fundidora Park has been the venue of UN and OEA summits.
On February 26, 2006, the Fundidora Park raceway hosted the A1 Grand Prix racing series.
In 2007 the park will be the center of the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures. For this event an area of 30 hectares will be joined to the 120 original hectares, and will be joined to Macroplaza by an artificial river called "Paseo Santa Lucia".
For the main Champ Car article see 'Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey'.
[edit] A1GP race history
| Season | Sprint Race Winner | Feature Race Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 |  Alexandre Premat |
Alexandre Premat |
[edit] External links
- http://www.parquefundidora.org Fundidora Park official site
- http://www.pistadehielofundidora.com Fundidora Ice Rink: localized at Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
| Tracks of the Champ Car World Series |
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| Current Tracks (2007)
Assen • Cleveland • Edmonton • Houston • Las Vegas • Long Beach • Mexico City • Mont-Tremblant • Phoenix • Portland • Road America • San Jose • Surfers Paradise • Toronto • Zhuhai • Zolder Former Tracks (Ovals) Former Tracks (Road Courses) Former Tracks (International) |
| 2007 Champ Car World Series | |||||||||
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| N/H/L | Forsythe | Minardi | Australia | PKV | RSPORTS | Coyne | PCM | Conquest | |
| 1 Bourdais 2 Rahal |
3 Tracy 7 Dominguez |
4 Clarke 14 Doornbos |
5 Power 15 Pagenaud |
21 Jani 22 Gommendy |
8 Tagliani 9 Wilson |
11 TBA 19 TBA |
28 Dalziel 29 Figge |
42 Halliday | |
| Las Vegas - Long Beach - Houston - Portland - Cleveland - Mont-Tremblant - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Road America - Assen - Zolder - Surfers Paradise - Zhuhai - Mexico City - Phoenix | |||||||||
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