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Rockingham Motor Speedway
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| Location |
Northamptonshire, England |
| Coordinates |
52°30′54″N 0°39′27″W / 52.515, -0.6575Coordinates: 52°30′54″N 0°39′27″W / 52.515, -0.6575 |
| Major Events |
BTCC, British Superbikes, British F3, Pickup Truck Racing, Stock Car Speed Association |
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| Oval Circuit |
| Circuit Length |
2.38 km (1.47 mi) |
| Turns |
4 |
| Banking |
3.5 - 7.9º |
| Lap Record |
0:24.719 (Tony Kanaan, Ford, 2001, CCWS) |
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| International Super Sportscar Circuit |
| Circuit Length |
3.12 km (1.94 mi) |
| Turns |
12 |
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| National Circuit |
| Circuit Length |
2.74 km (1.70 mi) |
| Turns |
9 |
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| Lake Circuit |
| Circuit Length |
1.08 km (0.67 mi) |
| Turns |
5 |
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| Handling Circuit |
| Circuit Length |
1.56 km (0.97 mi) |
| Turns |
4 |
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| Rally Stage |
| Surface |
Gravel |
| Circuit Length |
1.00 - 1.98 km (0.62 - 1.23 mi) |
| Turns |
15 (approx) |
- This article is about Rockingham Motor Speedway, a race track in England. For the former NASCAR track in Rockingham, North Carolina; see Rockingham Speedway
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit near Rockingham and Corby in Northamptonshire, England. There is an oval circuit, and an infield road course.
It was opened by the Queen on May 26, 2001. Rockingham is Europe’s fastest banked oval racing circuit, with the unbeaten lap record for the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oval set at 24.719 seconds by Tony Kanaan in his Ford/Lola Champ Car on 22nd September, 2001 - an average speed of 215.397 mph (346.648 km/h). Rockingham is the first purpose built banked oval in the UK since Brooklands in 1907. It has a capacity of 52,000 and has both an oval (US Style) and a road based (Formula 1 Style) track.
The length of the oval circuit is a total of 1.5 miles (2.41 km) and the length of the main road course is 2.237 miles (3.6 km). In total there are fourteen configurations of track which can be used for anything from touring cars to motorcycles to rally cars.
CART races were held at the track in 2001 and 2002 and were won by Gil de Ferran and Dario Franchitti respectively. The races were known as the Rockingham 500.
On December 12, 2004, the first Stage Rally, the Rockingham Stages, was held at the venue. This was jointly promoted by Middlesex County Automobile Club & Thame Motorsport Club.
Rockingham plays host to the majority of the races in the Pickup Truck Racing series.
Until 2008 it held VSR v8 trophy series (under the banner 'SCSA').
It is also the location where Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, 'Beat The Boys' contest is held.
Rockingham Motor Speedway's Main Grandstand.
[edit] Oval lap records
A panorama of Rockingham.
[edit] External links
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