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Rockingham Motor Speedway
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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
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Just the speedway
The road courses with the speedway in the background
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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) |
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit near Rockingham and Corby in Northamptonshire, England. There is an unusually shaped oval circuit, and an infield road course. It is close to the A6116 and only one mile north of the A43. Although very close to Corby - virtually adjacent to the industrial estates, it is actually in the district of East Northamptonshire.
History
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.
Structural characteristics
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.
The site is built on a former iron ore quarry.
Events
- Until 2008 it held VSR v8 trophy series (under the banner 'SCSA').
Rockingham Motor Speedway's Main Grandstand.
Oval lap records
External links
A panorama of Rockingham.
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