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#1 SonnyViceR

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Posted 27 March 2013 - 23:30

So let's list tracks with longest lengths, shall we? But please, please, please NOTE: this is for track configurations that still exist today, as in 2013!!! So don't be a fool and suggest something like 14km Spa that has been dead for ages now.

I'll start with the three obvious and most legendary ones we all know of

Snaefell Mountain Course // IoM TT
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Nurburgring
(Nordschleife + GP circuit together) 25.94 km
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Circuit de la Sarthe // Le Mans 13.62 km
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Eurospeedway Lausitzring has a possible 11,3km loop if all configurations are connected. However I don't think (?) anyone has actually raced on that. It has been discussed as a possible replacement for the Nurburgring 24 hours should that event someday fail to materialize due to their financial difficulties. So it's possible

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#2 Rob

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Posted 27 March 2013 - 23:46

The Triangle // North West 200 14.32 km
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Dundrod // Ulster Grand Prix 11.91 km
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#3 Amphicar

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Posted 27 March 2013 - 23:47

The Targa Florio still takes place - albeit now as a rally for historic cars - so you could make a case that the 72 km Piccolo Madonie circuit qualifies...

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#4 SonnyViceR

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:03

Ireland sure knows how to treat motorcycle racing, Rob.

#5 Rob

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:08

Ireland sure knows how to treat motorcycle racing, Rob.

Absolutely. One day I'll have to visit Ireland and see some road racing.

#6 Nonesuch

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:12

The Swedes are building a 28 kilometer long track (in one of its configurations) set to open in the near future: the Gotland Ring.

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#7 Amphicar

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:12

Not a circuit I know - but the Pikes Peak hillclimb course is pretty long at 19.98 km

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#8 Rob

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:20

Not a circuit I know - but the Pikes Peak hillclimb course is pretty long at 19.98 km

It's not a circuit at all. :)

#9 kosmic33

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 00:24

Absolutely. One day I'll have to visit Ireland and see some road racing.

The Northwest 200 is a great weekend!
Was over the year Rutter did 208mph on the HRC HM Plant Honda.
Standing at the the side of the road while they go past at 200+ is an unbelievable experience

#10 noikeee

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 09:45

I think Pikes Peak is way off limit here, if we're considering hillclimb courses then we're considering rally stages (often even bigger, from memory the WRC ran a 40km one recently, maybe longer), then it's just a small step away from the mammoth stages of rally-raid events like the Dakar.

All of this obviously does not qualify, but is worth a mention.

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#11 SonnyViceR

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 11:41

Yeah, I think we can just about accept Targa Florio, but Pikes Peak is off limits.

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#12 Amphicar

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 13:24

OK so Pikes Peak was pushing the envelope a bit - but this is definitely a circuit and it's long and it's still used:

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The 12.41 km oval at Fort Stockton, Texas where AJ Foyt set the world closed course record (257.123 mph) in the Oldsmobile Aerotech in August 1987

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#13 Jackmancer

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 13:38

Mille Miglia? :p

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Not really a racetrack, okay :p Otherwise Dakar rally might count as well, but this one is on a fixed course over the years.

#14 OoxLox

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 14:21

The Targa Florio still takes place - albeit now as a rally for historic cars - so you could make a case that the 72 km Piccolo Madonie circuit qualifies...

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I tried to learn that one when I found it for Grand Prix Legends and it nearly drove me insane. I can't believe people actually raced on that - it makes the Cat & Fiddle look like a motorway. :smoking:

#15 Rob

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 14:33

Ehra-Lessien // VW Group Proving Ground 10.0 km
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#16 senna da silva

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 14:33

Targa Newfoundland - 2200Km (1400Mi)

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#17 Rob Semmeling

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Posted 28 March 2013 - 19:11

On my website www.wegcircuits.nl you can download a pdf-file called Racing Circuits Factbook, which lists, among many other things, the longest circuits currently in use (pages 38-40).

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 00:25

Potrero de los Funes Circuit 6.27km

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 00:43

Indianapolis

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Pic related, its 500 miles long

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#20 Jejking

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 00:49

:rolleyes:

#21 Frank Tuesday

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 15:38

OK so Pikes Peak was pushing the envelope a bit - but this is definitely a circuit and it's long and it's still used:



The 12.41 km oval at Fort Stockton, Texas where AJ Foyt set the world closed course record (257.123 mph) in the Oldsmobile Aerotech in August 1987


Not even the longest track in Texas. Uvalde has a 13.68km oval. The turns have a radius of 1.61km. I think vehicle/tire testing facilites should be excluded, as they aren't used for racing.

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