Salzburgring

The Salzburgring is a 4.225 kilometres (2.63 mi) permanent race track in Austrick, east o Salzburg.

Salzburgring track map

History

This race track haed been opened in 1968. Lyin in a nairae, alpine valley, it haes a rather semple layoot, wi twa lang straights plus the sweepin an fast "Fahrerlagerkurve" ("paddock turn") at the bottom, an the nairae "Nockstein-Kehre" on the tap. In spite o its semple layoot, it garnered a fearsome reputation for the hicht speeds reached on the straights an the "Fahrerlagerkurve".

It hosts mainly touring caur races lik the German ADAC Procar Series, DPM, DTC, STW, but several Grand Prix motorcycle racin (frae 1971 tae 1994 except for 1980 an 1992), Superside an the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix events wur held thare an aw. An thare haed been Oldtimer Grand Prix as well as during the last years a "Rupert Hollaus Memorial" organized bi Ex-GP motorcycle an sidecaur rider Wolfgang Stropek.

Grand Prix Motorcycle Racin

Some results:

• 1975 500cc Hideo Kanaya Yamaha
• 1978 500cc Kenny Roberts Yamaha
• 1983 500cc Kenny Roberts Yamaha

External links

• Salzburgring
• The Oldtimer Grand Prix Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Salzburgring in Google Maps
• Reviews on the circuit Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine

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