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CASERTA
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Description	Street circuit used with diferent layouts from 1928 to 1967, when in a race valid for Italian F.3 championship in a big accident died "Geki" Russo. The accident took place around the gentle right hand curve (see the map)
Location	Caserta CE - Caserta - Campania
Location	Few hundreds South of Caserta Royal Palace
Latitude - Longitude	+ 41°03'50"     + 14°19'19" 41.063889     14.321944
UTM Coordinates	X = 443029.367  -  Y = 4546070.836  -  Zone 33T
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth  -    Portale Cartografico Nazionale  -    Visual Pagine Gialle
Altitude AMSL	56 m - 184 ft
Inauguration
Closing
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum CASERTA - at last!, message by Barry Boor (2) www.grandprix.com/gpe/cir-030.html GrandPrix.com - Circuits: Italian Road Racing (3) Autosprint 26/1967 (page 6) Map ans sketch of Geki Russo’s crash (4) Autosprint 14/1971 (page 8) La sentenza assolve gli organizzatori per la morte di Geki Russo

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Caserta
Description
Years	1928÷1929
Direction
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	April 4th 2006
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	21500  m	70538  ft	13.36  mi

Caserta
Description
Years	1930
Direction
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	April 4th 2006
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	25370  m	83235  ft	15.765  mi

Caserta
Description
Years	1951÷1952
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	April 4th 2006
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	4600  m	15092  ft	2.858  mi

Caserta
Description	Layout confirmed as shown on my map (previously I had some doubts)
Years	1953÷1967
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Street course
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	May 18th 2008
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points
length	4550  m	14928  ft	2.827  mi
Straight length	1269  m	4163  ft	0.789  mi	Start finish straight	(3)
Straight length	1620  m	5315  ft	1.007  mi	Straight between turn 2 and turn 3	(3)
Straight length	1708  m	5604  ft	1.061  mi	Straight between turn 1 and turn 2	(3)

Latitude - Longitude: + 41°03'50", + 14°19'19"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
May 18th 2008		1953÷1967	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
August 18th 2005			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
May 13th 2004			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
July 5th 2003			Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		New	Description with map
July 2nd 2003			Guido de Carli			New	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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