BRA - BRAZIL
TARUMÃ
Description Road circuit first used on November 8th 1970; it’s 12 m wide (15 m on main straight). First proposal had also a short circuit, as you can see on map sent me by Leomar Nestor Teichmann, but it was never built
Location Viamão
RS - Rio Grande do Sul - Região Sul
Location Viamão, 30 km - 18 mi from Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul
Latitude - Longitude - 30°02'54"     - 51°01'04"
-30.048333     -51.017778
UTM Coordinates X = 498286.185  -  Y = 6675858.807  -  Zone 22J
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL 66 m - 217 ft
Inauguration November 8th 1970
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) Italian Da Monza a Indianapolis (page 208)Author: Tommaso Tommasi - Published by: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore - Published in: Italia - year: 1973
(2) English mail, note Mail from Leomar Nestor Teichmann
(3) Andorra speedracing.50webs.com/autodromos_nacionais.html
(4) Andorra www.allkart.net/interim.php3?templates/circuitos/taruma.htm
(5) Andorra www.brascarsportprototipos.com.br/taruma.htm
(6) Andorra www.cronospeed.com.br/pistas.htmwww.cronospeed.com.br: main kart track in Brazil
(7) English www.racingcircuits.netMotor Racing Circuits Database
(8) Andorra www.stockcar.com.br/autodromos/autodromos.htmlBrazilian Stock Car official website
(9) Andorra www.superpole.com.brSuper Pole - O mundo da velocidade: click on Autódromos or Kartódromos
(10) Andorra www2.uol.com.br/alanhellmeister/pistas.htmAlan Hellmeister’s official website
(11) Andorra www.kartodromotaruma.com.brOfficial website

(*) 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.

Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã

Long circuit
Description  
Years  
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration November 8th 1970
Closing  
Last update of this page May 20th 2004
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Curva 1 - Curva 2 - Curva 3 - Curva Do Laço - Tala Larga - Curva 8 - Curva 9
length 3015  m 9892  ft 1.873  mi Long circuit (5)
length 3016  m 9895  ft 1.874  mi Long circuit (8)
Min width 12  m 39  ft      (1)
Max width 15  m 49  ft      (1)

Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã

Short circuit
Description  
Years  
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Permanent
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page May 20th 2004
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Curva 1 - Curva 2 - Tala Larga - Curva 8 - Curva 9
length 2369  m 7772  ft 1.472  mi Short circuit  

Kartódromo Internacional De Tarumã
Description Original kart track layout, in use until the circuit was extended in 1998
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Kart track
Inauguration 1968
Closing 1997
Last update of this page December 8th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length (approx) 830  m 2723  ft 0.516  mi   (4)

Kartódromo Internacional De Tarumã
Description  
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Kart track
Inauguration 1998
Closing  
Last update of this page December 8th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1000  m 3281  ft 0.621  mi   (6)
length 1000  m 3281  ft 0.621  mi   (10)
length 1030  m 3379  ft 0.64  mi   (4)
Width 8  m 26  ft      (10)

Leomar Nestor Teichmann’s map (slighly modified)

Leomar Nestor Teichmann’s map (slighly modified)

Leomar Nestor Teichmann’s map (slighly modified)

Leomar Nestor Teichmann’s map (slighly modified)



PHOTOS

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All photos were taken by Leomar Nestor Teichmann (but # 1, sent by him), reproduced here with kind permission.

Photos by Leomar Nestor Teichmann -  
Click on thumbnail to open original large photo

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Aerial photo (taken in 1974)Aerial photoAerial photoBend 9 exit, main straight and pit entry

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Main straightPit laneTala Larga; in background: Curva do LaçoTala Larga

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Exit from Tala Larga and Bend 8   


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
December 13th 2007     Guido de Carli     Update Description
December 8th 2007 Kartódromo Internacional De Tarumã   Guido de Carli     New Description without map
May 27th 2004     Guido de Carli     Update Photos (on this site)
May 22nd 2004     Guido de Carli     Update Description
May 22nd 2004     Guido de Carli     New Photos (on this site)
May 20th 2004     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   Update Description with map
May 14th 2004     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   New Description with map
August 23rd 2002     Guido de Carli     New Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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