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AINTREE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | The first race was raced in anticlockwise direction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Aintree LIV - Liverpool (Merseyside district) - England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 8 km - 5 mi north of Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latitude - Longitude | + 53°28'33" - 2°56'24" 53.475833 -2.94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTM Coordinates | X = 503982.213 - Y = 5925206.829 - Zone 30U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aerial photo / Map (*) | OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude AMSL | 24 m - 79 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inauguration | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aintree | |||||
Long circuit | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1954÷1964 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Permanent | ||||
Inauguration | 1954 | ||||
Closing | 1964 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 23rd 2007 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Waterway Corner - Anchor Crossing - Sefton Straight - Cottage Corner - Country Corner - Village Corner - Vallentines Way - Beechers Bend - Railway Straight - Club Circuit Loop - Melling Crossing - Tatts Corner - Finishing Straight | ||||
length | 4828 m | 15840 ft | 3 mi | Long circuit | (8) |
length | 4828 m | 15840 ft | 3 mi | Long circuit | (7) |
length | 4815 m | 15796 ft | 2.992 mi | Calculated from aerial photo (*) | (5) |
Club Circuit | |||||
Club Circuit | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | 1954÷1965, 1968÷1982 | ||||
Direction | Clockwise | ||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | YES | ||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Permanent | ||||
Inauguration | 1954 | ||||
Closing | 1982 | ||||
Last update of this page | June 23rd 2007 | ||||
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Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Circuit Club Loop - Country Corner - Village Corner - Vallentines Way - Beechers Bend - Railway Straight | ||||
length | 2205 m | 7233 ft | 1.37 mi | (7) | |
length | 2640 m | 8661 ft | 1.64 mi | Club Circuit | (8) |
Club Circuit | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | |||||
Direction | |||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Permanent | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 13th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Club Corner - Country Corner - Village Corner - Vallentines Way - Beechers Bend - Railway Straight | ||||
length | 2414 m | 7920 ft | 1.5 mi | (4) |
Sprint Circuit | |||||
Description | |||||
Years | |||||
Direction | |||||
Proposal | NO | ||||
No longer operational | |||||
Car Circuit | YES | ||||
Motorbike circuit | |||||
Type | Point to point track | ||||
Inauguration | |||||
Closing | |||||
Last update of this page | February 13th 2009 | ||||
Info last update | |||||
Designer | |||||
Distinctive points | Country Corner - Village Corner - Vallentines Way - Beechers Bend - Railway Straight | ||||
length | 1847 m | 6060 ft | 1.148 mi | (6) |
Aintree 1954÷1964
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Updates | |||||||
Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
February 13th 2009 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
November 19th 2008 |   | 1954÷1964 | Guido de Carli | Vasco | Vasco | Update | Description with map |
August 19th 2005 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||||
November 10th 2002 |   | 1954÷1964 | Guido de Carli | New | Map | ||
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list |