VEN - VENEZUELA
LOS PRÓCERES
Description  
Location Caracas - Distrito Capital
Location  
Latitude - Longitude + 10°27'53"     - 66°54'10"
10.464722     -66.902778
UTM Coordinates X = 729560.219  -  Y = 1157557.863  -  Zone 19P
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 871 m - 2858 ft
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English American Racing: Road Racing in the 50s and 60s Author: Tom Burnside, Denise McCluggage - Published by: Könemann - year: 1996 - ISBN: 3895082465
(2) English ForumForum --> Latin America --> More countries --> VEN - Caracas (Proposal) [ENG]
(3) Venezuelan Spanish server4.foros.net (...)Forum PASION A LA VELOCIDAD Y MOTORES --> AUTODROMOS Y CIRCUITOS
(4) English wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1957.html#71957 race result
(5) English www.d3motorsport.com/portfolio/caracas-venezuela
(6) Argentinian Spanish www.jmfangio.org/gp1955venezuela.htmUn tributo al Chueco (a tribute to Fangio’s career): map (to be confirmed) and description of 1955 race
(7) Argentinian Spanish www.jmfangio.org/gp1956venezuela.htmUn tributo al Chueco (a tribute to Fangio’s career): map (to be confirmed) and description of 1956 race
(8) English www.milermeter.com/?r=2796334Track layout
(9) English www.milermeter.com/?r=2796413Track layout
(10) English www.milermeter.com/?r=2796442Track layout
(11) English www.milermeter.com/?r=3507505Track layout

(*) 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.

Los Próceres
Description Version used for local races and for some editions of Caracas 6 Hours. Start/finish line was in front of presidential tribune (probably for all layouts, not only for this one)
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page May 6th 2009
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Avenida Los Próceres
length 2565  m 8415  ft 1.594  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (8)

1955÷1956
Description  
Years 1955÷1956
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration November 6th 1955
Closing November 4th 1956
Last update of this page May 6th 2009
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Avenida Los Próceres - Avenida de los Simbolos
length 4040  m 13255  ft 2.51  mi   (7)
length 4012  m 13163  ft 2.493  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (9)

1957
Description Phil Hill describes this circuis as surreal, with flowers and bridges (from American Racing, quoted on forum PASION A LA VELOCIDAD Y MOTORES)
Years 1957
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration November 3rd 1957
Closing November 3rd 1957
Last update of this page May 6th 2009
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points Avenida Los Próceres - Avenida de los Simbolos - Avenida Nueva Granada - Autopista el Valle
length 9930  m 32579  ft 6.17  mi   (3)
length 10048  m 32967  ft 6.244  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (10)

Los Próceres
Description Proposed street circuit, FIA Grade 2 grade
Years 2007
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal Proposal  YES
Proposal not developed  
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page March 1st 2010
Info last update  
Designer D3
D3 Motorsport Development
Distinctive points  
length 4145  m 13598  ft 2.575  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (11)

Los Próceres (all layouts)

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth
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(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Los Próceres: version for national events

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Los Próceres 1955÷1956

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Los Próceres 1957

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)


Los Próceres, D3 proposal

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)



Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
March 1st 2010   2007 Guido de Carli Roelard Smit Roelard Smit Update Description with map
May 6th 2009     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Pier Paolo Garagnani Update Description with map
January 7th 2007 1957 1957 Guido de Carli     New Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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