Bautzen motorway ring

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Bautzen motorway ring
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Address:
Bundesautobahn 4

Bautzener Autobahnring (Germany)
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Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Bautzen
Route type: temporary racetrack

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Opening: 1955
Decommissioned: 1974
Track layout from 1955 to 1974
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Route data
Route length: 2.920  km (1.81  mi )

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 25.3 "  N , 14 ° 24 ′ 52.5"  E

The Bautzen motorway ring was a temporary race track near Bautzen from 1955 to 1974 . The route length was 2.920 km. The Bautzen-West junction of Autobahn 4 and the F 96 between the two exits served as the racing track . On race days, the motorway traffic was diverted from the motorway to the Kamenz-Bautzen road at a makeshift exit near Prischwitz . Due to the destruction of the motorway bridge over the Spree in April 1945, the motorway east of the junction could no longer be used by traffic anyway.

International car and motorcycle races with and without sidecars took place on the racetrack. Classes included Formula Junior (later Formula 3 ) for racing cars, A, B, C for motorcycles and various cubic capacity classes for sidecar motorcycles (also known as sidecar or three-wheeled vehicles).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bautzener Autobahnring ; List of races 1952–1974 in the Jordan Motor Racing Archives.