Taupo Motorsport Park

Motorsport venue
Name = Taupo Motorsport Park
Location = Taupo, New Zealand
Time = UTC+12

Events = A1GP, D1NZ, Formula Ford, Porsche GT3 Cup, MINI Challenge, New Zealand V8s, Toyota Racing Series
Length_km = 3.5
Length_mi = 2.17
Turns = 11
Record_time = 1:14.072
Record_driver = Nico Hulkenberg
Record_team = Germany
Record_class = A1GP
Record_year = 2007

Taupo Motorsport Park (also known as the Taupo Race Track) is a motorsports circuit located in Broadlands Road, Taupo, New Zealand. It is owned and operated by MIT Development Ltd. It is considered to be the best facility of its type in Australasia. The circuit was completed in 2006 at the cost of NZ$13 million. It features a three-story pit lane complex with 32 ground floor pit garages, 13 first floor corporate suites and a second floor race control/corporate/catering complex. The track also features an NHRA standard drag strip (830-metre long, 17 metres wide) with full capacity viewing.

On January 21, 2007, Taupo Motorsport Park hosted the sixth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and on January 20, 2008, it hosted the fifth race in the 2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season.

The Taupo Race Track project has received a Silver Award by the Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand, praising the high-quality delivery of the project, which was designed and constructed in tandem to achieve very tight deadlines."Taupo Race Track" - "Innovate NZ", Brochure of the '2007 ACENZ Awards of Excellence', Page 18]

On May 8, 2008, Newstalk ZB reported that the motorsport park is NZ$3 million in debt and the owners are seeking equity to help keep their business afloat.

References

External links

* [http://www.tauporacetrack.co.nz Official website]
* [http://www.motorsport.org.nz/Circuits/taupo.htm Circuit info]
* [http://www.a1gp.com/Circuit/CircuitInfo.aspx?circuitId=13&seasonId=4 A1GP info of Taupo Motorsport Park]
* [http://www.d1nz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=74 D1NZ Series' tracks info]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/9/story.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=10508855 Taupo cash crisis won't hurt A1GP]
* [http://www.nzv8s.co.nz/V8s%20Events/A1GP%20at%20Taupo NZV8s' Taupo track info]
* [http://www.toyotaracing.co.nz/default.aspx?pageid=415&year
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* [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.666379,176.146224&spn=0.015916,0.040169&t=k&z=15 Taupo Motorsport Park in Google Maps]

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