- Tsukuba Circuit
Motorsport venue
Name = Tsukuba Circuit
Location =Shimotsuma, Ibaraki ,Japan
Time = JST,UTC +9
Events = Tsukuba 1000
Length_km = 2.070 web cite|url=http://www.motoracing-japan.com/circuit/09_tsukuba.html|title=Tsukuba Circuit|publisher=Moto Racing Japan|accessdate=2006-11-06]
Length_mi = 1.287
Turns = 14web cite|url=http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/koryu/chott19/e_chott4.htm|title=Go! Go! Speed Racer!|publisher=Ibaraki Prefecture|accessdate=2006-11-06]
Record_time = 51.875 seconds
Record_driver = "Keiichi Tsuchiya "
Record_team =
Record_year = The Tsukuba Circuit is a famousrace track located in Shimotsuma, a neighboring city of Tsukuba,Japan . It is convert|2070|m|mi long, has 32 pits and the longest straight is convert|437|m|mi long. The track was established in 1966 with the aim of attracting young people to participate in motor sports but wasn't actually built until 1970. These days an event is held every week. [web cite|url=http://www.shejapan.com/jtyeholder/jtye/living/tc/tcjtye1.html|title=What is the Tsukuba Circuit?|publisher=She Japan|accessdate=2006-11-06] The track has a large variation in corners ranging from wide sweepers to hairpins, testing drivers and their vehicles. There is room for 8500 spectators at the track, 3000 in the stands, 5000 on lawn seats and a further 500 standing over the pits. There is a smallchicane corner that is used for motorcycle racing only.The track has been appeared in numerous video games including "
Forza Motorsport " and its sequel, "Gran Turismo 4 ", "Tourist Trophy", "Enthusia Professional Racing ", and "D1 Grand Prix". The track is commonly used for tuner events and has appeared in the final installment of theShuto Kousoku Trial series, "SKT Max".Time Attack
*The current OEM chassis
Time Attack record holder is the "all carbon-fibre" HKS CT230RLancer Evolution , posting a time of 53.589 seconds. Keiichi Tsuchiya Arta NSX 2002 (Time Attack) new record of 51.875 secondsTime Attack Results
2007 17th Annual Revspeed Super Battle at Tsukuba Circuit
*1st place- #13 M-Speed R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*2nd place- #1 Cyber Evo CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (Best L
*3rd place- #22 Pro-Staff R Magic FD3S Mazda RX-7 (Best L
*4th place- #12 Nagisa Auto R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*5th place- #16 Decide R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*6th place- #14 Garage Kagotani R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*7th place- #31 ASM Honda S2000 (Best L
*8th place- #18 Best Motor Sports R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*9th place- #15 Osaka Tuning Factory R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*10th place- #17 Keiyo Jiko R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*11th place- #3 Jun Auto CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (Best L
*12th place- #19 Auto Gallery R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*13th place- #21 Garage R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R (Best L
*14th place- #5 Varis CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (Best L
*15th place- #4 Steelway CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (Best LReferences
External links
* [http://www.jasc.or.jp/ Official Webpage (Japanese)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS93gfz2TDE Video of the HKS CT230R time attack]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&om=1&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=36.150611,139.921982&spn=0.006177,0.010192 Tsukuba Circuit on Google Maps]
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