Keimola Motor Stadium

The Keimola Motor Stadium (1966–1978) was a race circuit situated in Vantaa Keimola, Finland.

The track was founded by Curt Lincoln and the building of track was started in 1965, it was opened June 12 1966.

The track was never used for Formula One races although its track profile would suit Formula One cars. The track was used quite often for Formula Two. In that time Formula One drivers could also participate in Formula Two races, so in Keimola was seen such legends like: Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, Jochen Rindt and Denny Hulme.

The track was around Convert|3.3|km|mi|1 long and the home straight was around Convert|1|km|mi|1 long and it has seven turns.

Today the track is unsuitable for driving but the control tower is still standing there.

Interserie

European prototype serie (Interserie) was driven in Keimola between 1970-1972. Leo Kinnunen from AAW Racing Team drove full seasons between 1971-1973 and won the championship in every year. The track record is also hold by Kinnunen who drove it in 1972 Interserie race with Porsche 917/10 TC. The lap time was 1 minutes and 11,74 seconds with average speed of Auto km/h|165.4|1.

Rallycross

The first Keimola Rallycross race was organised and driven on June 9 1974. It was a round of the Embassy/ERA European Rallycross Championship that was won by Swede Björn Waldegård. Between 1974 and 1978 there had been a total of five ERC rounds at the venue, all organised by the Helsinki based club "Helsingin UA", and the last three were recognized by the FIA as rounds of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers.

All ERC round winners at Keimola

* 09.06.1974: Björn Waldegård (Sweden), Porsche Carrera RSR
* 01.06.1975: Dick Riefel (Netherlands), VW 1303S with Porsche Carrera engine
* 30.05.1976: Franz Wurz (Austria), Lancia Stratos HF
* 29.05.1977: Herbert Grünsteidl (Austria), Alpine A310 V6
* 28.05.1978: TC Division – Per-Inge Walfridsson (Sweden), Volvo 343 Turbo
* 28.05.1978: GT Division – Olle Arnesson (Sweden), Porsche Carrera

Drag racing

In Keimola was also driven first drag racing competition in Finland 1975.

External links

* [http://personal.inet.fi/urheilu/keimola/ Keimola Motor Stadium]
* [http://www.huvipuisto.net/seikkail/keimola2.htm Keimola Motor Stadium ]
* [http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=h&n=keimola YLE Keimola videos]