Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé
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Map of the track
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Guaporé  Brazil
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| Time zone | GMT -3 |
| Coordinates | 28°50′48″S 51°51′10″W / 28.84667°S 51.85278°WCoordinates: 28°50′48″S 51°51′10″W / 28.84667°S 51.85278°W |
| Operator | AGA - Associação Guaporense de Automobilismo |
| Broke ground | 21 December 1969 (dirt track) 17 October 1976 (asphalt track) |
| Major events | Fórmula Truck, local drag racing championships |
| Vitacir Paludo Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 3.080 km (1.914 mi) |
| Turns | 9 (5 right, 4 left) |
Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé is a motorsports circuit in Guaporé, a small city in southern Brazil. It is one of the oldest race tracks in the country and traditionally hosts events such as a yearly race in the Brazilian Fórmula Truck Championship, as well as several legs of the various local Drag Racing championships, attracting up to 60,000 spectators.
The history of Guaporé's race track begins with the arrival of Dr. Nelson Luiz Barro, a doctor from Caxias do Sul whose carrier made him move to the city of Dois Lajeados and, in 1967, to Guaporé. In his spare time, Barro raced a Simca Chambord (# 64) and eventually became State Champion.
Barro manageded to entice many young people with his passion for racing and, on 1 September 1969, they founded the Guaporense Racing Association (AGA - Associação Guaporense de Automobilismo), a group still responsible for maintaining the site. The newly formed group went looking for a place to build a race track and found the city's then-aerodrome, closed off by the aviation authority at the time. Supported by mayor Otolip Dalbosco, they built a circuit around the aerodrome's two runways, which were perpendicular to each other, thus the peculiar "T" shape of the track, still noticeable today.
The first circuit, made of oil-impregnated dirt, was completed in only 3 years and, on 21 December 1969, it was inaugurated with a race involving 72 cars from all over the state and with the supervision and approval of the state's racing authority. The event's success brought great attention to AGA's work, setting the cornerstone to future developments.
With the success came the goal of giving the racetrack a more definitive shape through the application of a layer of asphalt concrete over a better designed circuit, the construction of the pit lane, garages and all the infrastructure necessary for larger events. The association not only managed to get support from the City, State and Federal Governments but also from neighbouring cities, several private businesses and even the Army.
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