Oulton Park
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| Location | Little Budworth, Cheshire, England |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 53°10′39.34″N 2°36′51.76″W / 53.1775944°N 2.6143778°W |
| FIA Grade | 3 |
| Owner | MotorSport Vision |
| Major events | British Touring Car Championship, British F3, British Superbikes |
| International Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 4.307 km (2.692 mi) |
| Turns | 17 |
| Lap record | 1:24.68 (Gareth Rees, Super Nova (Reynard-Cosworth 95D), 1996, British F2) |
| Island Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 3.616 km (2.260 mi) |
| Turns | 7 |
| Fosters Circuit | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.656 km (1.660 mi) |
| Turns | 6 |
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) from Winsford, 13 miles (21 km) from Chester city centre, 8 miles (13 km) from Northwich and 17 miles (27 km) from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was previously known as the Oulton Estate. The track is set in the grounds of Oulton Hall, which were used as an army staging camp by General Patton prior to the Normandy landings. At this time the famous boxer Joe Louis gave exhibition bouts at Oulton Park in the vicinity of the Deer Leap section of the circuit.
The track is characterised by rapidly changing gradients, blind crests and several tight corners. The full circuit is 2.8 mi (4.5 km). The highest part of the course is Hill Top. Paddock facilities are reasonable in size with large areas of hard-standing and some power points.
The race track can be adapted for shorter courses. The "Foster's" Circuit, which is 1.66 miles (2.7 km), comprises half of the "Cascades" corner followed by the "Hizzy's" chicane, it then heads onto Knickerbrook and up Clay Hill to work its way round to the start/finish straight. The British Touring Car Championships uses all of the Cascades Corner and Lakeside but then forks off into a hairpin before Island Bend. This hairpin cuts out all of the Island section of the circuit and takes the cars straight back over Hill Top.
Beginning in 2007, all the circuit's marshalling stations were redesigned with protective cages. This was to prevent incidents similar to those seen in the 2006 season when cars had collided with marshalling posts. A cage-protected marshals station was also built at the bottom of the back straight near the chicane preceding Knickerbrook.
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