The first event was held on August 3, 1964, on the short 12-turn, 1.5-mile circuit (north loop). Canadian Ludwig Heimrath drove his Cooper-Ford 289 to victory in the 32-lap feature race.
In 1965 the circuit was expanded to its current 2.65-mile layout. British driver John Surtees, the 1964 Formula One World Champion, won driving a Lola T-70 Chevrolet.
Circuit Length | 4.26 km / 2.65 miles |
No. of Turns | Fifteen (15) |
North loop | 2.46 km / 1.53 miles |
South loop | 1.91 km / 1.19 miles |
Average width | 11 m / 36 feet |
TRACK RECORD: 1:16.776 – June 29, 2007
Tristan Gommendy, 2007 Panoz DP01 * with chicane