Stiges Terramar is a little known oval racing circuit near Barcelona in Spain. Its concrete construction, featuring 60° banking, was completed around 80 years ago. It’s one of the oldest tracks in Europe, apparently second only to Brooklands in England.
In 1923 Stiges Terramar hosted a sanctioned Grand Prix event. However, the gate receipts were taken by the builders who were trying to recover unpaid funds from cost overruns. No prizemoney was able to be passed to the drivers and the circuit was never used for a GP race again. Minor events were held sporadically over the next three decades, with the last recorded action being in the 1950s.
Until now. Red Bull grabbed a pair of Spanish driving stars—dual world rally champ Carlos Sainz and current DTM racer Miguel Molina—and put them in a top-spec Audi R8 LMS and said go your hardest lads. The result is a nicely produced video which returns the thunder of racing to Terramar.
The clip has plenty of history about the track, too. Only trouble is the voiceovers are all in Spanish. Good for you if you can understand it, but if you just want to watch the action fast forward to about five minutes in.
[via Autoblog]
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That is a seriously cool video on many levels. Love it