Cemetery Circuit

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Cemetery Circuit
Cemetery Circuit Wanganui.jpg
Location Wanganui, New Zealand
Time zone UTC+12:00
Coordinates 39°56′21″S175°02′57″E / 39.9392°S 175.0492°E / -39.9392; 175.0492
Capacity10,000
Opened1951
Length1.500 km (0.932 miles)

Cemetery Circuit is a temporary motorcycle street circuit in downtown Wanganui, New Zealand, so named because the route bisects the old town cemetery. The daylong road race has traditionally been held on Boxing Day (26 December) since 1951. The event attracts around 10,000 spectators and some of the best New Zealand motorbike racers to compete on the tight one-mile street circuit. It has earned a nickname: “Southern Hemisphere’s Isle of Man”. [1]

Sidecar racing at the 2012 Cemetery Circuit Cemetery Circuit Racing 11.JPG
Sidecar racing at the 2012 Cemetery Circuit

References

  1. ↑ "Cemetery Circuit". aatravel.co.nz. n.d. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2008.


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