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Phakisa Freeway was built on the same site as the former Goldfields Raceway, which closed in 1997. [1] The current track opened in 1999. [2] [3] It consists of a 4.242 km (2.636 mi) road course and a 2.414-kilometre (1.500 mi) oval course. [2] The road course uses the oval's pit lane as its backstraight and crosses the oval's backstretch on two ...
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It took place on the weekend of 16–18 April 2004 at the Phakisa Freeway. This was the last South African MotoGP round at Phakisa, because the race was not contracted for 2005 and beyond. This was the last South African MotoGP round at Phakisa, because the race was not contracted for 2005 and beyond.
The venue chosen was the Phakisa Freeway in Welkom. [9] [10] In the 2002 event, the South African Department of Health announced a week before the Grand Prix that it was no longer allowed to advertise tobacco products in motorsports. This caused a big problem because that year's official sponsor of the race was French cigarette brand Gauloises ...
English: Track map of the speedway for Phakisa Freeway. The road course is shown in the background. The road course is shown in the background. Note: The speedway's pit area does double duty as the "Back Straight" for the road course.
English: Track map of the road course at Phakisa Freeway. Created in Inkscape with data from Google Earth. The speedway is shown in the background. Note: The speedway's pit area doubles as the "Back Straight".
However, by the time CHP officers arrived at the scene around 5 p.m., there were no longer any protesters on the freeway, Rubio said. "They were all on the surface streets," he said.
Phakisa Freeway is an international standard, multi-purpose motor sport facility. The track features a 4,24 km road course as well as a 2,4 km banked oval track similar to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada, United States. [25] It is one of the few oval speedways outside of the United States and the only one in Africa.