X-Nico

unusual facts about The Circuit


The Circuit

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, a 1997 children's novel by Francisco Jiménez often called The Circuit



see also

1967 Canadian Grand Prix

Having already changed his battery on the grid, losing six laps, Al Pease spun and stalled out on the circuit during the race, and suffered another flat battery.

1995 Formula One season

However, the circuit was badly affected after the Great Hanshin earthquake, which hit the local infrastructure hard.

2003 British Grand Prix

On the following lap, Neil Horan invaded the circuit and another safety car period was necessitated.

2006 Tour of Faroes Islands

The circuit was the distance between: Tvøroyri – Øravík – Fámjin – Øravík – Hov – Porkeri – Vág – Lopra – Sumba, across Hestin, return to Sumba back to Vágur.

2007 Japanese Grand Prix

The event was afflicted by poor transportation, poor facilities including some reserved seats without a view, lack of organization, and expensive meals that meant a simple lunch-box was sold for 10,000 yen (US$87) at the circuit.

2009 Brands Hatch Formula Two round

Surtees was extricated from the car and taken to the circuit's medical centre, where he was stabilised before being transferred to the Royal London Hospital.

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

It was the first time the Race of Italy was held at the circuit, although it had previously held races in 2005 and 2008, under the Race of San Marino and Race of Europe titles respectively.

2010 São Paulo Indy 300

Having observed the sessions and received feedback from the drivers and the teams about the circuit conditions, the series' president of competition Brian Barnhart and course designer Tony Cotman opted to postpone the qualification session to race morning, with the running of a third practice session and a Sunday morning warm-up instead of it.

2010 Super GT season

The 300km race at Fuji scheduled to be held on September 12 was cancelled due to the serious damage to Oyama, the town where the circuit is located, caused by the typhoon Malou.

Adria International Raceway

The 2004 video game TOCA Race Driver 2, includes the circuit in the DTM section of the game.

Angela T. Quigless

She was appointed by Governor Bob Holden as the Circuit Judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit of the City of St. Louis, Missouri on January 3, 2003, previously serving as an Associate Circuit Judge since February 28, 1995.

Assizes

From the 1830s onwards, Wales and the palatine county of Chester, previously served by Court of Great Sessions, were merged into the circuit system.

Blackburn Type L

The Circuit of Britain race was due to start from Calshot on 14 August 1914.

Catalina Park

The circuit still exists and can be walked around however it has deteriorated quite badly with grass growing through the track surface on what was Lockheed Straight and Dunlop Corner, and water seepage has caused part of the track to collapse between Craven A corner and Castrol corner.

Chengdu Goldenport Circuit

The circuit is 3.367 km (2.091 mi) long and held a round of Asian Touring Car Series (ATCS), Formula V6 Asia in 2007 and 2008.

Circuit Court of Cook County

Dorothy Brown is the current Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and Timothy C. Evans is system's chief judge.

Circuit de la Sarthe

The circuit also hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race, and a round of the MotoGP Championship.

Circuit reliability

Circuit reliability is given by where T o is the circuit total outage time, Ts is the circuit total scheduled time, and T a is the circuit total available time.

Ciudad del Motor de Aragón

The circuit was used as part of stage seven of the 2012 Vuelta a España.

Design layout record

A design layout record (DLR) or circuit layout record (CLR) is used in the telecommunication industry to describe the detailed design path of a completed circuit, including all equipment and network components from one end of the circuit to the other.

Dorothy Brown

Dorothy A. Brown, current Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois

Ecover Sailing Team

Fraser is one of the most experienced Extreme 40 sailors on the circuit having raced in the class from the outset.

F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records

Specifically, the circuit court ruled that a licensing provision in the contract between F.B.T. Productions and Aftermath Records unambiguously applied to permanent downloads and mastertones offered through third party distributors.

Florida District Courts of Appeal

However, the decisions and case law precedent of each District Court of Appeal are binding upon all of the circuit and county courts within the State of Florida.

Foxhill motocross circuit

Torrential rain over the weekend turned the circuit into a mudbath, with conditions so bad that many of the world's leading riders, including a young Ricky Carmichael, were struggling like junior riders in the severe mud.

Frank E. Willis

The mayor then appealed the circuit court's decision to the South Carolina Supreme Court, but the case was similarly dismissed.

Grand Finale

For 2008 the event moved to Oran Park as a celebratory event for the circuit's impending closure.

Grand Prix of Indianapolis

The race will be contested on a new, modified layout of the circuit previously used for the Formula One United States Grand Prix as well as the Moto GP motorcycle event.

Jean-Louis Tournadre

His only victory came at the French Grand Prix held at Nogaro where most of the top riders, including Mang and Carlos Lavado, went on strike to protest the lack of safety at the circuit.

Lakeside International Raceway

The fast and challenging nature of the circuit was an education for a generation of Queensland racing drivers and riders, from Will Power, Dick Johnson, Tony Longhurst and five time world motorcycle champion Mick Doohan.

László Hartmann

After a short ceremony at the circuit Hartmann's body was flown back to Hungary, and he was buried in Budapest's Rákoskeresztúr Cemetery.

Longford Circuit

Australian open wheel and touring car stars Bib Stillwell, Lex Davison, Leo Geoghegan, Frank Matich, Frank Gardner, Spencer Martin, Kevin Bartlett, John Harvey, Ian Geoghegan, Norm Beechey, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat also raced at the circuit.

Municipal Court of Nauvoo

In June 1844, the Circuit Court for Hancock County charged Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and 15 other co-defendants with inciting a "riot" in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor.

Neutrodyne

The circuit was developed in the early 1920s by Harold Wheeler who worked in Alan Hazeltine's lab at Stevens Institute of Technology, so Hazeltine is usually given the credit.

Nivelles-Baulers

Built in 1971, the circuit hosted two rounds of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in 1972 and 1974 during the time when the race was supposed to alternate between Walloon and Flemish circuits.

Overhead join

The pilot crosses the runway from the normal circuit for that runway, looking out for other traffic in the circuit, and descends to circuit height (often 1000 feet AGL for heavier GA aircraft or 500–600 feet for light aircraft and microlights) on the dead side (opposite that of the normal circuit).

Randy Wigginton

Wigginton collaborated with Wozniak on the circuit design and ROM software for the Apple II in 1977.

Ring circuit

However, with the introduction of EN60898 MCBs and the increased use of RCD protection for general purpose socket outlets in the UK (under BS7671: 2008 and earlier editions of the same standard) means that it is now more likely that the circuit protective device will operate before the plug fuse.

Sammy Bland

Bland worked with WCEC through the 1960s, and used that as the base for the Racing News broadcast and NASCAR Sprint Cup races which he broadcast live from the various tracks on the circuit.

Samuel Blatchford

He became well known for preparing summaries of United States circuit court cases, serving for a time as reporter of decisions for the Circuit Court in New York, and developed a lucrative practice in admiralty law.

Stavelot

Two cloisters — one secular, one for the monks — survive as the courtyards of the brick-and-stone 17th-century domestic ranges, now housing the Museum of the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, and museums devoted to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, who was a long-term resident, and to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Super Aguri F1

On arrival at the Istanbul Park for the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Super Aguri's trucks and motorhomes were denied entry to the circuit, because Honda Racing CEO Nick Fry reportedly told the race organizers that Super Aguri would not be taking part.

The Circuit 3: Street Monk

The Circuit 3: Street Monk - is the 3rd film in the Circuit series with Olivier Gruner returning along with Jalal Merhi, who also produced and directed all three films.

Theater Owners Booking Association

The most prestigious Black theaters in Harlem, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. were not part of the circuit, booking acts independently; The T.O.B.A. was considered less prestigious.

Thruxton Circuit

Outside of motor racing, the circuit offers a driving school for aspiring racing drivers, plus featured as the venue for BBC3’s series ‘Stars in Fast Cars’.

Twin Ring Motegi

During the opening sequence of Kamen Rider Agito, the three main Kamen Riders are shown riding around the circuit, as Honda is the series sponsor.

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

The First Circuit also sits for one week each March and November at the Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and occasionally sits at other locations within the circuit.

Zhong Kuangshi

Zhong Kuangshi (鍾匡時) was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who briefly controlled Zhennan Circuit (鎮南, headquartered in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi) after the death of his father Zhong Chuan, who had ruled the circuit for 20 years.