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Circuit Paul Armagnac, also known as Circuit de Nogaro, is a motorsport race track located in the commune of Nogaro in the Gers department in southwestern France. The track is named in honor of Nogaro-born racing driver Paul Armagnac, who died in an accident during practice for the 1962 1000 km de Paris at the Montlhéry circuit.
Also known as the Circuit Paul Armanac after one of its founders, the track is relatively flat, the circuit features several long straights coupled with tighter twisty sections at each end. Though it has rarely captured the attention of the major world championships (save for a short period as host of the French Motorcycle Grand Prix in the ...
modifier. Le circuit Paul Armagnac ou CPA, souvent appelé circuit de Nogaro, est un circuit automobile situé dans le département du Gers, sur les communes de Nogaro et Caupenne-d'Armagnac, et géré par la société d'économie mixte de Paul-Armagnac (SEMPA) 4 .
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Circuit Paul Armagnac, also known as Circuit de Nogaro, is a motorsport race track located in the commune of Nogaro in the Gers department in southwestern France. The track is named in honor of Nogaro-born racing driver Paul Armagnac, who died in an accident during practice for the 1962 1000 km de Paris at the Montlhéry circuit.
Robert Castagnon (born 23 March 1920 in Margouët-Meymes, Gers, France) was an armagnac producer, publisher and founder of Circuit Paul Armagnac. He died in August 2004 at the age of 84 following a car crash.
The Circuit Paul Armagnac is set on the northern edge of Nogaro – a small, sleepy town in the brandy region south of Bordeaux. It combines a tight complex around the pits (which formed the original circuit) and two long straights, one of which runs parallel to an airfield runway.
In the middle of ducks, cornfields and vines, well anchored in the hollow of Nogaro, the Circuit Paul Armagnac gives pride of place to the world of motorsport in the Great South-West and the Gers... no you are not dreaming , it’s definitely a car circuit! The crazy history of the Circuit
