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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.
The Circuit Paul Armagnac is located in the town of Nogaro, in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. The nearest international airport is at Pau, around 32 miles from the circuit, while Nogaro's own airport – used for private planes, helicopters and gliders – runs alongside the circuit itelf.
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Circuit Paul Armagnac, de son nom francais "" est un circuit automobile Permanent à tracé unique situé à Norgaro (France). Robert Castagnon et le pilote Paul Armagnac voulurent construire un circuit permanent, après avoir organisé des épreuves sur routes ouvertes.
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 first Armagnac Rally was then born in 1953 contested on open roads and part of which took place in the streets of Nogaro in the Gers. With the safety of pilots and the public called into question, Robert Castagnon, with the complicity of his friend Paul Armagnac, must find a solution.
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.
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.
