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October 3rd, 1960
- The circuit held its first race meeting on October 3rd, 1960 (a Formula Junior meeting) and the circuit remained very much a regional / local racing circuit for the first decade or so.
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Circuit History. Racing had first been organised around the streets of the town in the Gers region in the early 1950s, under the auspices of the Sports Association of Armagnac (ASA). The events were road races held against the clock, similar to Italy's Mille Miglia, and attracted a number of the top French stars of the day.
Motorsports racing events in Nogaro were first organized when racing driver Paul Armagnac and Robert Castagnon created the Association Sportive Automobile de l'Armagnac. In 1953, the Rallye de l'Armagnac was held on a street circuit using public roads around Nogaro.
Normally a national event, it attracted a round of the European Formula 2 during the mid-1970s before switching to F3 and the European Touring Car Championship during the following decade. It held an autumn round of the FIA Formula 3000 Championship from 1990 but the 1994 event was cancelled and replaced by Formula Renault and later a GT race.
The circuit held its first race meeting on October 3rd, 1960 (a Formula Junior meeting) and the circuit remained very much a regional / local racing circuit for the first decade or so. Originally 1.7km in length, the circuit was lengthened in 1973 to 3.1km.
It all started with Robert Castagnon's idea to organize a competition in Armagnac, first in the form of a time trial and then in the format of a rally. 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.
Robert Castagnon founded the Association Sportive Automobile de l'Armagnac in 1952 and held the first street circuit race around the town of Nogaro in 1953. After public safety concerns were raised following the 1955 Le Mans disaster it was difficult to gain permission for racing on the public roads.
Jan 10, 2017 · He announced the first race for September 1960, but after a slight delay, the opening race took place on October 3, 1960. The original U-shaped circuit was 1,752 meters long and the first winner there was Bruno Basini, who won the inaugural Nogaro Grand Prix, run to Formula Junior regulations.
