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- 1975 saw Nogaro hold it’s first World Championship event, being the French round of the Moto GP.
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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.
- 3.636 km (2.259 miles)
- 3 October 1960; 62 years ago
The Grand Prix de Nogaro was the annual highlight since the circuit opened in 1960. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Jan 10, 2017 · Nogaro Circuit was renamed to Circuit Paul Armagnac in 1962. He announced the first race for September 1960, but after a slight delay, the opening race took place on October 3, 1960.
Opened October 3, 1960, the Paul Armagnac Circuit of Nogaro was the first permanent circuit in France.
