Autódromo Las Vizcachas, motorsport racing facility in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile
Autódromo Las Vizcachas is a racing circuit at the foot of the Andean foothills in Puente Alto, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its original long layout measured about 3 km; after housing projects surrounded the site, the track was permanently cut to a 1.59 km, five-corner counter-clockwise variant. Opened on 5 October 1965, it closed to public federated racing on 10 December 2006 and reopened in 2012 as the Centro de Manejo Avanzado.
The track was founded in 1965 and has since been a central venue for Chilean motorsports, hosting numerous national racing events. Over the decades, the facility was modernized and transformed into a center for advanced driver training and safety education.
The name Las Vizcachas comes from the surrounding sector at the foot of the Andean foothills. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sunday races were broadcast live nationwide, mainly by Televisión Nacional de Chile, and drew more than 15,000 spectators who watched from the slopes of the adjoining hills. Since 2012 the site has operated as the Centro de Manejo Avanzado, hosting defensive driving courses, industrial tests and private Track Days.
The circuit sits in the Puente Alto sector of Las Vizcachas, in Santiago's southeastern Metropolitan Region, reached by local roads from the city. Since 2012 it has operated as the Centro de Manejo Avanzado, hosting defensive driving courses, industrial tests, product launches and private Track Days rather than public race crowds. Access is by prior arrangement, and noise and capacity limits apply to events.
On 21 December 1969 the Argentine Turismo Carretera series raced here: Carlos Pairetti won driving the "Nova Naranja", a Chevrolet-powered prototype, at an average of 132 km/h. The circuit's longest layout once measured about 3 km before being cut to 1.59 km with 5 corners, run anticlockwise.
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