Phakisa Freeway, motorsport racing track in Odendaalsrus, South Africa
Phakisa Freeway is a motor racing circuit between Welkom and Odendaalsrus, South Africa. It combines a 4.242 km road course with a 2.414 km oval, the only oval speedway in Africa. The road course uses the oval's pit lane as its backstraight and crosses the oval's backstretch twice. The oval has 12-degree banking in the turns, nine degrees on the tri-oval and three degrees on the back stretch.
Phakisa Freeway was built on the site of the former Goldfields Raceway, which closed in 1997, and the current track opened in 1999. It hosted the South African motorcycle Grand Prix of the MotoGP championship from 1999 to 2004. The only event held on the oval was the Free State 500 in 2010, when the American Speed Association brought NASCAR gen 4 stock cars to South Africa. Since 2014 the venue has hosted only national events.
The circuit lies between Welkom and Odendaalsrus, reached by road from both towns. The road course uses the oval's pit lane as its backstraight and crosses the oval's backstretch twice, so the two layouts share the pit area. Since 2014 only national events have run here, so confirm an event is scheduled before travelling.
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