Hi guys,
Any track builder interested to built the
Shah Alam Circuit /
Batu Tiga Speedway Circuit in the near future? It was once a famous track in South East Asia and I went there when I was a little kid. It's been demolished now and the site is currently a housing area. It'll be fun if this come to materialize in the near future
Here's the excerpt from Wikipedia:
The circuit was opened in 1968 with the first Grand Prix won by Indonesian Hengkie Iriawan. It became a venue for the
Malaysian Grand Prix from 1968 until 1982, whereby the starting field consisted alternately of vehicles from the
Formula Atlantic,
Formula Pacific or
Formula 2. The last Malaysian Grand Prix race held in Shah Alam was held for
Formula Holden in 1995.
The circuit was closed in 1977 after an accident that killed six children, although it later reopened after improvements of fences and guard rails around the track were carried out.
[1] In 1985 the track was lengthened from 3.38 km to 3.693 km with the addition of the curve 11.
[2] In the same year, the first international racing event was held, the
World Sportscar Championship, won by
Jacky Ickx driving a
Porsche 962C.
The circuit hosted rounds of the
Superbike World Championship in the
1990 and
1991, and from
1991 to
1997 it hosted the
Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix.
Mick Doohan is the all-time leader in motorcycle Grand Prix victories at the venue, winning the event four times. The motorcycle Grand Prix was later moved to the
Johor Circuit, and later to the
Sepang International Circuit.
In 2003 the circuit was sold by Selangor state government to a property developer, which then developed the area into a luxury housing project by the name
D'Kayangan.