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The Raceway ADM is a race track located near Moscow, 13 km from Moscow Circuit Road
MKAD
MKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...

 and 31 km from the city center. The track is constructed in the Miachkovo Airport
Myachkovo Airport
Myachkovo Airport is an airport in Moscow Oblast, Russia located 31 km southeast of Moscow. The runway length including overrun is 1650 m. The facility services transport aircraft up to the size of Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jets...

 area which has been in use for motor racing since 2001. After the total reconstruction in 2005, it was the only racing facility in Russia until the Red Ring circuit has been opened in Siberia in 2007. The track design satisfies to FIA Grade III requirements. The raceway equipped with 18 pit boxes, 13 x 6 m each, race control tower with AMB time keeping system, grandstands for 2000 spectators and a small hotel.

The Raceway ADM has unique feature: is allows racing both clockwise and counterclockwise. Main grandstand have 800 seats and, unlike many circuits, almost entire circuit can be seen from it. The full length is 3.275 km (2 mi), the winter configuration is 1.64 km (1 mi) and the winter oval is 0.86 km (half-mile).

The track is in use not only for sports but also for amateur driving and corporate events, like Porsche Club Russland track days, Mazda Sport Cup, Land Rover and Jaguar race experience, Alfa Romeo test drives, etc.

Statistics

  • Length - 3.275 m (2.035 mi)
  • Min. width - 9 m
  • Max width - 12 m
  • Surface - asphalt
    Asphalt
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  • Direction - clockwise, counter-clockwise
  • Turns - 16
  • Max vehicles number
    • Formula type (Formula 1600, Formula Rus
      Formula RUS
      Formula RUS was a Russian formula racing class, corresponding to FIA's Formula Е category. The class was designed to help beginners and young karters make an easy transition to auto racing. The series ran from 2002 to 2007....

      ) - 23
    • Sport
      Sport
      A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

       prototype
      Prototype
      A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.The word prototype derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον , "primitive form", neutral of πρωτότυπος , "original, primitive", from πρῶτος , "first" and τύπος ,...

       - 27
    • Touring
      Touring
      Touring may mean:* touring, the estate/wagon version of BMW cars* Bicycle touring* Ski touring* Touring * Carrozzeria Touring* Touring * Touring car racing* a model of Hymer campers* a song by The Ramones* Touring theatre...

      (<2000cc) - 31
    • Touring (<1600cc) - 36

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