Today in motorcycle history September 29, 1930

  

  

  What will eventually be known and loved as Brno Circuit, the inaugral race at Masarykuv Okruh (Masaryk Circuit) takes place.

  Located close to the city of Brno (Bir-no), Czech Republic, the original street circuit was on public roads made up of asphalt and cobblestones, and at its longest measured nearly 19 miles (31 km). From 1930 to 1937, fabled events such as the Masaryk Grand Prix attracted the days top teams and drivers.

  The original layout ran anti-clockwise on public roads west of Brno, including the villages of Bosonohy and Zebetin. The renamed Czechoslovakian Grand Prix in 1949 was run clockwise on a shorter 11.1 mile (17.8 km) layout around Kohoutovice. In spite of a crowd in excess of 400,000 people, this would be the last Grand Prix for cars on the old circuit.


  Beginning in 1950, the circuit played host to the Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix, which became a World Championship event from 1965 to 1982. The circuit had been again reduced in length to 8.66 miles (13.94 km) in 1964.

  The legendary Jawa racer, Antonín Vitvar won the inaugral Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix.




  DYK - The Track was named after "The Great Old Man of Europe", Tomas Garrigue Masaryk - the first and three-time president of Czechoslovak Republic. 

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