Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit
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Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa Circuit is an inactive street circuit
in Tallinn
, Estonia
. It's located in Pirita
in Kloostrimets
(Monastery Forest), crosses the Pirita River
twice. The length of the track is 6.761 kilometres (4.2 mi).
The circuit was opened in 1933. Motorcycle TT races took place from 1933 to 1939 and car races were held from 1934 to 1936 an Estonian Grand Prix with mainly local and Finnish entries. After World War II the track was used for Soviet championships.
Five-time world champion Joey Dunlop
was killed in an accident on the Kloostrimetsa circuit in 2000. A year after a memorial stone was erected. Dunlop's death is one of the main reasons why Kloostrimetsa circuit hasn't been used for motoracing in the 21st century.
Street circuit
A street circuit is a racing circuit composed by temporarily closed-off public roads of a city, town or village, used in motor races. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually placed temporarily and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the...
in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It's located in Pirita
Pirita
Pirita is one of the eight administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It had a population of 15,379 .Pirita occupies a relatively big area, but compared to other districts of Tallinn its population of 15,379 is relatively small...
in Kloostrimets
Kloostrimetsa
Kloostrimetsa is a subdistrict in the district of Pirita, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is mostly covered by the park forest Kloostrimets...
(Monastery Forest), crosses the Pirita River
Pirita River
The Pirita River is a long river in northern Estonia that drains into the Gulf of Finland in Pirita, Tallinn. The basin area of Pirita is 799 km²....
twice. The length of the track is 6.761 kilometres (4.2 mi).
The circuit was opened in 1933. Motorcycle TT races took place from 1933 to 1939 and car races were held from 1934 to 1936 an Estonian Grand Prix with mainly local and Finnish entries. After World War II the track was used for Soviet championships.
Five-time world champion Joey Dunlop
Joey Dunlop
William Joseph "Joey" Dunlop, OBE , was a world champion motorcyclist from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland, best known for road racing. Referred to throughout the sport as "Joey", in 2005 he was voted the fifth greatest motorcycling icon ever by Motorcycle News...
was killed in an accident on the Kloostrimetsa circuit in 2000. A year after a memorial stone was erected. Dunlop's death is one of the main reasons why Kloostrimetsa circuit hasn't been used for motoracing in the 21st century.