Maze Sea Circuit ( ja, 日本海間瀬サーキット) is a 1.243mile (2 km) Japanese motor racing circuit at Maze, in the
Iwamuro neighbourhood of
Nishikan-ku
is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. , the ward had an estimated population of 55,963 in 20,369 households Niigata city may refer to:
* Niigata Prefecture, Japan
**Niigata (city), the capital of the prefecture
* Albirex Niigata, the city's professional football club
* Niigata Transys, a Japanese railway vehicle manufacturer
* Niigata Stadium, an athletic stadium in ...
,
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
Japan.
History
The circuit was established in 1967 by Dr. Yoshikazu Fujita, a local physician. In 1970 the track was paved and redesigned into a road racing course. Between 1978 and 1987 the track was closed.
When it reopened in 1987, racing was changed to a clockwise direction. The track layout was also realigned to improve safety conditions.
In September 2008, Round 5 of the
D1 Grand Prix
The , abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled ''Professional Drift'', is a production car drifting (motorsport), drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of ''Option (car magazine), O ...
with
Nissan sporting coupés was held at the circuit.
References
External links
Official circuit website
Motorsport venues in Japan
Sports venues in Niigata Prefecture
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