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The Alastaro Circuit is a racing circuit situated in Virttaa village in Loimaa

Loimaa

Loimaa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland. The track is 3 kilometres (1.86 mi)
long. There are also "jokamiesluokka" (folkrace

Folkrace

Folkrace is a popular, inexpensive, and entry-level form of Swedish rallycross that originally came from Finland, where it was called Jokamiesluokka . The sport also exists in Norway and Denmark, where it is known as Bilcross and Folkerace respectively.The races are run on special gravel or tarmac...

) and drag racing

Drag racing

Drag racing is a competition in which specially prepared automobiles or motorcycles compete two at a time to be the first to cross a set finish line, from a standing start, in a straight line, over a measured distance, most commonly a ¼-mile straight track....

tracks in the same area.

The circuit is named after former municipality of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It was merged to town of Loimaa

Loimaa

in 2009.

Track info:

Length: 3,000 metres (1.86 miles)
Length of folkrace track: 1,800 metres (1.12 miles)
Run: clockwise
Width: 12-15 metres (39-49 ft)

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