Circuito Asmara
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Circuito Asmara (called in Italian even "Circuito di Asmara" and in English: "Asmara Circuit") was a car race done in the main streets of Asmara. The Circuito was created in 1938 Italian Eritrea and was later done -with many interruptions- until 1972.
History
edit(The Italians in Asmara) organised an automobile club and started running competitions, one of the first of which was the 26 Kms Nefasit to Asmara Hillclimb for the "Coppa del Governatore dell’Eritrea" on 23 May 1937. I am sure that there was more competition but the next major event was held on Christmas Day 1938 which attracted two Alfa Romeos from Italy as well as lots of locals. There were two races for cars up to, and over, 1.5 litres. The former was won by a 4CS Maserati, whilst Romano’s Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza won the main event. There were no fewer than fourteen 6C1750 Alfa entered in the race for larger capacity cars so it is not surprising that an Alfa Romeo agency was opened in Asmara. Simon Moore [1]