Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) Speedway. AAA also held one five-mile (8 km), non-championship race at Grosse Pointe in 1905. The race dates back to when it was a Formula One World Championship event held on the Detroit street circuit encompassing the Renaissance Center. The original circuit was with seventeen corners and proved to be even slower than Monaco. The rough, demanding course included a railroad track crossing and mimicked Monaco, with a tunnel on the main straight. While officially the "Detroit Grand Prix", it was referred to as the "United States Grand Prix East" because there were multiple Grand Prix races in the U.S.
1957 Pescara Grand Prix 1957 Pescara Grand Prix The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 18 August 1957, at the Pescara Circuit near Pescara in Italy. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race, which was the only Formula One World Championship race at the track, was held at the longest ever circuit to stage a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix. The track is 25 km/16 miles long and is now part of the SR16bis on the coast of Pescara. It was also the first of the two consecutive Italian