Who am I?
My name is Herman Liesemeijer, founder and owner of 'Circuits of the Past.' I have been following auto and motorsports since the 1980s. In the 1990s, I was an amateur racer at Zandvoort.
When I visited the abandoned Nijvel circuit in Belgium in 1998, I became fascinated by abandoned race circuits. This inspired me to start the website 'Circuits of the Past' in 2003. A website entirely dedicated to the race circuits of the past.
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The Magic of Weathered Asphalt
In this ebook I, Herman Liesemeijer, take you with me on a journey along the historic race circuits of Europe. Some of them have become a ruin.
A personal story that starts with illegal racing on the nearby TT Circuit of Assen. The sequel was a race course at Zandvoort, the circuit where I keep the most beautiful memories.
Also attention for persons from Dutch motorsport, like the Formula 3 driver Marcel Albers who died in an accident at Thruxton in 1992. And Arie Anssems, the former mechanic of Carel Godin de Beaufort and volunteer at the Zandvoort circuit.
My career got an interesting turn when I visited the abandoned circuit of Nivelles in Belgium in 1998. This would eventually lead to the creation of a website about old race circuits...
Highlighted articles
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Deutschlandring Germany - Track Visit 2016
It's July 30, 2016 when I leaved my hotel in Dresden in the early morning and drove into the directi
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Keimola Circuit - The history of an abandoned circuit
Keimola, outside Finland not much people may have heard of it. Nevertheless, a well-known Finnish Fo
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Hockenheim Circuit - The history
Do you still think about long straight through the woods when you hear the name Hockenheim? Many peo
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Brooklands Circuit - The history
The British Brooklands circuit was the first purpose-built motorsport venue in the world. Read here
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Österreichring (Red Bull Ring) - The history
This page tells the story of the most famous circuit of Austria. We don’t talk about the A1-Ring o
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Zandvoort Circuit - The history
This article describes the history of the Zandvoort circuit, from the 1939 street circuit to the cur
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Sitges-Terramar Circuit - The history
This page tells the history of the unknown Sitges-Terramar circuit (official name Autòdrom Nacional
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Eau Rouge or Raidillon? - Spa-Francorchamps
This page is dedicated to the most famous corner of Spa-Francorchamps, the Raidillon, by mistake oft
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Spa-Francorchamps Circuit - The history
In this article I tell you the history of the beautiful Spa-Francorchamps circuit. A classic on the
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Nivelles-Baulers Circuit - The history
In 1971 the "Compexe Européen de Nivelles-Baulers" was opened not from the Belgium capital Brussels