“It was like travelling to another world. We all loved the track, because it was so different and the atmosphere was amazing. It was just one big adventure.” The words belong to 1970s and 1980s touring car star Pierre Dieudonne and their subject is the Brno street circuit in the former Czechoslovakia.
The Belgian was twice a winner, in 1976 and 1979 driving a BMW 3.0 CSL for Luigi Racing, on the 8.663 miles of public highway that wound through small villages, country roads and the outskirts of the city after which the track was universally known. Despite the obvious dangers, he has fond memories of his seven participations on the circuit, which was correctly called the Masarykring, in the European Touring Car Championship between 1976 and 1986.
