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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro International Airport to host Stock Car race in 2022

By Iolanda Fonseca · December 15, 2021 · 2 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After ten years, Rio de Janeiro will once again host a Stock Car race, the most significant auto racing event in Brazil. One of the 2022 season rounds will be held in the State’s capital city, and the novelty is the race location: Rio’s Galeão International Airport track.

Since the deactivation of the Jacarepaguá Speedway, in 2002, Stock Car has not held a race in the State of Rio, considered by everyone in the Stock "circus" as one of its main centers. — Since the deactivation of the Jacarepaguá Speedway in 2002, Stock Car has not held a race in the State of Rio, considered by everyone in the Stock “circus” as one of its main centers.

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The official announcement will be made by the State Governor, Cláudio Castro, this Wednesday morning, December 15th. It will be the first race in a commercial airport in the history of Brazilian sport.

Since the deactivation of the Jacarepaguá Speedway in 2002, Stock Car has not held a race in the State of Rio, considered by everyone in the Stock “circus” as one of its main centers.

The most active champion in the category is the driver Cacá Bueno, who is from Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of the Brazilian TV Globo narrator Galvão Bueno.

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