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Location | 2530 Karima, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0822, Japan |
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Time zone | GMT +9 |
1st and only configuration (1964–present) | |
Length | 9.8 km (6 miles) |
Turns | 2 |
Race lap record | 1:18.426 (![]() |
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Yatabe High Speed Test Track A.K.A the JARI Test Course (JARIテストコ-ス, JARI Tesutocoosu) was a high speed banked motorsport testing track located near center of the modern city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As one of a small number of banked oval tracks in the world, it was well suited to testing the top speed limitations of cars. From the 1980s until its closure in the early 2000s, the track became famous for its association with the Japanese tuning scene, and it was used both by tuners and street racers to test their modified cars. It was built in the early 1964 for automotive testing as part of the Japan Automotive Research Institute's car testing facilities. At the time, the city around the track was known as Yatabe, and the track took it's name from that municipality. In 1987, the city of Yatabe merged with nearby cities to become the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki. The track was often used by Japanese automakers to test new vehicle designs, and also used by researchers conducting automotive testing research. The track was replaced in 2005 by JARI's new Shirosato Proving Ground"Introduction of Jari" (PDF). Retrieved July 8,2020. {{cite web}}
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(help), and the land on which the original track sat was redeveloped. The location of the old track is now covered by the Tsukuba City Hall and crossed longitudinally by the new [[Tsukuba Express] train line. Some JARI buildings remain from the proving grounds, including the old crash test center.
Since it's demolition, the Japanese tuning scene has shifted to comparing lap times at the nearby Tsukuba Circuit.