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Brazilian Racing News: Emmo and Piquet to Manage Jacarepagua

5 August 1998

Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet got the rights to manage the
Jacarepagua Circuit for the next ten years from the mayor of Rio de
Janeiro. They will have PPE Empreendimentos e Participacoes and
Projeto S/A as partners in the deal.

They don't want to only promote races, they want to promote many music
shows, and to build a restaurant, a museum, and a shopping center.

Emerson wants to put lights on the track, to promote night races and
maybe even a night CART race. They will also have a kart and cars
racing school.

The promoters have the lease for ten years, with a ten year
conditional renewal, depending on the approval of the mayor.

"We want to make Jacarepagua become one of the best racing places in
the world, and we want to encourage Brazilians young guys to go
racing."  said Fittipaldi.

Adriana Sério - The Auto Channel

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