Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã

The Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã (AIT) is a racetrack located in Viamão, in Porto Alegre and is most traditional circuit of the country. The track has a total length of 3016 meters, with 11 curves, very high, medium and low speeds and an elbow drop, called "Curva do Tala-Larga", that requires great skill and coolness of the pilots.

The main feature is the speed of the circuit, and the circuit that holds the highest average speed of Brazil. Points as Curve A, Curve and Tala Larga Nine is a big challenge for pilots.

The Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã, Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba and Velopark, are the only private racetracks Brazil. The maintenance of the AIT depends solely of the events promoted by the Automobile Club Rio Grande do Sul ACRGS was founded on July 12, 1949, and at that time the tests were carried out on the streets and roads. The track was inaugurated on November 8, 1970, with a victory of Jayme Silva aboard a Fury Alpha.

The circuit was the first to be fully paved in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and hosted races of the main categories of the Brazilian auto racing over the last four decades, as the championships Brazilian Formula Truck, Stock Car, Formula Renault, Pick Up Racing, among others. However, today it hosts no evidence of any of the major categories of Brazil, having lost ground to more modern racetracks, such as Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul and Velopark.

Another traditional event of the Viamão race track is Racha Tarumã. This event takes place on Friday night, with drag race on the line between amateur drivers. The event was created in 1997 with the goal of taking off the streets the street racers that endangered the lives of drivers and also to the public. In Tarumã these drivers are prepared to accelerate an environment without risk of accidents and safely for the participants and the public. Besides Racha Tarumã  the Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã always have been doing in the month of December to test more traditional long-term call 12 hours to start the half the night.

The racetrack can be accessed by RS-762, which in turn connects to the RS-118.