Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Grands Prix tuatahi o Awherika ki te Tonga i whakahaerehia i runga i te huarahi e mohiotia ana ko te Prince George Circuit, e rere ana i roto i nga waahi rereke o te taone nui o East London. I whakaitihia tēnei ki te tau 1936. I te hokinga mai o te whakataetae i muri i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i hangaia he ara tuturu i te 1959 i mau tonu te ingoa "Prince George Circuit". Ko te
Ko te whakataetae tuatahi o te Ao F1 i Awherika ki te Tonga i tu i te 29 o Tihema 1962. I taua whakataetae, i whai painga a Graham Hill i nga raru miihini a Jim Clark me tana Lotus ka wikitoria i te whakataetae me te toa. I tu ano te whakataetae ki Prince George i te 1963, 1965 me te 1966, ko te mea whakamutunga i whakahekehia ki te mana kore-tohu i te mea i whai mana te raupapa 3-raita hou i taua ra ano. I te tau 1967, i nekehia te whakataetae ki te raupapa Kyalami e tata ana ki te taone nui o Johannesburg i Transvaal, i reira ka noho tonu i te wa e noho ana te Grand Prix o Awherika ki te Tonga i runga i te maramataka Formula One mana.