09-21-2002, 09:13 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Rescue CA USA,
Posts: 1,613
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How about this question - what are the top 2 or 3 corners you have raced through? I am talking corners that required the most courage.
2 come to mind immediately for me -
11a (the kink) at Road America. If you do the carrousel really well you are rewarded with entering 11a even faster. It is a flat out (in most cars) right kink that in the 70's did not have any guard rails to speak of - a turn that caused you to hold your breath every lap. You are always happy to make it through so you can forget about it for the next 2 minutes! A lot of drivers I hold in high esteem have crashed there - drivers who usually don't crash -Jerry Hansen and Bill Wuesthoff come to mind.
I can't remember the turn number on the next one - it is at Moroso in Palm Beach FL. It is a quick left/right and is at the end of the straight coming back toward the staging area for the drag strip. In an FC car you are probably going 130 - 140. There was an unprotected canal (WITH alligators) on the left and a concrete wall on the right. That champagne heir was killed at this turn a few years ago. I have never been so "on the edge" as at that turn and I don't mind saying it scared the hell out of me on every lap.
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