A thread with no controversey

[RACER X #99]

Name all the road courses you have driven and name your favorite.
Ill go first.

Indianapolis RWP road course.
Lime rock Park CT.
Atlanta motor Speedway road course
New Hampshire Int'l road course
Pocono PA long course
Pocono North
Pocono South
VIR South Course
Summit Point WV long course
Watkins Glen Int'l NY Nascar short course
Watkins Glen Int'l NY long course

You alway save the best for last.

RD

[Jamo]

Great idea for a thread--not anywhere as many as you, Roger--not as many to chose from herebouts...

Laguna Seca
Willow Springs
Buttonwillow
Thunderhill


Best--gotta be Laguna Seca

[GUMBALL]

Streets of Willow................ practice.

California Speedway (road course) ................... decent turns, but a 14-degree bank and a good, long straight.

Sears Point ................. I am HOOKED!

Hope to visit quite a few more in the years ahead, especially Thunderhill and Laguna Seca.

I believe I have found my new hobby and it is quite more stimulating than golf.

Regards,

John

[Randy Rosenberg]

Only NorCal tracks...

Sear's Point
T-Hill
Laguna Seca

Fav = T-Hill. It's got a front straightway where I can get up to about 135-140!!!

Have Fun,
Randy R...

[DanElam]

Summit Point
Summit Point Jefferson Circuit
Carolina Motorsports Park (Kershaw)
Lime Rock
VIR Full Course
VIR North Course
Nazareth
Charlotte/Lowes Motorspeedway
Sears Point

and the favorite? Drum roll, please......

Paul Newman said it best when he said, "If there's a heaven on earth, it's VIR."

Virginia International Raceway isn't as impressive as a NASCAR facility, but it's stunning location, rich history, and fiendishly fun track make this the runaway favorite for most who drive it. It has hard parts, it has easy parts. It has what some consider to be road racing's fastest straightaway where some cars can get to nearly 200 mph and it has the famed oak tree that forces you to almost stop.

From Carroll Shelby in 1957: "One lap here is like 100 at Watkins Glen."

Let me put it this way: my Viper caught on fire the first time I drove VIR, and it's still my favorite track!



As for least favorite track, hands down it is Kershaw.

[Bill Wells]

Woodward Avenue--Detroit. Bill

[Excaliber]

...with no controversy? Is that possible?

Hawaii Raceway Park

Ernie

[casaleenie]

The Shoreway in Cleveland- every morning for 34 years.

[Turk]

Denny's Parking Lot!
Steak and Ale
Quaker Lube.
13th. and Madison
Pedestrian crossing at Hubert and 83rd.
Most school zones.

Sorry Cranky...I just couldn't help myself when I saw the "no controversy" label!

TURK

[John McMahon]

Watkins Glen International - Long Course
Pocono Raceway South
Summit Point Raceway - Long
VIR South

The Glen is my favorite by far and what we Crankoids consider our 'home track'. But I do have to say that VIR is really growing on me...now that I understand how to attack the 'Oak Tree' turn.

[Richard Hudgins]

Hi folks,

Just what I can remember. Getting old you know and the brain cells seem to leave out certain things.

Hill climbs.

Ran the whole PHA series.
Hershey
Giants Despair,etc.

Won championship, I have a nice little trophy to justify the money spent.

FIA EUROPEAN HILL-CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP Did not do well but had a great time and completely ran out of money. Came home with tail between legs.

Hillclimbs were the most fun of anything I ever did in racing.

Other road course stuff. (Note: most all in minor formulas, FF and F2. I never was good enough (Or had enough money) to get into the really serious stuff

UK:
Brands Hatch
Silverstone
Goodwood
Oulton Park
Donington park
Snetteton
Aintree

Europe:

Zandvoort
Spa Francorchamps
Zolder
Paul Ricard
Hockenhiem

US/Canada:

Glen
VIR
Summit Point
Marlboro
Road Atlanta
Elkhart
Mid America raceway
IRP
Brainerd
Blackhawk farms
Daytona
Monte Treblant
Three Rivers (Trois riveres [SP])
Riverside
Lime rock
Sears Point
Willow Springs (Testing only)
Stuttgart Arkansas
Mid Ohio
Nelson Ledges
Waterford Hills
Mosport
Laguna Seca
Hallet
Bridgehampton
Cumberland
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Holtville
Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Saac event)

Well that's all that I can remember after a couple of adult beverages.

The best in the US is VIR.
The best in the UK was Aintree
the best in Europe was Spa.
the best hillclimb is the US was Hershey.
The best European Hill climb was in Germany and I cannot remember the name.

[Pete C]

In no particular order

Thunderhill

California Speedway road course

Sears Point (now Infineon raceway)

All are different, all are great but I probably enjoy Sears Point, the most technical and slowest of the three, the most.

Cheers, Pete

[Jamo]

Richard

OK--now say them backwards real fast. Holy sh!t Batman!

I laughed at Holtville. I lived down there in the early 80s--not racing (or pretending to) then--San Diego SCCA Region still does autocrosses down there--many folks don't even know about it.

[ERA535]

Road racing tracks: (FV, FF, FC,FA)

Mid Ohio
Road America (race lap record )
Blackhawk Farms
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Grattan
Nelson Ledges (qualifying lap record)
Moroso Motorsports Park (PBIR) (race lap record)
State Fair Park – Milwaukee WI
Sears Point
Laguna Seca
Stuttgart, Arkansas
Brainerd International Raceway
Mid-America Raceway,
Thunderhill (testing only)
Sebring (testing only)
Road Atlanta

Dirt racing tracks: (mini sprint) I realize these are not road courses.

Merced Fairgrounds
Placerville Speedway
Grass Valley Fairgrounds
Twin Cities Speedway - Marysville

Kart racing tracks: (KT100, 125cc shifters)

Prairie City – Rattlesnake Raceway
Dixon, CA
Kerman Kart Track
Davis Kart Track
Desert Raceway Park - Reno

Favorite? Road America
Worst? Stuttgart - rough runways!

[Jamo]

Pat

[RACER X #99]

Good responce guys.

[Richard Hudgins]

ERA 535,

I agree with you about Stuttgart, Arkansas. I ripped the front bottom monocoque skin off of my March 722 there in a SCCA Regional. What a ***** to repair at the track. Had to run almost 3.5 inches ride height to keep from bottoming out. (Normal was 1.5,)

One that I forgot: Savannah. I do not think this one is still in use.

I have to give it the worst rating. This is due to the track surface being a mix of tar and oyster shell. 11 laps in the 722 on a new set of Goodyears. Cord showing. It was too expensive for me to run there. The Goodyear truck ran out of FA and FF slicks on Saturday.

Jamo,

I remember Holtville quite well. The problem was dodging cones and hay bales. The track configuration changed every lap.

[Excaliber]

I forgot about Gaum and Saipan! They use crushed coral as the base ingredient for asphalt there. The roads are VERY VERY slippery when it rains (and it rains a lot), there OK when dry.

There both have nice long go kart tracks and you can rent some pretty serious karts there. On a wet track it's a blast! They actually switch to RAIN TIRES for the karts. Talk about DRIFTING! Love to get sideways.

Ernie

[bonyhadi]

Cotati
Vacaville
Riverside
Stockton
Laguna Seca
Stardust
Kent
Vernalis
Stockton
Willow
SCCA A Sedan, C/m
waist size the 36", today 48"

[ERA535]

Richard-

I was surprised to see someone else had actually run at Stuttgart - when were you there ? I ran there in 77 at the combined Regional/National in April (I think) I was running a Lola 342FF and was lucky enough to win the combined Formula race (regional) overall! They had everything (FF,FC,FSV,FA. and F5000) but FV in one race. Surprised the heck out of me! I suspect that a lot of the guys were using the Regional as a test session.

I learned at Blackhawk and RA - those places will always be dear to me for that reason.

What makes the hill climbs the most fun? The "penalty" factor of contending with a drop off?

You have an impressive list!

Pat