17 Best Race Tracks in America
08-20-2014, 11:40 AM
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It's really hard to say, I haven't found a real track map and website idiots have the maps scrolling so fast that you can't take a good look.
The only vid I've seen is on dirt.
It's hard to comment on a track until you've actually driven it.
At a quick glance, it looks like it's going to be a great track.
Looking forward to a video at speed.
The only vid I've seen is on dirt.
It's hard to comment on a track until you've actually driven it.
At a quick glance, it looks like it's going to be a great track.
Looking forward to a video at speed.
08-20-2014, 03:44 PM
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13. Sonoma Raceway, California
Known for decades as Sears Point and briefly as Infineon Raceway, Sonoma is a winding path in the middle of wine country just north of San Francisco. Its combination of rhythmic sweeping corners and long straights is irresistible even to NASCAR, which makes its drivers turn left a bit every year.
Known for decades as Sears Point and briefly as Infineon Raceway, Sonoma is a winding path in the middle of wine country just north of San Francisco. Its combination of rhythmic sweeping corners and long straights is irresistible even to NASCAR, which makes its drivers turn left a bit every year.
08-20-2014, 03:49 PM
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6. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana
You can make a solid argument that Indy has more history than any other track on Earth. Most of that history is on the legendary oval, though, not the road course cutting through the middle of the infield past manmade lakes and a golf course. Still...it's a road course at Indy cutting through a golf course, and that's enough to make anyone's bucket list.
You can make a solid argument that Indy has more history than any other track on Earth. Most of that history is on the legendary oval, though, not the road course cutting through the middle of the infield past manmade lakes and a golf course. Still...it's a road course at Indy cutting through a golf course, and that's enough to make anyone's bucket list.
08-20-2014, 05:49 PM
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08-20-2014, 07:25 PM
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He's probably been on 2 out of 17 of them.
Trying to put numbers on the "Best" tracks is kinda like "how do you like the color of my car?".
The Nascar track at Sears sucks, when they first came there, they ran the real track............but we were turin' faster lap times in our Formula Fords.
08-20-2014, 09:25 PM
#27
I'd put Sears at #1. But ThunderHill in the top 5.
But this thread is geared towards HPDE.
There's a HUGE difference between driving on a track and racing on one.
Sears is a tough track to race on, that's what makes it so good.
What's not so good is that Burton Smith owns it.
What makes ThunderHill so good is the amount of passing opportunities per lap.
For HPDE drivers, it's a great high speed track. The new addition's added the technical sections (great improvement).
But this thread is geared towards HPDE.
There's a HUGE difference between driving on a track and racing on one.
Sears is a tough track to race on, that's what makes it so good.
What's not so good is that Burton Smith owns it.
What makes ThunderHill so good is the amount of passing opportunities per lap.
For HPDE drivers, it's a great high speed track. The new addition's added the technical sections (great improvement).
Thill is deceptive in the sense that it seems easy to learn but people seem to really peak out early and get stuck fast.
08-20-2014, 10:06 PM
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I ran Bridgehampton for 4 years in the 70s............on a 750 Kawasaki triple! I got hurt there in a high side on Memorial day 1977, and spent the night in Southampton hospital.....another rider died. It ended my bike riding career.
08-20-2014, 10:21 PM
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Melting Slicks
Yea, T-Hill can sneak up on you. I have approx. 2,500 laps there in competition and a few hundred as an instructor.
If you think T-Hill is deceptive, try it in the dark.......at 3 a.m.
I've run 2 of the 25 hour races there, trying to find your braking and turn in points on the back side is nuts.....but really fun.
08-20-2014, 11:12 PM
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If you think T-Hill is deceptive, try it in the dark.......at 3 a.m.
I've run 2 of the 25 hour races there, trying to find your braking and turn in points on the back side is nuts.....but really fun.[/QUOTE]
Especially when there is a car behind you with 100,000 candle power lights!
I've run 2 of the 25 hour races there, trying to find your braking and turn in points on the back side is nuts.....but really fun.
[/QUOTE]Especially when there is a car behind you with 100,000 candle power lights!
08-21-2014, 12:45 AM
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Yea, those damn lights.
Watching them in your mirror when you're in a Miata and those lights are on a Crawford Daytona Prototype is a tad nerve racking.
08-25-2014, 08:07 PM
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The draw to Daytona is, as you say, the speeds. I'd also say the highbanks add to it. My favorite high bank track is Talladega, but I've only done high speed parade laps, not a full blown HPDE.
I know Sebring is the holy grail for some, but I think most guys who've driven both Road America and Sebring would give the nod to RA as being funner. If I lived in central Florida I would spend more track time a Sebring, but I'm just to far away and RA is right here in my backyard.
Yes I'd say the bumps and crack fill at Sebring do count as a slight elevation change
You guys should rent Talladega and have a HPDE.
I know Sebring is the holy grail for some, but I think most guys who've driven both Road America and Sebring would give the nod to RA as being funner. If I lived in central Florida I would spend more track time a Sebring, but I'm just to far away and RA is right here in my backyard.
Yes I'd say the bumps and crack fill at Sebring do count as a slight elevation change
You guys should rent Talladega and have a HPDE.
(My avatar picture is from that race)