Maineiac

IF you could move to any state, where would you go? Is there a particular state that has many tracks within...lets say....a 4 hr drive?

For example...I'd love to live in Phoenix, but there aren't that many roadcourses nearby. They have Firebird, but that's about it I think.

If you wanted to live in a state with access to many roadcourses, where would you go?

Lawdogg

Chicago isn't bad. Road America, Gingerman, Blackhawk Farms, Autobahn are all within 4 hours. Might be others too.

BlaznZ06

Dallas Fort Worth

It has Motor Sport Ranch(45min), Texas Motor Speedway(3hr) and a third to be built very soon 1/2hr north.

seege

The Bay Area in Northern California has Infineon, ThunderHill and Laguna Seca. So Cal has Willow Springs (Big and small tracks) ButtonWillow and California Speedway. Phoenix has PIR and Firebird.
The last 5 tracks are all within 4 1/2 hrs of where I live. Palm Desert California.

99BlackZ51

And if you extend the drive time to 5 hours you can add Grattan, Putnam Park and Gateway.

tcmc5

If you live in Charlotte NC you've got VIR, RoadAtlanta, CMP and Roebling Road within that range. Plus, there's a new track in devel. that'll be less than an hour away.

joemoia

Within 4 hrs of So Cal:

1. Cal Speedway ROVAL

2. Cal Speedway Infield Road Course

3. Willow Springs Big Track

4. The Streets of Willow (CW and CCW)

5. Buttonwillow (4 main configs.)

6. Spring Mountain NV.(3 configs.)

7. Las Vegas Motor Speedway NV. - Stadium Road course

8. Las Vegas motor Speedway NV. - Outside Road Course

The following tracks are within 1 day travel:

9. Laguna Seca

10. Sears Point

11. Thunderhill

12. Reno-Fernley NV.

Lawdogg

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Looks like we might have a winner.

21STCENTURYMUSCLECAR

DFW within 4 hrs

Motorsport Ranch Cresson (near Ft. Worth)
has 2 different tracks
less than an hour away

Texas Motor Speedway
Infield & Roval
less than an hour away

Texas World Speedway
Awesome Track (my personal fav.)
College Station 3.5 hours

Motorsport Ranch Houston
3.5 hours


Eagles Canyon Motorsport Park
(new 2.5 mi. currently being built)
less than 1 hour

Hallet
Very challenging track
3.5 hours

Z11409

1 hour from Las Vegas and 4 hours from most of So California.

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SPRING MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS RANCH ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF CLUB SPRING MOUNTAIN…A PRIVATE MOTORSPORTS CLUB

Nevada-based firm creates an elite Private Motorsports Country Club for members only.

(Pahrump, NV – April 22, 2006) – Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch today announced the opening of Club Spring Mountain…a Private Motorsports Club located at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch facility in Pahrump, Nevada, just 45 minutes west of the Las Vegas strip on Highway 160. The Nevada-based Motorsports Ranch is also home of Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School, an acclaimed Corvette Advanced Driving School at the facility.

Club Spring Mountain was created to provide Motorsports enthusiasts from across the country the opportunity to enjoy a private track experience at their own pace and on their own schedule. As a member of this very exclusive Club, members can drive on the track any time they wish on designated Member Days (an average of 20 days per month.)

Club Spring Mountain offers several categories of Club Memberships, including Corporate Memberships, Charter Memberships and Classic Memberships, with varying degrees of financial commitment. Affiliate partnerships with Car Clubs and Event companies are also offered. Members pay a one-time Initiation fee, which will fund the construction of high-end member facilities, along with monthly dues and daily use fees. In return, club members and their invited guests are guaranteed exclusive track time at the Motorsports Ranch for at least 20 days per month, along with invitations to special events for members only.

John Morris, co-founder of Club Spring Mountain, comments on his newest venture. “Imagine your own private race track where you can practice your skills, play with your friends, and entertain business associates. We created Club Spring Mountain with that vision in mind. I have found that life is ‘all about the experience.’ Now our friends and fellow motorsports enthusiasts can experience driving on a challenging racetrack as a member of their own private club with their contemporaries who are also passionate about the sport. Many of our members have multiple exotic cars and an abundance of free time. With Club Spring Mountain they can experience the fun and excitement of the sport, with the added convenience and exclusivity of a private motorsports club.”

The advantages to becoming a member of Club Spring Mountain are numerous. Club members can choose from any or all of the designated member days to drive on the exhilarating Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch track without signing up for specific track days with event companies. Members can invite guests to ride along in their cars, or to bring their own car to drive on the track, based on their membership category. Private instruction with professional drivers is available for members along with special discounts for high-performance exotic car rentals, such as Corvette Z06’s, Radical Race cars, and Aerial Atoms. Members can drive a challenging and fun-to-drive race track on their own schedule, with other like-minded people who appreciate the private Motorsports club experience.

The Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch racetrack consists of various configurations within a 3.5-mile road course. The “original” north/south road course is 2.2 miles in length and features elevation changes totaling approximately 50 feet. It consists of ten corners, one of which is an exact duplicate of the hairpin at Mosport (corners 5A and 5B), known as Moss corner. The newest section of our Motorsports ranch, now known as the West Track - or Radical Loop - is 1.5 miles in length and includes two banked corners, one dramatic blind drop, and one technical off-camber corner, along with a screaming fast straight, serving as an adrenaline packed experience for the members’ driving excitement. The track was designed to keep the car in constant transition, which provides the members with full feedback. Consequently the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch track is both a challenge and a pleasure to drive.

Future developments to the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch for Club members, already in the planning stages, include a luxurious clubhouse with viewing stations for invited guests, a closed circuit track-to-driver communications center, a 45-foot high wilderness tower, 100 rentable garages adjacent to the administration building, condominiums, an industrial park and more. Club members will receive priority on reserving any of the new facilities as part of the benefits of their membership, with construction expected to begin on some of the improvements later this year.

The official opening date of Club Spring Mountain is May 3, 2006. On specific weekends during the month of May, potential members have been invited to the Nevada facility to experience driving on the Spring Mountain track and learn more about the advantages of Club membership.


ABOUT CLUB SPRING MOUNTAIN

Club Spring Mountain is the only private Motorsports Country Club of its kind in the southwest. Located at the highly acclaimed Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, this purpose-built road course was designed to give members guaranteed track time so they can visit the track on their own schedule. On any of our designated Club Member days (an average of 20 days per month,) members are free to practice their skills on the track or entertain their business clients with a one-of-a-kind track experience.

The Nevada-based firm, headed by John Morris and Brad Rambo, two motorsports enthusiasts from California who have founded successful businesses in other industries (www.AdvancedAccess.com and www.IndependentTradingCo.com), has just launched its latest venture in April, 2006. Morris and Rambo originally purchased the 193-acre Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch facility in 2004, and since the change of ownership, the partners have expanded the racetrack, developed and built a 5000 square-foot administration building, and have tripled the revenues of the Advanced Driving School and track rental operations.

CLUB SPRING MOUNTAIN is an independently owned and operated Nevada LLC, privately funded and headquartered in Pahrump, Nevada.

Additional information about Club Spring Mountain can be obtained by calling TOLL FREE 800.391.6891, or 775.727.6363, and ask for Janet.

joemoia

add the following tracks within 1 day travel:

13. P.I.R. - Phoenix, Az.

14. Firebird - Chandler Az.

63Corvette

Granbury, Texas

Drew M

i live in southern ct. ive got lime rock within an hour, and wgi about 4-5hrs away.

StArrow68

All above within 4 hours of the East Bay area of SF and with a little more work there is a plan for a new track in Atwater, CA. Things seem to be improving almost everywhere.

Not that I'd switch to Fresno but from there you could get to the Willow's and all the bay area tracks in that time.

varkwso

Augusta, GA

2 hours:

Road Atlanta

CMP

Roebling

3 Hours

Charlotte

4 Hours

Barber

Little Talledaga

Talledaga

Rockingham

5 Hours

VIR

6 Hours

Nashville

10 Hours

Sebring

Mid Ohio

Putnam

Summit

Lime Rock

AU N EGL

Best place to live???

BIG arz RV towing a stacker trailer.

Start off in Sebring in Jan and work your way north as the weather gets better.



But untill then I am Raleigh NC

1 hour:

VIR Very
Rockingham ( )

2 Hours

Charlotte and HighRock raceway, a new track in Salsbury NC

3 hours

Carolina Motor sports park in SC

6 Hours

Road Atlanta

Roebling

Summit Point

10 hours

Nashville

12-13 Hours

Watkins Glen

Mid Ohio

Putnam

Pocono

15+ hours

Sebring

Limerock

Road America

Black Hawk

Gingerman

Granton

Mt. Treblanc ( sp?) Bowmanville Ont.

Rob Willis

If I had a choice, I'd build a house on the road leading out to Road Atlanta, but that's just me.

Maineiac

Good info so far. Currently, I'm 3 hrs from NHIS, about 6 hrs to Lime Rock, and I just went to Watkins Glen last week (8.5hrs).

It would be nice to live a little closer to some fun roadcourses.

UstaB-GS549

Along with Grattan there is the Milwaukee Mile infield course.

NoOne

Australlia

Close enough right?

The land where Ford and GM actually make decent cars.

Check out GM/Holden and Ford Australlian website, it'll make you sick they don't sell that stuff here.