Winter conversation, race tracks I've driven

[Ed Funk]

Couldn't win the NARRCoffs, too many better itc drivers :smilie_pokal: Congrats Tim :smilie_pokal: , but I can take the lead in number of different tracks I've driven ;) . At least the topic will give folks something to chat about this winter and may give us a source to call upon if we're thinking about trying a different track.

So here goes :)
1. School and first race at Bryar Motorsports Park (where NHIS is now)
2. Limerock Park
3. Pocono
4. NHIS
5. Bridgehampton, fun! unforgiving!
6. Nelson Ledges
7. Moroso
8. Watkins Glen
9. Summit Point
10. VIR
11. Road America
12. Mid Ohio

We like to take road trips to new tracks and have been racing out of division the last few years. If you have questions about any of the above, feel free to ask! Gentlemen and Ladies start your keyboards! :P

[Greg Amy]

Permanent Circuits
- Gateway International, IL
- Green Valley Raceway, somewhere in the Dallas Metroplex (long time ago, now a subdivision...)
- Hallet Motor Racing Circuit, OK
- Laguna Seca Raceway, CA
- Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NV
- Lime Rock Park, CT
- Memphis Motorsport Park, TN
- Mid-Ohio
- Mosport Int'l, CN
- Mt. View Motorsports Park, CO
- New Hampshire International Speedway
- Nelson Ledges, OH
- Pocono Int'l, PA
- Putnam Park, IN
- Road Atlanta, GA
- Sears Point, CA
- Second Creek Raceway, CO
- Summit Point, WV
- Texas World Speedway, TX
- Topeka Heartland Park, KS
- Virginia International Raceway Park
- Watkins Glen, NY
- Many 1/8- and 1/4-mile Texas dirt ovals

Temporary Road Racing Circuits:
- Abilene Regional Airport, Tx
- Ardmore Airpark, OK
- Big Springs, TX (another airport circuit)
- Bryan's TAMU Riverside Circuit, TX (ditto)
- The old Greater Southwest Airport, Dallas (a left-over runway on the south end of the current D/FW airport property. It might still be there, or it might be a subdivision now...)
- Houston Dragway, TX (converted to a road course)
- Hutchinson Aerodrome, KS (ANOTHER airport circuit)
- Ponca City Grand Prix, OK (fun race through a town park, now defunct)

- Round Lake NY (Ice racing)

[Wreckerboy]

1. Lime Rock
2. Pocono, in all of it's eleventy seven variations
3. BeaveRun
4. Summit Point
5. Shenandoah
6. VIR
7. Charlotte
8. Kershaw
9. Roebling Road
10. Road Atlanta (old configuration and new)
11. Sebring
12. NHIS
13. Watkins Glen
14. Laguna Seca (okay, I walked this one late at night)
15. The Bridge - and none of the others even come close. What a wonderful racetrack.

[Jay_Taylor]

I havent dont any racing in the states YET..but when i was in the military over in eurpe I did some fun runs on a few tracks
1)Nurburgring North Loop
2)Most Autodrom in Most Czech
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state side
1)buttonwillow
2)streets of willows
3)Sears Point, long time ago.
but this list will change when i get out racing.

[Ed Funk]

:( Ok, so I can't take the lead! Looks like Greg is winning at this point :smilie_pokal: ! Call him for advice!

[m glassburner]

Wow !! Greg, you stirred up some old memories :happy204: Greater southwest airport was where I saw my first autocross(in 1981...looooong straights....I lived in the DFW area for 23 years,,,I still visit there at least twice a year(family and friends there) It is mostly industrial and some housing...It's real close to DFW airport.And I thought I was old :023:

[Greg Amy]

Ouch that hurt... <grin>

You can apparently still see remants of GSW from the sky. Here&#39;s some aerial photos from 1995; you can just catch GSW remnants south of the DFW&#39;s N/S runways. You can see the N/S runway that&#39;s a road now and you can still see shadows of the NW/SE runway, which was still there back then.

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp...=427&Y=2272&W=3 (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=13&Z=14&X=427&Y=2272&W=3)

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freema..._FtWorth_NE.htm (http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/TX/Airfields_TX_FtWorth_NE.htm)


For those interested, GSW was an airport that was closed when DFW was opened in 1974. GWS wasn&#39;t immediately destroyed (why bother?). I remember it being out in the middle of freakin nowhere back in the 80&#39;s and a super place to play; no doubt suburban sprawl has taken over by now. I wouldn&#39;t be surprised if today it&#39;s either a boulevard or gone...

[chuck baader]

Not too many for me:

Road Atlanta
Roebling
Kershaw
Nurburgring
Zolder
Monaco (but not in anger)

Got to Hockenheim too late for touring laps, but did definitely enjoy the beer :P Chuck

[R2 Racing]

I&#39;ll give this topic a shot! I thought about putting these in "best to worst" order but that would&#39;ve been way too hard - so in no particular order:
Mid Ohio
Nelson Ledges
Indy Race Park
Putnam Park
Gingerman Raceway
Grattan Raceway
Road America
Blackhawk Farms
BeaveRun
Watkins Glen (long & short)
Road Atlanta

Not bad for only 5 seasons, I suppose. Too bad I&#39;ve only added one new track in the last two years though. I really want to do VIR, Barber, Mosport, and Lime Rock. I&#39;ve been trying to get to Lime Rock and/or VIR for the last two seasons now but for whatever reason, I haven&#39;t been abe too.

[Jay_Taylor]

Originally posted by chuck baader@Oct 26 2005, 12:04 PM


Got to Hockenheim too late for touring laps, but did definitely enjoy the beer :P Chuck

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There is nothing like good german beer:)

[joeg]

1.Nelson Ledges

2.Watkins Glen (long)

3. Watkins Glen (Short)

4. Mid Ohio

5. Beaverrun

6. Lime Rock

7. Mosport

8. Summit Point

9. Connelsville

[Despr8dave]

Man, am I envious!...anyway

Daytona

Sebring, long and short

Moroso

Hallett, clockwise

Circle tracks:

Orlando Speedworld

Auburndale

Lakeland

Now I grew up in Central Florida BD (before Disney), so do orange grove clay roads count?.....now they call it drifting! Ha!

David
(they shoulda put Disney in Miss. or Arkansas)

[ddewhurst]

Started in year 2000............ ;)

Indy Raceway Park

Road America

Blackhawk Farm

Gingerman

Mid Ohio

Grattan

Gateway Intl. Raceway

[KevSC1]

I don&#39;t race, but I&#39;ve done lapping days at:

GingerMan
Gateway
Hallett
Autobahn

crewed at:

Gateway
Blackhawk
Grattan
IRP
Autobahn

[RacerBill]

[OK, here&#39;s a couple of names:

Reading, PA
Thompson, Ct.

Solo II
Anybody ever run the Portage (IN) Gran Prix?

[chuck baader]

Jay, during my stay in Germany, I found no bad German beer :) (well, maybe except for the bock beer. Chuck

[benracin]

And here comes the short list:

1. Pacific Raceways, Seattle (fun track)
2. Road America
3. Brainerd International
4. Blackhawk Farms

And now a circle track!

1. Elko Speedway

[gsbaker]

Chronologically:

Road America
Road Atlanta
Sebring
Daytona (short road course)
Roebling Road
Monaco (rental car)

The only oval is New Smyrna Speedway. In a station wagon. Don&#39;t ask.

[charrbq]

Originally posted by m glassburner@Oct 26 2005, 05:28 PM
Wow !! Greg, you stirred up some old memories :happy204: Greater southwest airport was where I saw my first autocross(in 1981...looooong straights....I lived in the DFW area for 23 years,,,I still visit there at least twice a year(family and friends there) It is mostly industrial and some housing...It&#39;s real close to DFW airport.And I thought I was old :023:

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Ran my first two schools at Greater Southwest back in 197dirt. But do you remember Green Valley or Dallas International Motor Speedway...long since converted to subdivisions?

[Greg Amy]

Originally posted by charrbq@Oct 28 2005, 06:13 PM
Ran my first two schools at Greater Southwest back in 197dirt. But do you remember Green Valley or Dallas International Motor Speedway...long since converted to subdivisions?

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Ah, Chris: a man with my own visions of the past! Yep, I did Green Valley (check my list above) but I missed out on DIS. Heard a lot of things about it (mostly the "old timers" talking <grin>). Where was it? For that matter, do you remember where Green Valley was?

I swore I&#39;d never be one of those old timers talking about the glorious past, but these kids today... - GA

[Chris Taylor]

Oooh, I might have some of you guys beat if I include the circle tracks. ;)

SCCA:
the Blimp Base in Hitchcock, TX (IIRC .7 mile road course on the pavement of a Blimp Base)
Cabaniss Naval Air Station (Corpus Christi, TX)
Texas World Speedway (both 1.8 and 2.9 configurations)
Motorsports Ranch - Ft. Worth
Texas Motor Speedway
Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
Road Atlanta

Quarter Midgets (tiny ovals):
River City (Austin)
Lone Star (San Antonio)
Oklahoma (OK City)
Topeka ("temporary" parking lot with decambered T1&2... won all the marbles)
Pueblo (at I think Pueblo Motorsports Park)
Phoenix (South Mountain)
Langley, BC, Canada (outside Vancouver, about 5 miles from the US Border)

And I&#39;ve got about 30 laps in an ITA RX7 on the oval outside Austin, Thunderhill Raceway.

My favorite track was the little oval in Topeka because we kicked everybody&#39;s ass... they had no idea how to setup the car for the decambered Turn 1 &2, and I impressed everybody with my left front tire. Somebody knocked a rumble strip off, and they glued it back on -- every time I&#39;d drive by I&#39;d tick the tooth with the tire (like I did before it got broken off) and with the glue oozing out after about 50 laps there was a stripe on the inside shoulder of the tire. :smilie_pokal:

[charrbq]

Green Valley was about where TMS is...I think, and DIMS was south of Dallas...I think. I never ran DIMS...it went away before my time, barely. I remember tham talking about the asphalt getting so hot that it melted in the turns. A friend told me about taking his DP Datsun roadster into the last turn onto the straight at full tilt boogie, having the brakes go away, and swinging the butt out to the fence that ran alongside the straight. He never hit anything due to (he said) the sticky track. The last part was a stretch, but they did have to put water on his wife who was watching from the pits. It&#39;s something to remember when we bitch about safety, but it sure makes for some damn good tales around the beer at the ARRC!

We won&#39;t get into A.J. Foyt racing his Healey 100/4 at Hammond Airport lined with only hay bales. ;)

[Bryan Addis]

Short list, but here it goes.

1. Mid-Ohio (The best track in the world)

2. Nelson Ledges

3. Gingerman

4. Summit Point

5. Lunken Airport Cincinnati (3 hour enduro) Only one race ever there! Great track though!!!

6. VIR In 3 days from today!!!!

Checked out VIR history....sounds like a great place to race. Lots of memories stirred up from that website!!!

[BMW RACER]

O.K. Greg you laid down the gauntlet, here goes:

1/Watkins Glen
2/Lime Rock (With and without chicane)
3/Buffalo (Street course)
4/Pocono (Oval)
5/Atlanta (Withand without dip)
6/Daytona
7/Sebring
8/St Pete (Street Course)
9/Tampa (Street course)
10/Topeka
11/Mid Ohio
12/Nelson Ledges
13/Pikes Peak Hillclimb
14/Pikes Peak (Roval)
15/Dallas (street course)
16/Texas World Speedway (Roval)
17/PIR (Roval)
18/Firebird Raceway
19/Portland
20/Sears Point
21/Thunderhill
22/Laguna Seca (Old course and new)
23/Buttonwillow (Tons of different courses)
24/Willow Springs
25/Riverside (Dang! I&#39;m old)
26/Holtville
27/Las Vegas ( Roval, Club course and the teeny oval)
28/Mosport
29/Carlsbad
30/Brainard
31/Road America
32/Fontana (Roval)

Now here&#39;s a question: Name a track that Greg and I haven&#39;t driven on!

I&#39;ve been racing since 1980 and have been VERY lucky to be given the oportunity to drive all these tracks. And I loved ever single one!

[Greg Amy]

You da man, John! Time for us to form up an enduro racing team...<grin>

[BMW RACER]

You da man, John! Time for us to form up an enduro racing team...<grin>

Greg, sounds like a plan, all we need to do is find a new track. :)

[ddewhurst]

***(Dang! I&#39;m old)***

If you were old & had driven all the tracks you would have driven Lyndale Farms. ;)

[Bryan Addis]

Didn&#39;t see Gingerman, Gratten, IRP on that list BMW. There&#39;s a few out there for you.

I got to add VIR to my list over the past weekend. WOW very nice track!!!

[RacerBill]

Originally posted by BMW RACER@Nov 1 2005, 05:27 PM
O.K. Greg you laid down the gauntlet, here goes:

Now here&#39;s a question: Name a track that Greg and I haven&#39;t driven on!

I&#39;ve been racing since 1980 and have been VERY lucky to be given the oportunity to drive all these tracks. And I loved ever single one!

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How about the two that I mentioned, Vineland NJ and Thompson, CT and then add Bryar Motorsports Park (before it was NHIS!) and Meadowdale! Oh, yeah Chenault, and Lockbourn (old Army Air Force bases).

Oh, sorry. You mentioned 1980 as a lower limit! :rolleyes:

[emwavey]

Summit Point - Main
VIR - Full Course
Pocono
- North
- South
- East
- Long
Roabling Road

Everything else was in dreams or on PlayStation. :cavallo:

[tims90rx7]

Hopefully just getting started...

NHIS
Watkins Glen
Pocono
Lime Rock
Summit Point
Road America
Mosport
Circuit Mont Tremblant

Tim

[Renaultfool]

Ok, been at it a while, so here goes.

I&#39;ve raced at;
Nelsons Ledges, love it! Fast and smooth! Track champion there in 1975 in a FP Datsun Roadster, my first year of car racing.
I just set the IT-C track record there in my new Renault Alliance. Look out ARRC next year, I&#39;m coming.

Mid Ohio Really love it! Fast and smooth! Best track in America.
IT-C track champion there several times in my Renault.
Have raced everything there, IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challange in Pinto, Mustang, and Renault Alliance, GTU in Datsun 240z, Mustang in Kelly Girl etc.
I plan on running all the races there next year in my new IT-C Renault Alliance.

Blackhawk, trees, narrow. IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challanage in Renault.

Indianapolis Raceway Park, rough when I was there. IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challange in Renault. SCCA GP in a Datsun Roadster, OK it was really a Fairlady.

Brainard, a long way from anywhere, BIG deer flys and mosquitos. Renault Cup.

Elkhart Lake, love it, smooth long. Renault Cup and IMSA Spark Plug Challange in Renault.

Watkins Glen, short course, don&#39;t care for it not much of a challange. Renault Cup.

Watkins Glen, long course, quite a bit better. Renault Cup.

Lime Rock, hated it every time, rough, narrow, one line track, won&#39;t ever go back.
Ran Renault Cup and Spark Plug Challange in Renault many years.

Summit Point, only there once in Renault Cup, not a good experiance but I would like to try it again, maybe next summer.

Charlotte road course, great! Renault Cup

Daytona road course, always fun! SCCA, 24 hours in Datsun 240z GTU, IMSA spark plug series in Pinto and Mustang, Renault Cup.

Talladaga road course, long, real long, 6 hour race. IMSA spark plug series in a Pinto.

Michigan International road course, was fun. Renault Cup

Road Atlanta, I always liked this track. IMSA spark plug series, Renault Cup.

Detroit Gran Prix IMSA Street Race when it was downtown, in Renault Cup and in Mustang in Champoin Spark Plug Series.

San Antonio IMSA Street Race in Champion Spark Plug Series in Renault.

Columbus IMSA Street Race, in Mustang spark plug series, Renault in endurance.

Pocono, did not care for their road course. Renault Cup.

Mosport, well it&#39;s Canadian you know. IMSA Champion Spark Plug Series, Pinto

I&#39;ve ridden around the track;
Suzuka, Japan
Mid America, old track West of St. Louis
Indy Speedway

I&#39;ve attended races at;
Snetterton, UK, BTTC
Cleveland Gran Prix, Indy cars

I&#39;ve been at;
Donnington, UK
Silverstone, UK
Beaver Run
Phoenix International road course

I want to race at if I don&#39;t run out of time and ability;
Beaver Run
VIR
Barber Motorsport Park

Renaultfool, IT-C Renault Alliance

[PDoane]

I&#39;m going to try and do this in chronological order

Tracks I&#39;ve driven

Le Circuit, Mt. Tremblant (pre makeover)
Bridgehampton
Riverside
Laguna Seca (pre Andretti hairpin)
Lime Rock
Watkins Glen (6 different configurations)
Pocono (numerous different configurations)
Bryar (pre NHIS)
Sebring (club course)
Moroso
Charlotte (road course)
Nelson Ledges
Summit Point
NHIS (south oval, north chicane)
VIR (full course)
Vegas (oval)
Talladega (separate/smaller road course for bikes/karts)
Mosport
Le Circuit (post makeover)
Shannonville (Fabi circuit)
Heartland Park
Duryea Hillclimb

Tracks I&#39;ve crewed at (but not driven)

Road Atlanta
Road America
Sears Point
Mid Ohio
Laguna Seca (w/Andretti hairpin)
Puerto Rico (airport circuit)
Sebring (12 hour, pro course)
Englishtown
Atco Dragway

Tracks I&#39;ve only spectated at

Waterford Hills
Indy (500 and F1)
Sanair (road course)
Detroit (downtown F1)
Montreal
Cleveland
Nazareth
Daytona (24 hour, road course)

Tracks I&#39;ve made a delivery to (but not driven or crewed or spectated)

Long Beach

[Mazmarc63]

Can&#39;t resist.

Homestead
Moroso
Sebring(long, short, modified, pre Andy Evans, post Andy Evans)
Daytona
Roebling Road
Road Atlanta(pre and post dip)
Kershaw
Rockingham(am I the only one??)
Charlotte(love that place)
Mid Ohio

Autocrossed in every parking lot and airstrip from Miami to Kansas to Washington.

[Newbie]

Homestead-Miami shortened road course (Marlboro "racing school", got me hooked on racing)
Blackhawk Farms
Road America
Autobahn Country Club (North, South , and combined)
Gingerman
Milwaukee Power Circuit (resurrected road course within and using the Milwaukee mile)

I need to get out more often!

[joeg]

Carl--Sounds like you will wear out that new Renault next year.

Get some graphics on it because the paint is in great shape.

Cheers.