Winter conversation, race tracks I've driven

[Ed Funk]

Couldn't win the NARRCoffs, too many better itc drivers Congrats Tim , 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 ! Call him for advice!

[m glassburner]

Wow !! Greg, you stirred up some old memories 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

[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://members.tripod.com/airfields_freema..._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 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

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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