I agree! The track was alot more fun than I expected. The two hairpins keep the average speeds down, but the fast stuff is FAST!!! It is fast like IRP but nowhere near as intimidating. It has a few rough edges still (needs some rumble strips & FIA curbs in a few places) but word is this will be in place for next year.
Unlike most 'rovals' (Gateway comes to mind) you can't go flat out thru the oval section due to the lack of banking, but it is so wide that side-by-side racing is pretty comfortable despite the speeds (I can now understand why the indy cars & stock cars all like racing at the Milwaukee Mile...the geometry of the oval lends itself to good side-by-side racing). I predict there will be some close finishes because of this. It will also favor a good handling car over one with horsepower...both myself and a fellow GTL car had fun 'terrorizing' a couple of GT1 cars in the oval section The key to a fast lap will be having a car that is fast and stable thru the oval section. While a good handling/low HP car might get held up in the infield section, there is more than enough room to go high or low in the oval section to get around a car with more power, and keep the lead coming up to the flag. I can see there being quite a few lead changes occuring for this reason.
Kinda weird having a big race track right smack in the middle of a big city...I'm used to the tracks being out in the sticks. This could be a nice selling point for out-of-towners since there are some very good restaurants/bars/pubs in the immediate area.
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(Converted to G-Prod in 2003)
(Bumped to H-Prod in 2008)
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