Since people were posting road courses in the 'best drag strip' poll, lets have a proper poll on the matter. Road racing only, please. (Don't post 'snow-covered Scandanavian road in the WRC')!


[Modified by NegativeLift, 9:00 PM 12/5/2001]

 

hmm... i knew i would forget a few tracks, but the nurburgring is a big one to forget....oops. my apologies

 

Heehee 'sok. I just think it's really hard to choose ONE as THE best...

 

I know the left coasters can't really get there...but seriously, VIR is awfully damn good. Other than the 'ring (which obviously many of us will never drive) this seems to be about as good as it gets. The track is phenomenal and the facilities are outstanding.

There's more pro and spectator events all the time at VIR...I get the feeling that I'll be telling my grandkids that "one time way back, I drove that track a lot." It's that good.

 

I just put VIR into the lead (at the current moment)!

 

Another vote for VIR!

Some quotes from VIRs website:
"One lap at VIR is like 100 at Watkins Glen"-Carrol Shelby right after winning the first feature race in 1957.
"Comparable to the Nurburgring..." -I forget, you can look it up.
http://www.virclub.com

 

The first person who tells me what's wrong with that sentence wins a mystery prize.


[Modified by MaddMatt, 8:10 PM 12/5/2001]

 

Summit Point's Jefferson Circuit! (Kidding...)

I think I'd like to see Watkins Glen on that list.

Until I've driven the Glen, Road Atlanta, and VIR in the same year in the same car, I can't really say which one is *the* best.

Jon
PS- Daytona? A friggin 'roval'?



[Modified by JonSE-R, 10:39 PM 12/5/2001]

 

I'll tell you what's wrong with your sentence. 'sentance'....

 

Mosport http://www.mosport.com

 

Someone posted pictures of VIR in another topic, and it does look like a superb facility. Someday.....

 

The Glen gets my vote

 

VIR blows...

The worlds best road course is NOT in the USA....

Will

 

Let me know next time you go! I love the glen!

 

In the US VIR has the best facilities, BUT Watkins Glen has the best track. The first time you go through turn 2 and then up the hill through the esses and realize you are wide open and there is armco on both sides you can almost visualize what a pin ball can feel like if you screw up. Plus there is a slight rise or bump near the top that gets the car light and it moves about a foot drivers right. Knew a guy who did just that in a vette with 2,000 miles on it. Not a single panel on the car survived. 3 armco hits with a starting speed of around 130. OUCH.

 

People in the know seem to really like Road America. It is referred to as a classic. Hmmm. Gotta get up there some day.

 

Because how could you have driven that track a lot if you've only driven it one time?

So what's my prize?!?

 

http://www.nuerburgring.de/eng/index_e.htm

Will
-who thinks size does matter

 

No I'm sorry that is indeed incorrect.

Hint: What one thing absolutely must happen for Karl to have grandchildren...

 

The Glen is good. Very good, in fact. I would like to go back someday. But it's no VIR.

 

Geez! What about Limerock?

I am probably the only one here who has ever been to Bridgehampton on Long Island. It is a golf course now but some of the pavement is still there. That track ad a mile long straight - and it was flat. The Can Am cars were hitting 200+ on it.

 

There's a guy in Charlotte who moved down here from New York a few years ago. He can't speak 3 consecutive sentences without mentioning Bridgehampton. Must of been a great track.

Perhaps we need another poll: Tracks we wish were still in existance.

 

[Modified by Cobra, 10:05 AM 12/6/2001]

 

Find somebody to breed with? (Just a guess ... I have no idea if "Money" has a s/o.)

 

Hmmm, I tend to vote for the Glen over VIR - and to Jon's point, I've driven them both in the same year with the same car. There is an excitement to the Glen that is unlike any track I've ever driven, probably because the whole thing is so damn fast. As crazy as it sounds, having that armco there is part of the fun. It's more of an adrenaline rush to know that there isn't a plush field to slide through if you screw up. You have to run the car at the limit, and know that there is no room for error. Now of course my opinion will change one of these days when I DO screw up and hit the barrier, but until then, I love that track! VIR full DOES kick *** though.

Interesting that nobody has mentioned Mont Tremblant yet. I was told that THAT was the best track on the continent, though I haven't driven it myself yet.

Matt