What tracks have you run on?
 

Here's something that just popped into my head, what race tracks have you run on? Myself, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock and Bristol Motor Speedway, all with Porsche 911's. In my case, not racing but club events or training. Bristol was something a club I was in got onto because one of us was closely related to a retired NASCAR star. Fun days.

I tried to run at Talladega but that steep angle really hurt my ankles

Charlotte Motor Speedway....in a mini-van.

Hallett in Oklahoma many times.
Texas World in Texas, but it is gone now.
Charlotte Super Speedway NC
Robeling Road in GA
Laguna Secca in CA
Indianapolis race track. This one is a bit a cheat, as we were just following the leader and never got above 90 on one long straight. The yard of bricks was cool. That place is huge.
Eagles Canyon in TX. This is my favorite so far. Super smooth, and the turn into the canyon is downhill, off camber, into another sharp uphill. It is very tricky in my old 85 911 with no traction control. If I nail the apex it is fun, if I miss the apex I end up looking at the track out of the side window.

All in my 911. Driven there , and driven home. No trailers involved.

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Road Atlanta many times
Barber Motorsports Park

All in various air cooled 911’s.

Mid-Ohio and Putnam in the 911, several times each.
I got to do 4 laps around Las Vegas speedway in an Indy car outfitted for one of those "driving experience" deals. They invited the media to drive around in the cars - paced of course - so we would talk it up. I only got to go up to 144 mph, but that was enough. The track is deceptively rough and it was a a very windy day. The car jumped sideways a foot or two every time it hit a bump and the wind blew it around something awful.

I’m at Roebling Road this weekend in the E46 330. Been here several times over the years.

Other tracks that I have run are:

VIR. 2500 miles in the 930.
Road Atlanta. 930. 911SC and 84 Mustang.
Carolina motorsports Park. 930. 911SC.
Rockingham. 911SC. 84 Mustang
Atlanta motor speedway. 84 Mustang.
Charlotte motor Speedway. 911SC. 84 Mustang.

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I've run several tracks in the West mostly in karts. But I did drive a wrecker at Talladega on a rainy Sunday along with every safety vehicle available to dry the track. After an hour of making laps and using 2 tanks of diesel it started raining again. They ran the race on Monday in '92.

It takes a min of 70 MPH to hold a 1 ton truck up near the wall. The roll backs were dog tracking with the bed angled just a wee bit towards the apron. The regular ambulances, PU safety trucks and my hook drove straight.

The track manager radioed each vehicle to tell the driver what line to run. I was sorta delighted when he said, "Up near the outside wall." Dropping off T2 onto the back straight was something that you wouldn't know about until you did it. It's pretty sudden and easy to hit the wall as you lose the banking. Of course I was on 8 ply truck tires in the wet.

Monday was fun too as 16 cars piled up going into T3. We had 8 wreckers so everyone got 2 hook ups. They didn't red flag it either and we were on the apron going clockwise to get to the 2nd car while the pack whizzed by up on the banking. I was a passenger and hook man during the race, IDT we were supposed to be going in the opposite direction. Never seen that since.

Kyle Petty broke his femur and he was screaming in pain. We hooked Mark Martin first and I don't remember who we got next but the MM car could be fixed so he got priority. The 2nd one was a total. I got 5 stiches in my hand at the infield care center because I really didn't know just how mangled and sharp a wrecked stock car would be when I reached in to loop a strap around the front frame behind what WAS the radiator. Cut right through my gloves like a razor.

The race cars were doing 47 second laps under green. I was over 2 minutes.

Riverside Raceway - Took a Keith Code motorcycle glass there before it was bulldozed
Ontario Motor Speedway - Drove go karts there before it was torn down
Willow Springs big track and Street course - In my Porsche 912
Laguna Seca - Parade laps in both my 912 and again in my brother's '67 911S (thanks bro!)
Fontana Speedway road course - Lunchtime laps in my 911 SC (I have @30 minutes of video of this)

Edit: I forgot, I rode my bicycle on Long Beach one year when they had a free day on a Thursday if I recall.

With the PCA: Roebling, Sebring, *Moroso.

NSX: Sebring.

All while driving my '81 911 SC.

* The weekend I was at Moroso, my older brother was also there running his dragster
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I gave up the track stuff a while back - the effort and money didn't give me the returns in excitement and fun as much any more. It was a great experience to have though and will always be grateful for it!

Motorcycle- Willow Springs, big Track and streets
Buttonwillow, several configs.
Fontana speedway, several configs
Laguna Seca
Sears point, yeah I said Sears
Thunderhill, several configs
Chuckawalla Raceway
The Ridge Motorsports park


Porsche - All the Above California tracks plus
Las Vegas Speedway, both inside and out.
Pahrump Valley Speedway

In no particular order.


Utah
Miller

Illinois
BlackHawk Farms
Autobahn CC N and south

Wisconsin
Road America

Iowa
Iowa Speedway infield track
Mid America

Kansas
Heartland Park

Nebraska
Motorsports Park Hastings

Michigan
Grattan
Gingerman

Indiana
Putnam Park

Ohio
Nelson Ledges
Mid Ohio

Pa
Beaverrun AKA Pittsburgh International Race Complex

Alabama
Barber

Kentucky
National Corvette Museum NCM Motorsports park

Thunder Hill, Button Willow, Sears Point & Laguna Seca. did DE's at them all before i raced them.

sear point one of my final races... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7I6HCCKrVQ

Watkins Glen
New Jersey Motorsports Park
Summit Point
Nelson Ledges
Beaverrun/Pittsburgh International
Lime Rock

I have been waiting for this thread.

I have raced at:
Brainerd
Blackhawk
Heartland Park
IRP
Road America

I have spectated / visited:
Brainerd
Road America (SCCA, CART & IMSA)
Detroit (F1)
Watkins Glen (NASCAR Trucks)
IMS, USAC Indy 500
Riverside
Laguna Seca (CART & IMSA)
Sears Point
California Speedway, Fontana - CART
Phoenix (Cup Series, 2023)
Daytona, 2020 24 hours IMSA race
Vancouver street race, CART
Nürburgring
Estoril
Monza, 2016 F1 race

Will be going to the Red Bull Ring this year.

DL

Three "big tracks", either former F1 tracks, or designed by an F1 track designer

Le Circuit Mont Tremblant
Mosport
Calabogie Motorsports Park

and three "others"

Shannonville Motorsports Park
Driver Development Track at Mosport
Toronto Motorsports Park

I also drove the "track" at the Schlumpf Museum in France . . . but it's pretty shot.

I've done "wheel to wheel" at Calabogie and Shannonville, and will be doing a race at Mosport this May.

The list of tracks I'd love to drive is almost endless, but two stick out -- VIR, and Anglesy in Wales.

I've driven around parts of Monaco, rode around Jerez in the dark on a pit scooter and walked the full length of Suzuka in Japan

Raced at:

Castrol/RadTorque Edmonton
Stratotech - Fort Saskatchewan
Race City - Calgary
The Ridge
Spokane
Laguna Seca
Brainerd
Daytona
Watkins Glen
Area27

Coached at Rocky Mountain Raceway but never driven in anger there.

Hayward Field...

Nice to see so many track guys on here. :)
My videos. https://www.youtube.com/user/Mrpassmenow/videos?app=desktop

Road courses.

Coronado Island airport track.
Long Beach streets.
Thermal.
Chuckwalla.
Holtville airport track.
Cal Speedway roval and infield.
Big Willow.
Streets of Willow.
Buttonwillow.
Laguna Seca.
Sonoma.
Thunderhill.

Las Vegas Roval.
Pahrump.
Miller motorsports.

AX.

Qualcomm stadium.
Cal speedway.
El Toro.

Drag strips.

OCIR.
LACR.
Pomona.
Carlsbad.
Barona.
Terminal Island Long Beach.
Famoso Bakersfield.
Sacramento.
Jack Murphy San Diego.
Las Vegas The Strip.
Phoenix Firebird.

Another 20 tracks but they are all Iracing tracks on the Sim. ;)
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This slot car track in the garage. ;)
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Fun photos of spectators checking out the race cars. :)
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