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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Laguna Secca is a fun track. Easy to see ahead to most corners except the corkscrew.
There is a track near Denton, TX called Eagles Canyon. 2.7 miles of fun. Super smooth, and all the track is cambered to one side or the other, no street like crown to the road. The one exception is going down into the canyon. It is a large off camber, corner 8 story drop into another corner. Hit it just right, and it is a blast. If you are a bit wide from the double apex corner preceding it, and in my car I was suddenly looking out the driver's side window going sideways. Really a blast.
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Sounds pretty hairy but you got thru it.
All tracks are easy the slower you go.
Challenge of your heavy 220hp 911 is never to lose momentum.
Could take your car half a lap or longer to get it back.
Airport tracks are flat and easy to see a complete turn in advance.
But runways and taxiways are crowned and surfaces vary so challenging still.
Laguna is not flat so a few areas are hidden by terrain.
The front Straight and T1 at Laguna unsighted as well.
I use the top of the 3rd telephone pole to aim my car over the hill.
Approaching T6 cresting the hill you don't see the turn till you are already downshifting and aim at the apex/point of compression.
Corkscrew yes unsighted but speeds are slow.
The braking area for the corkscrew end of the back straight also unsighted.
T9 is behind your left shoulder kind of harder to see with a HANS and helmet containment chair.
I've done 3 Laguna Seca track walks.
I get 400 laps in on the simulator before a race weekend so that helps too.
A while back it was my favorite track.
DE or racing, street car or race car.
Completely different levels of commitment, but all of it is fun.
Happy Turkey day.
