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Here is a track map. The track is basically 4 miles long.

The track entrance has a long white line, and they told us clearly, do NOT cross that line. They have cameras on everything, and they said crossing that line will get you a black flag. It is turn one, and when up to speed from the start finish line, you want to be slowed down and on the apex, as it is a steep hill off camber, and you will slide into the tire wall if going too fast.

It is a steep uphill through 2 and 3 and then 4 is nicknamed the patient turn, as it seems to go on forever, and again the outside is fairly flat, but the inside is very steeply cambered the wrong way, and make a spin easy. 5 is easy, and leed to a super steep hill, and I shift into 3rd at 60 MPH and hit redline and 95 MPH rapidly. I wish my car would accelerate like that on flat ground.

Through the esses, a slight turn at 7 and then the fun, the roller coaster. Mostly kinda sorta straight, but HUGE elevation changes. From 7 is is a steep downhill back to redline in 3rd, into 4th and at about 100 at the top of the hill. Only once did I stay flat on the floor and the front end got squirrily and high pucker factor, but on down the hill and then back up at 8. It is a real tummy twister. My sun visor kept flopping down and on one session, I pulled in early to tighten it up. Turn 14 was my scariest one. Most of the track is high speed curves, and all of a sudden 14 is tight as heck and it almost sneaks up on me.

Turn 17 and 18 are tight, but no surprise, and it is where pit out is.

I did 140 miles of track time. Over 1/2 a tank of gas. For some reason a lot of wide open throttle sucks up gas.
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