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Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 8:55 am
by itrsteez
Haven't seen this posted elsewhere, for the sake of having a new thread to look at I figured it could of been left out of the BS thread. It's worth a read, probably not anything you didn't already know.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10 ... es-feature

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 5:21 pm
by coolhandluke
Sweet!

I have ridden on two and tracked on one. Not bad!

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 5:33 pm
by itrsteez
Road Atlanta will be in december, the Glen is on a short list for next year hopefully.

If I ever get a windfall of money I'll get a condo at VIR and die there.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 7:16 pm
by coolhandluke
Im not sure Im ready to handle Road Atlanta. I will put it into consideration when November rolls around.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 9:35 pm
by itrsteez
coolhandluke wrote:Im not sure Im ready to handle Road Atlanta. I will put it into consideration when November rolls around.
Yeah I've been studying it, there are a few blind corners that looked pretty gnarly. But the way I look at it the more challenging tracks you drive the better you'll be able to tear through cmp :) (which I'd like to go back to this year but it's looking unlikely)

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 11:31 pm
by Doespike
Cool article...definitely a list to scratch off :)

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 11:39 pm
by itrsteez
Not sure how to tackle the two california ones :)

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 11:49 pm
by Doespike
Road tRip 8) There's a few tracks out west I'd love to hit..

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 7th, 2010, 11:55 pm
by itrsteez
Doespike wrote:Road tRip 8) There's a few tracks out west I'd love to hit..
that'd be insane, well not really considering people do it for expo. If I was to do it I'd prefer it would be to knock out at least 2 tracks, one would have to be Laguna. Either way it's all crap talk, there's plenty of stuff on this side to cross off.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 12:45 am
by Doespike
Well, I've only put 5k miles on 309 so far this year...needs much more :P

I'd like to hit Miller on the way there or back. Definitely a bucket list tRip to west coast.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 6:55 pm
by coolhandluke
Doespike wrote:Road tRip 8) There's a few tracks out west I'd love to hit..
Erik and I have been talking about this. As we get older, we will have more time, money, and vacation days. Collectively we could start doing a once a year trip to hit up tracks.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 7:24 pm
by Doespike
coolhandluke wrote:
Doespike wrote:Road tRip 8) There's a few tracks out west I'd love to hit..
Erik and I have been talking about this. As we get older, we will have more time, money, and vacation days. Collectively we could start doing a once a year trip to hit up tracks.
I'm in. As we get older but before family starts sprouting. :P

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:34 pm
by itrsteez
Doespike wrote:I'm in. As we get older but before family starts sprouting. :P
exactly, then everybody is fucked.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:37 pm
by Doespike
haha trufe. Our family reunion was today...was shootin the bull with one cousin while watching our other cousins chase their ankle-biters around in the dirt/mud....he asks "does this make you think about birth control?" :P Guess yoo had to be there..

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:41 pm
by Erik95LS
itrsteez wrote:
Doespike wrote:I'm in. As we get older but before family starts sprouting. :P
exactly, then everybody is fucked.

just gotta make that a part of what your family is :D

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:55 pm
by itrsteez
I wonder how not proud my kids would be after dragging them to events for 10 years and sleeping in a camper to find out I was just doing HPDE's

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:22 pm
by Erik95LS
itrsteez wrote:I wonder how not proud my kids would be after dragging them to events for 10 years and sleeping in a camper to find out I was just doing HPDE's
haha don't have to ONLY do DEs for that long :P

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:28 pm
by coolhandluke
Erik95LS wrote:
itrsteez wrote:I wonder how not proud my kids would be after dragging them to events for 10 years and sleeping in a camper to find out I was just doing HPDE's
haha don't have to ONLY do DEs for that long :P

This is where Andy chimes in. :twisted:

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:32 pm
by Doespike
....or we could just start giving out the trophies.. :P jk

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 9:49 pm
by coolhandluke
Doespike wrote:....or we could just start giving out the trophies.. :P jk
Well its funny because Andy, Patrick, and myself had a conversation today over lunch about kids at the track.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 10:19 pm
by Hooch'n
itrsteez wrote:I wonder how not proud my kids would be after dragging them to events for 10 years and sleeping in a camper to find out I was just doing HPDE's
nothing wrong with HPDE's duder....

racing isn't for everyone -- but hpde's let you get the "led" out.

I only just started taking my times --- hpde's are fun, racing is political and focused.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 10:28 pm
by itrsteez
Hooch'n wrote:
itrsteez wrote:I wonder how not proud my kids would be after dragging them to events for 10 years and sleeping in a camper to find out I was just doing HPDE's
nothing wrong with HPDE's duder....

racing isn't for everyone -- but hpde's let you get the "led" out.

I only just started taking my times --- hpde's are fun, racing is political and focused.
wasn't knocking them, just making a joke about the kids finding out what I wasn't going to win anything. I don't have a competitive bone in my body (hence being a skateboarder for 15 years) so DE's are aok with me.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 12:29 am
by Doespike
Sebring would be a goot trip..

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 11:46 am
by coolhandluke
I want to make it down there.

Re: Car & Driver Best 6 Road Courses In America

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 1:06 pm
by Willard
Road Atlanta = Tracked (x2) (pre and post track change)
Sears Point = Ridden around
VIR = Tracked (xmany... F, S, N)
WG = Tracked (x2)
Laguna Seca = Tracked (x1)
Road America = Ridden around