he he he...
the road course is almost done, guys...
i went out there last saturday...
my wife who works for SAPPORO (the beer co) was in talks to do a promotion for the upcoming inaugural east coast D1 event in May... anyway, michael, raceway park's president and kevin, the general manager, were kind enough to give us a first hand look at the track (not up to speed, of course... they we were riding an fj cruiser)... the cops were using the mid section for practice manuevers (i'm jealous)...
all i can say is... wow...
a highly TECHNICAL course... great for time attack, not so for wheel to wheel racing as it is rather narrow...
the first freakin' turn is a left bank!
the best turn is the approach to the back straight, the mini corkscrew, where you have an uphill right and all you see is the sky... followed by a quick left going downhill onto the straight...
i was told that so far the fastest anyone was able to go was 120 on the back straight in a saleen mustang...
best time so far was in the 1.5 minute range...
check it the demo footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpT9-3KRrJw