I haven't re read my statement, but I believe I said HI SPEED areas with minimal runoff?
Turn 3 has a pass through if you lose brakes.
If you don't lose brakes and simply crash, you are going slower than 90 percent of the corners at Monticello.
And... after being around for about 1000? crashes in turn 3... I can say for certainty that the turn is relatively safe.
Believe me... I want Monticello to happen.
Having ridden both tracks, I will say with confidence that I'd rather crash at Loudon at most of the corners... mainly because there is air fence in the places that you are most likely to hit fast.
Monticello is fun, and worlds better than when we looked at it in March or April.
Of course... if you stay on two wheels, and if you ride within your limits... it is a blast.
But don't fool yourself... there are high speed corners there where a screw up means being quickly into the tires or armco.
My job as a trackday organizer means planning for the screwup and minimizing the chance of injuries WHEN the screwups happen.
Just about every possible screwup area in NHMS is covered with airfence and most of them with both airfence and tires.
Until I can say the same about Monticello, I will say that NHMS is marginally safer.
I hope the time is near that I can say with confidence that both tracks are equally safe.
In the meantime, if you ride Monticello please take a moment to look on the outside of each corner and decide for yourself where you will end up if you crash... and ride accordingly.
My guess is that other trackdays will be run before airfence is installed.
I've hit Nascar tire walls before at speed and they aren't that bad. I don't know about passenger car tire walls (which is what Monticello has), but I'm hopeful they aren't much worse.
I know for a fact that Airfence is better than either, and that is what I ultimately would like to see for Motorcycle events at Monticello.