Rate that Track

[a13x]

I've been keeping a mental list on this, but during my 5 hour drive home yesterday I thought it'd make a good topic of discussion. Especially in the off-season.



So, what tracks have you ridden and how would you rate them (best to worst). Keep it concise.


1) Barber, AL
2) Laguna Seca, CA
3) VIR North, VA
4) Sear's Point (Infineon Raceway), CA
5) Loudon, NH
6) VIR South, VA
7) Thunderhill, CA
8) Portland International, OR
9) Streets of Willow, CA



1) Epic track and grounds. Flowing layout. Great elevation. Wide and smooth.
2) Legendary track. Fast yet very technical. The Corkscrew! Very safe.
3) Great layout. Fun elevation. Fast straight. Good runoff.
4) Technical with tons of elevation changes. Good flow.
5) Very technical and demanding layout. A 'riders' track.
6) Good surface, not very challenging but fun track.
7) Some good blind elevation parts. Some boring stuff. Cyclone is cool. Sketch surface.
8) Extremely simple and boring layout. Super fast front straight. Not challenging. Concrete patches
9) No real flow. Horrible surface. Ugly area. Great on a motard.


updated: 9/14/08 with Laguna and Sear's

[Pittenger5]

1. Loudon
2. Storrow Drive

1. No cars, no cops
2. Lots of cars, lots of cops

[978chris]

Streets of Willow, CA

When did they start calling it this, anyway?

It's Willow Springs, dammit.

Streets of Willow, CA are what you will be on as soon as you LEAVE the motorsports park.

[BMFR6]

1) Laguna Seca - pre-repaving nightmare, fast, flowing, elevation changes, wide.
2) Loudon - Alex put it best, tight technical, a riders track.

When did they start calling it this, anyway?

It's Willow Springs, dammit.

Streets of Willow, CA are what you will be on as soon as you LEAVE the motorsports park.

I could be wrong but I think Streets of Willow is using a different layout at Willow Springs, pit roads etc. Technically making two tracks, hence different names. I'm sure somone more in the know will chime in though.

[a13x]

When did they start calling it this, anyway?

It's Willow Springs, dammit.

Streets of Willow, CA are what you will be on as soon as you LEAVE the motorsports park.

Two different tracks homeboy.

Willow Springs is the 'big track'
The Streets of Willow Springs
Streets of Willow is the smaller track on the grounds. The Streets of Willow Springs
There is also the Horse Thief Mile track there too. (and a kart track, and a oval, etc etc)
THorse Theif Mile

[Doc]

1. Loudon, NH What they said!
2. Firebird Main, AZ A drag strip and a parking lot with cones... not much else to say.

[978chris]

Two different tracks homeboy.

Willow Springs is the 'big track'
The Streets of Willow Springs
Streets of Willow is the smaller track on the grounds. The Streets of Willow Springs
There is also the Horse Thief Mile track there too. (and a kart track, and a oval, etc etc)
THorse Theif Mile

Hmm that Streets link looks like the same layout as when I used to go there. Never heard it called that though. It was always just Willow Springs for the whole place.

I feel old.

[KB]

1. Loudon
2. NHIS
3. LRRS

1. If you can ride here you can ride anywhere
2. This track is technical and demanding
3. This series is the tightest in the east

KB

[Pookie]

1) VIR north
2) Summit Point main
3) Beaver Run
4) NHIS
5) Pocono
6) Shenandoah

[smf]

1. Loudon
2. Summit Pt (big track)
3. Pocono (old WERA layout, then old FUSA layout, then East little course)

[SVRACER01]

1)Firebird east-Phoenix AZ
2)Firebird west
3)Firebird main

1)kinda technical. back section way mre fun than the front straight with a chicane. surface not bad
2)lotsa fun. no time to rest. fast blind turn. technical. surface not bad. a bump here and there
3)looooong straight(dragstrip) followed by a great late apexing back section. get one wrong and your fucked until the straight. good flow.technical (on the backside). surface looks sketchy on the back but isnt bad. exit of tower turn onto the dragstrip can be slippery but fun if your good with the throttle.

[The Crashing Tomato]

NHIS = nuff said
Pocono East = flat, fun, not so challenging, couple of ripply spots
NE dragway = flat straight fast!!! just watch out for the sand trap at the end
rt 17 = mildly patrolled, mostly smooth, technical in spots b/c of traffic
T***** rd ny = FUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN

[Crash Dummy Denno]

VIR North - fast, technical in spots
NHIS - all been said
Pocono East - dumbed down NHIS with no elevation changes, but fun

they are all fun, they are tracks

[Paul_E_D]

NHIS
Beaver Run
Willow Springs

[Awesome]

No considering facilities?

Daytona the layout i ran
VIR North
Beaverun
NHIS
VIR south

[brewmaster]

1)VIR North - agree with previous comments
2)NHIS - technical, etc and because I know it the best.
3)Watkins Glen - Fast, Flowing, SCARY amounts of armco! Would be my favorite if they fixed it to be a motorcycle track.
4)Beaverun - Fast fun back straight, a fun carousel and a blind fall away right hand-er, but gets boring quickly. Good pavement, except for in the first kink on the back straight. Might be more fun with a more powerful bike.
4)Mosport - before the repaving & I was just learning (2nd trackday) so really can't comment, but it must be awesome now! Probably would end up in #2 spot if I rode it now.
5)Lime Rock - Not really a bike track but I have done some practices there on the bike. Short, interesting layout but has the same problems as Watkins Glen. It's too bad they don't do the practice sessions anymore.

[highsider]

1) Mont Tremblant - somewhat lousy facilities last time I went, but an awesome track. Near perfect for me - the front half is tight with lots of sharp turns and elevation changes, the back half is long and wide open for some top end WFO runs. A good, safe track as well, lots of runoff most everywhere (a couple of questionable spots in reasonably low-speed areas.

2)VIR North - great facilities, and the track is a tie with Mont Trembant. If anything, its a bit safer. I only ranked it second because it takes so f'n long to get there.

3)Lime Rock - I dont know if this counts because I never did it on a bike. But its a great track, very, very rythmic and easy to drive fast on, but hard to perfect because each corner is reliant on the one before it.

4) NHIS - Loudon would be a great track if they could move the walls back off the track somehow. I love the course itself, and the pavement has gotten better (although I have to admit that I enjoy some of the challenges the rough pavement provides), but I have a tough time concentrating when I'm too busy making sure I dont collide with a concrete wall.

5) Watkins Glen - Havent dont this one a bike either, and wouldn't want to - you think the walls at Loudon are bad, they're everywhere at the Glen. Its a fun track in a very, very fast car, but boring in anything under 300hp.

6) Sanair - this is a scary little racetrack outside of Granby, Quebec. Its a drag strip where they piece together a road course by adding the off ramp of the drag strip and the adjacent parking lot. Canadians love to race, thats for sure, because this place was more of a supermoto track than a road course - think potholes in the race line of turns. Also, no facilities at all.

[mmracer37]

1.VIR (full course)
2. Laguna Seca
3. Road America
4. Loudon
5. Mid Ohio
6. Daytona (both layouts)
7. Jennings
8. Homestead
9. Iowa Speedway
10. Pocono (all layouts suck)

[978chris]

T***** rd ny = FUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN

Why does everyone say T***** Rd.? Is it really *that* good that we must be secretive?

I've seen it so many times on here that I finally took 5 minutes to Google it and am pretty sure where you're talking about. I want to see this road. Looks far. Around 2.5-3 hours to get there from Haverhill?

Or do I have it totally wrong? PM me if you have to.

[Crash Dummy Denno]

1.VIR (full course)
2. Laguna Seca
3. Road America
4. Loudon
5. Mid Ohio
6. Daytona (both layouts)
7. Jennings
8. Homestead
9. Iowa Speedway
10. Pocono (all layouts suck)

im jealous of this list

[mmracer37]

Sorry, there was one cool thing about Pocono. I got to ride with Gary Rothwell and put my arms around his wife!!!!!

(That's me in the green)

[Crash Dummy Denno]

she looks hot

[highsider]

Why does everyone say T***** Rd.? Is it really *that* good that we must be secretive?

I've seen it so many times on here that I finally took 5 minutes to Google it and am pretty sure where you're talking about. I want to see this road. Looks far. Around 2.5-3 hours to get there from Haverhill?

Or do I have it totally wrong? PM me if you have to.

There is no T**** Road.

[978chris]

There is no T**** Road.

You're too late. PMs have come in. And no, I will not expose the informant.

Don't worry I won't tell.

[Crash Dummy Denno]

You're too late. PMs have come in. And no, I will not expose the informant.

Don't worry I won't tell.

pm me