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[Paul_E_D]

and for those considering Mid Ohio now that it's been repaved, it's still very slippery in the wet. lots of experienced people getting hurt badly last weekend. everyone around me in my pit took the Uber tow truck.

Interesting

[Kurlon]

Interesting

Can confirm from last year, if the track so much as thought about being wet it turned to ice.

[Paul_E_D]

It must be the aggregate they use?

[Jim]

It must be the aggregate they use?

not sure but there were lots of bad wrecks. sunday morning had 5 in T1 during expert 1000cc practice.

[Jim]

ever since i started racing CCS, my goal was to add a new track every year. last year was Mid Ohio. This year i'm happy to say i'm adding COTA to the list. just pre-reg with CMRA

[MUZ720]

Well made it to Laguna Seca although not on a motorcycle but a peddle bike. Visting in Santa Cruz so made the trip down to Monterey it was the only opening to get on the track.
Amazing how things on TV never really show the true elevation of things. But still did ride the track so it's in my top five. Old man could only do Four laps as the hill before the Corkscrew is longer and steeper than you would think. Had a blast
Mid-Ohio
VIR
Barber
Laguna Seca
NJ
Tamworth
Thompson
Canaan
Daytona
Homestead
Bryar motorsport park
Bridgehampton
NHMS
Roebling
Carolina

[Jim]

1. VIR (north, south, full, grand)
2. Road America
3. Road Atlanta
4. Barber Motorsports Park
5. Pitt Race
6. Summit Point
7. Roebling
8. Daytona
9. NJMP
10. Mid Ohio
11. Circuit of the Americas
12 Blackhawk Farms
13. Autobahn Country Club (south)
14. Homestead
15. Carolina Motorsports Park
16. NHMS
17. Talladega Grand Prix
18. Autobahn Country Club (north)
19. Monticello (south)
20. NC Bike (with and without the chicane)
21. anything besides Thompson
22. Thompson (counter clockwise)

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[tsorfas]

Jimmy def won this thread

[Jim]

out of this list, COTA is the worst facilities i've seen. i've never seen a facility put in so much effort to make their customers feel unwelcome. track was super tough to learn (20 turns) and was great. but the way the track treated us was an embarrassment.

[Paul_E_D]

out of this list, COTA is the worst facilities i've seen. i've never seen a facility put in so much effort to make their customers feel unwelcome. track was super tough to learn (20 turns) and was great. but the way the track treated us was an embarrassment.

I hated riding COTA. I felt it had absolutely zero flow.

[MUZ720]

Buy facilities you mean the staff treated you poorly, correct? Not the garages, restrooms or other services.

[Jim]

Buy facilities you mean the staff treated you poorly, correct? Not the garages, restrooms or other services.

there is an RV park outside the tunnels. that had a 3 showers. we got kicked out of there friday as the RV park was "not part of COTA". the office next to the garages had 1 mens and 1 womens shower stall. the track locked that on saturday around lunch time. the paddock had no trash barrels nor PA system. we had to use an app that CMRA developed for race calls and announcements. it did the job, but you would have to keep scrolling to refresh it, which gets annoying fully geared up with gloves on in 95 degree weather. the track also allowed a few CMRA officials without campers to sleep in various vacant rooms in the building for the weekend. saturday they came in and changed their mind and kicked them out with no where to go. saturday mid day, the track cut off all connections CMRA had to the track's wifi and camera access because they wanted it for the willy nelson concert that was starting later that night. the track also stopped our races at 4pm on saturday for the concert as well...which was way later in the night.

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I hated riding COTA. I felt it had absolutely zero flow.

then dont go to CMP. i didnt mind the technical flow of COTA, but it took a long time for me to learn it

[Jim]

if you rented a garage for the weekend for $3000, you got a trash barrel and your own bathroom that was cleaned 3x a day. the peasants in the parking lot were completely SOL. also no power outlets in the paddock.

[Paul_E_D]

COTA is too big for it's own britches. Glad I don't live near there!

[MUZ720]

Well, Guess COTA is off my list, harsh treatment after the club rented the place. Agree about CMP.

[Jim]

Well, Guess COTA is off my list, harsh treatment after the club rented the place. Agree about CMP.

it's off your list whether you like it or not unfortunately. they are going private after this year and will no longer have any public events like track days. this was the one and only club race that has and will happen at COTA.