What is your favorite track to drive, eastcoast and westcoast? What is the toughest or most technical track you have driven?:eek:

Without a doubt, VIR is my favorite track. I haven't made it out west and I haven't made it down to Florida. But as far as anything on the East Coast and North of Florida, VIR has to be the best.

GREAT track, more elevation change than Road Atlanta, and tons of run-off room with no concrete walls.

I think I like the full course best, with the North course coming in a close second. Once the new extension that connects the North and South courses is built, the long configuration will be over 4 miles of fun.

VIR Website (http://www.virclub.com)

I have tracked my car a lot, but only at a few tracks, and I loved them all
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The hardest course I ever did what in Erie PA across form my old high school. It was an autoX course and it was so tight. It was more suited for shifter karts. I struggled on that one

what I REALLY want to do is get on Le Guna Seca. Try my luck on that cork screw. That looks like a sweeeeeet track

I'm going to have to vote for Laguna Seca. I've been there for two track weekends, and it was the most fun I've had at an open track event. Even after the on-track fun was over for the day, we'd go into Monterey for dinner and a beer. Fun place.

I've also been to Las Vegas, Buttonwillow, and Willow Springs. Of those three, Willow Springs is my favorite. It's a very fast track, and going into turn 8 at 115+ at the limit of adhesion is an incredible rush. Took me a couple of days before I could keep my foot in it.

Chris

Road Atlanta!

Speed -- Willow Springs
Technical -- Buttonwillow

Well i have not driven on the track yet.. but if I have to pick one my choice would go to Suzuka (long track) Japan...

Krit

Sebring is my favorite simply because I ahve been around it at least 1000 times. Atlanta is fun but I still don't have it down yet.

Don

VIR full course. That is such a awesome track and the facilities are great too. It has everything.

Road Atlanta is great also but if you make a mistake you could be toast there.

Will be trying Mid Ohio for the first time in a few months and ive heard its a great track too.

I have been on...

1) Sears Point
2) Thunderhill
3) Spring Mountain/Pahrump NV
4) Laguna Seca

Of these...my favorite overall is Laguna Seca..the corkscrew is one fun roller coaster. My favorite learning track is Thunderhill...you have to try really hard to hurt your car there...almost impossible. I really didn't like Sears Point that much...too many concrete walls...tire walls....dirt walls.... Spring Mountain was too frickin far to go to...and I actually made the 9 hour drive from my house twice! (probably not again).

I will be going to Buttonwillow on June 9-10th...so I will find out about that one. I cancelled out on a Willows Springs event last year...had to visit my dad in the hospital instead. I have been at Las Vegas...and Phoenix Intl Raceway...but only as crew for a team...and didn't drive myself...both tracks looked so-so to me.

Hope to try other tracks in the future...I want to try VIR, Mid-Ohio, and Road Atlanta.

The tracks I went to are Sears Pt, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow, and Willow Spring big track.

Thunderhill will be my favor one. it is a very smooth track, with lots of run offs.

Sears Pt is pretty advance/ tricky track with very limited runoff area.

Buttonwillow is fun, but track surface is very bumpy and rough.

Willow big track is not quite fun, got bored of it after one day of event.

only one i've been on, but the funnest weekend of my life was Spring Mtn. / Pahrump, NV.... i loved the track, and at the end of the 2nd day i had really started a good rythm and gettin into the track... thanks to instructor Joe Schifini(sp?) for letting me drive during the instructor session(i had 3 back to back sessions that day).... i was forced to head home right as open lapping began... it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempting to dump all my stuff back out of the car and take off for another 30 minute session... but alas, i had a 7-9hr drive home.... i hope to do Buttonwillow and/or Willow Springs before i leave the west coast.... maybe even the track that XP Engineering runs in El Cajon...

any of you gonna be at Summit point this fall?

Anyone been to the eastern Canada tracks like Mt. Tremblant? I'm thinking of going there in August, only 6 hour drive from Boston (?).

Here are the tracks I've driven in order from favorite to least favorite. It's all relative though...I love them all!

1. Laguna Seca - high-speed perfection. The walls are daunting but they add to the challenge. I'm going for my 10th, 11th, and 12th days at Seca over Memorial Day weekend with Greenflag Driving (www.greenflagdriving.com). Can't get enough of the track!
Tied 2. Sears Point - the most challenging track I've been on. Just ignore the walls. :) I love T1-T2-T3.
Tied 2. Thunderhill - technical and almost as challenging as Sears Point. No walls to bother you, but the term "off-camber" must have been coined here.
4. Buttonwillow - another technical track. I hate roller coasters, but "Magic Mountain" is a blast!
5. Willow Springs - With the exception of turn 9 and maybe 5, it's a simple track where lap time is primarily determined by the size of your balls and the amount of speed you dare to carry through turns 2 and 8.

Hey Chris.

Just finished Sanair east of Montreal and thinking about Mt Tremblet. They said that is has been completely redone and in great shape.

Jim,
Thanks, I'm gonna try to sign up for the Audi/BMW event in August at Mt. Tremblant. I did my 2nd event this weekend - an EMRA time trial at Pocono South. What a blast! My car did great - did a 1:00 best lap in my stock 325i. My two Audi S4 buddies did 57 sec laps, which is pretty fast for their first time. Tons of S4s there, not as many BMWs - 2002, 2 E30 M3s, M Coupe, M Roadster, and an E36 M3 - I beat his time! ;)