Most accounts are claiming that changes need to be made, including a chicane added to the Paddock Bend (the wide right hairpin Turn 12 before the final chicane). Not sure how this is to be accomplished because of the elevation changed here. The outside of the track is a 1:1 slope, and inside is not much better, dropping down to the existing parking lot inside the curve. I'm sure with enough fill dirt, or by cutting down the embankment, anything can be built, but this is a tough area to put a new curve complex in. Any thoughts?
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