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View Poll Results: Your Favouirte Champ car track of all time | |||
Long Beach | 6 | 12.24% | |
Road America | 17 | 34.69% | |
Laguna Seca | 10 | 20.41% | |
Mid-Ohio | 3 | 6.12% | |
Michigan | 2 | 4.08% | |
Milwaukee | 0 | 0% | |
Surfers Paradise | 5 | 10.20% | |
Indianapolis | 5 | 10.20% | |
Portland | 0 | 0% | |
Mexico city | 1 | 2.04% | |
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll |
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20 Sep 2004, 19:11 (Ref:1102296) | #1 | ||
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Your favourite Champcar track of all time
My favourite Champcar track of all time would have to be the original Long beach.
I know there is a few others that a few people would have felt that should have been on there like Toronto a few others but I wanted to try and narrow it down to 10. Last edited by luke; 20 Sep 2004 at 19:21. |
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20 Sep 2004, 21:12 (Ref:1102422) | #2 | ||
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Road America. Maybe it's because I've raced there, but I love that race course. Super fast.
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20 Sep 2004, 21:20 (Ref:1102429) | #3 | ||
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surfers paradise
unique street course with twists and turns...i love the hard braking and stuff....its a great time fave memory : Servia and Tracy 2000....AWESOME move by servia at the corkscrew, just too bad he couldn't get it done |
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20 Sep 2004, 21:42 (Ref:1102451) | #4 | ||
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Out of those choices it's definitely Elkhart Lake, but Fontana is really my favorite!
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20 Sep 2004, 22:41 (Ref:1102500) | #5 | ||
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This is a hard one but i picked Mid-Ohio.
I love the elevation changes at Mid-Ohio and the tight twisty bits, turn 1 is mad and it's one of the most physical demanding tracks in the champcar world series. Too bad there not racing there this season. |
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20 Sep 2004, 23:10 (Ref:1102511) | #6 | ||
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Laguna Seca is my pic.
Alex Zanardi passing Bryan Herta through the corkscrew on the last lap is one of those memories you'll never forget. |
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20 Sep 2004, 23:33 (Ref:1102522) | #7 | ||
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Road America.
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20 Sep 2004, 23:58 (Ref:1102540) | #8 | ||
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Cleveland, although not a choice.
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21 Sep 2004, 05:19 (Ref:1102605) | #9 | |||
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Cleveland would be my #2 pick...
You might all guess what my #1 was, and it IS on the list! Quote:
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21 Sep 2004, 05:48 (Ref:1102611) | #10 | ||
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I've been to Laguna, Road America and LBGP on a regular basis and nothing beats the electricity and TALENT at LBGP. So many cool spots to watch the race. Hot chicks and great race!!
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21 Sep 2004, 10:59 (Ref:1102757) | #11 | |
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Road America.
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21 Sep 2004, 15:11 (Ref:1102953) | #12 | |||
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21 Sep 2004, 19:38 (Ref:1103219) | #13 | ||
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It's a shame that R.A, L.S and M.O seem to be very popular between the CC fans but have unfortunately either left or under threat of being replased.
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21 Sep 2004, 20:26 (Ref:1103267) | #14 | ||
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I chose Road America, but I also like Laguna Seca, Mid-Ohio, St. Pete, Surfers Paradise, Cleveland, Mexico City, Montreal, Fontana and MIS.
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21 Sep 2004, 20:38 (Ref:1103274) | #15 | ||
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Had to post it...
Indy.... No place on the planet like it on Memorial Day weekend.... |
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21 Sep 2004, 22:02 (Ref:1103358) | #16 | ||
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Road America by a mile (well maybe 4 of them).
Cleveland and Michigan are both good but at RA you really see the cars and drivers performing. |
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22 Sep 2004, 06:19 (Ref:1103519) | #17 | ||
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Fontana and Long Beach are my personal favorites.
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22 Sep 2004, 06:21 (Ref:1103520) | #18 | ||
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Oh yeah, I also have to give props to Mexico City because it runs through a baseball stadium. Very unique and cool!
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22 Sep 2004, 12:21 (Ref:1103790) | #19 | ||
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It used to be mega cool with the superfast right that was taken flat out before the baseball stadium was built althouh it is kind of cool.
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22 Sep 2004, 15:44 (Ref:1103952) | #20 | ||
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I remember going to Fontana for the first race there and being utterly disappointed, not just in the fact that the smog was so thick you could cut it with a knife (we didn't really see the mountains until Year 2), but in the track itself. It was supposed to be Michigan's twin and it wasn't even close. Turns 3 and 4 were single-groove, and we found out the hard way that putting a wheel below the white line (or even on it) was a ticket to disaster because of the angle built in to the warmup lane below the line. (This is a feature of NASCAR tracks, but not Michigan, which was purpose-built for open-wheel.) Another Michigan feature much-missed at Fontana was the "rabbit hole", which provided a shortcut from under Victory Circle to the front straight stands. It was only open when no cars were running, and you had to know about it to use it, but it beat going all the way to the big tunnel and around to get to the trash and trinkets.
Funny how the small stuff is what you remember... keke |
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22 Sep 2004, 16:15 (Ref:1103978) | #21 | ||
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I remember the "rabbit-hole" well, but I wonder why it was only open when no cars were ontrack?
Looking at the results of the poll, I am not at all surprised that RA and Laguna are leading the way, but I am surprised that only one other person has voted MIS so far! And I didn't think that any street circuit would fare as well as LongBeach has. |
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23 Sep 2004, 06:38 (Ref:1104609) | #22 | ||
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Based on the numbers it's obvious there are more road course fans here than ovals........but hasn't anybody been to Portland...not a bad street track and much more fun to watch from other views than the bleachers.
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24 Sep 2004, 15:36 (Ref:1106042) | #23 | ||
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NorCal, Portland's okay but it's too flat, IMO. It's only REALLY fun in the rain! I "play" there regularly so I obviously like it, but compared to other road courses it's a bit lacking.
One of the things it lacks is a way in and out of the infield in a vehicle while the track is hot! keke |
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25 Sep 2004, 20:58 (Ref:1106848) | #25 | |
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Road America is the most interesting for me.......but you can't beat the atmosphere of indianapolis. It sends shivers down the spine just watching it, especially from older races before the CART/IRL split.
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