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3 Apr 2003, 07:10 (Ref:556864)
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Best Racing Circuits of all time?
Tried this on the trackside forum, but hardly any replies, so I'll try here instead
 What are your favourite racing circuits? From these categories: Road Circuits (eg Hockenheim, Suzuka, Magny Cours) Street Circuit (eg Surfers, Monaco, Macau) Open Road Circuit (eg Lobethal, Spa, Bathurst) Oval (Indianapolis, Michigan, Fontana) Airfield Circuits (eg Cleveland, Snetterton, St. Petersburg) Roval (eg Dayonta, Indy F1) Parkland Circuits (eg Albert Park, Montreal) Rally (eg Safari, Monte Carlo) Speedway (eg Williams Grove Speedway, Parramatta) These are my answers: Road Circuits Österreichring, old Hockenheim, Lakeside, Brands Street Circuit Adelaide, Surfers Paradise Open Road Circuit Bathurst, Spa, Soltitude Oval Michigan, Fontana Airfield Circuits Silverstone Roval Monza  Parkland Circuits Montreal, Montjuich Park Rally Swedan, Monte Carlo Speedway Archerfield |
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3 Apr 2003, 17:07 (Ref:557446)
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Road Circuits, Brands, Suzuka, Road America
Street Circuit, Monaco Open Road Circuit Le Mans Oval Indianapolis Airfield Circuits None Roval Monza Parkland Circuits Montreal Rally Safari Speedway none__________________ |
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3 Apr 2003, 18:59 (Ref:557580)
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Road Circuits: Le Mans, N.burgring (the old and long one)
Street Circuits: Monaco, Surfer's Ovals: Indy Parkland circuits: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Rally: 1000 Lakes
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3 Apr 2003, 19:43 (Ref:557624)
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Road - Laguna Seca
Street - Monaco Open - Spa-Francorchamps Airfield - Cleveland or Croft Oval - Michigan Rally - Dakar |
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3 Apr 2003, 20:59 (Ref:557713)
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May I add Rouen to the Road courses.
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3 Apr 2003, 21:25 (Ref:557739)
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Road: Suzuka
Street: Adelaide, Surfer's Paradise Open: Spa! Rally: Catalunya Park: Mosport? Airfield: Snetterton '67 Oval: Indianapolis, Michigan Last edited by ASCII Man; 3 Apr 2003 at 21:26. |
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4 Apr 2003, 01:53 (Ref:557888)
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Road: Nordschleife, Road America
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7 Apr 2003, 00:35 (Ref:561006)
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Road Circuits - The original Nurburgring, or Nordschliefe, the road circuit against which all others are judged. In more modern times the Osterriechring (not the A1-ring!)
Street Circuit - Adelaide Open Road Circuit - Short Madonie (Targa Florio) - genuine unaltered real roads. Oval - Daytona and Indianapolis as the pinnacles of their respective types of racing. Airfield Circuits - I don't count Silverstone as it has developed from being an airfield circuit, so it has to be Sebring , the only other vaguely international airfield circuit Roval - I feel they're all very artificial but as the intention is honest, I'll nominate the Brooklands Mountain circuit as it's the granddaddy of them all. Parkland Circuits - Albert Park (if only to show I'm not stuck in a time warp) Rally - The real Safari, before they cut out Tanzania with the classic Mbulu, Pienaar's Heights, Usamburas, etc sections. Speedway - I don't know what I'm talking about so I'll say Nazereth, Pa. as it gave us Mario Andretti. |
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7 Apr 2003, 10:07 (Ref:561296)
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Road circuits-old Hocki
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8 Apr 2003, 11:32 (Ref:562663)
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Got a quick car..then its Monza even with those chicanes; haven't done Daytona ....yet!
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8 Apr 2003, 12:06 (Ref:562696)
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Crystal Palace, Brand Hatch GP, Mille Miglia
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8 Apr 2003, 13:34 (Ref:562797)
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Road Circuits: Brands full length
Street Circuit Long Beach Open Road Circuit Chimay Oval Talladega [The accident in the Busch series race there last year that eliminated about 30 cars has to have been the most violent shunt I have ever seen, and I was only watching on TV! It was also the funniest, there seemed still to be bits of debris falling out of the sky after the race restarted.] Airfield Circuits Snetterton Roval Parkland Circuits Oulton Park - although the pleasure of sweeping down through Craner Curves at Donington runs it close. Rally The old RAC, when it lasted from Sunday to Thursday and took in every part of the country and was a real test of staying power, not a glorified rallysprint. Speedway ? Can I count grass-track at Lydden? |
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10 Apr 2003, 13:48 (Ref:565111)
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Road Circuits - Old Nurburgring
Street Circuit - Old Brno Open Road Circuit - Bathurst Oval - Indy Airfield Circuits - old Surfers Paradise Roval - Daytona Parkland Circuits - Albert Park Rally - RAC, Monte Carlo |
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10 Apr 2003, 16:52 (Ref:565270)
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Road Course-Road America-Laguna Seca-SPA
Street Course, LongBEach, Monaco open road- whatever this is, Le Mans, Old Nurburgring Oval Indy, Texas, Bristol Airfield- Sebring, Cleavland (support CART!!) Roval, Rockingham England- Daytona Parkland-Again what is this? Most likely Donington Rally? CORSICA! |
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10 Apr 2003, 18:28 (Ref:565384)
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I dunno if you've ever noticed, but the old 1937 infield bit, half of it is gone, and i never knew the route it took, but i saw that day that there is like an avenue of trees which still line the route. So my road cicuits are exactly the same as ss said, plus Solitude. Ovals: all the same aren't they? I suppose it's have to be one of the superspeedways. Street circuits: Well Solitude and the old Brno. Airfield: Albi Parkland: Crystal Palace by a country mile, except form Monza, which is about equal |
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11 Apr 2003, 10:00 (Ref:566048)
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Road circuits: Cadwell Park
STreet: Macau Open road: Bathurst Oval: Darlington Airfield: Croft or Snet Parkland: If Oulton Park classes then I'll pick that Rally: The old RAC when it went up into Kielder, or the modern day/more recent Pirelli Internationals |
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11 Apr 2003, 10:46 (Ref:566091)
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Open Road Circuit: Isle of Man
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11 Apr 2003, 20:34 (Ref:566670)
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pirenzo - the rubbish is there still - the place is falling apart but - I have super reliable information that motorsport is returning there... read motorsports now! and this weeks autosport for more hints.
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15 Apr 2003, 18:49 (Ref:570375)
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Excellent. I went to one of those rubbish historic meetings they had, i assume (or should it be hope?) that this one'll be better. The trouble is that it's half the width it used to be, and you can't use the new link cos there's a gate across it, and you can't use the back straight, because of the National Sports Stadium, and you can't use anything thereafter up to the startline because they're access ways. That leaves you with what remains of the 30's cicuit, and North tower Cresent+The Glade...
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17 Apr 2003, 23:20 (Ref:572637)
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Road Circuits: laguna seca
Street Circuit: adelaide, the full F1 version & monaco Open Road Circuit: bathurst Oval: indianapolis Airfield Circuits: surfers Roval: dayonta Parkland Circuits: albert park Rally: paris daker, thousand lakes & ill even throw in pikes peak Speedway: kwinana, parramatta but the dirt ovals in the states are miles better than the ones here |
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18 Apr 2003, 00:59 (Ref:572711)
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Re: Best Racing Circuits of all time?
I already did this when it was in trackside, but what the heck, I'm bored.
Road Circuits: Nurburgring circa 1950 (Long tracks), Laguna Seca, Brands Hatch GP, Zandvoort (medium tracks), Cadwell Park, Mas du Clos (short tracks) Street Circuit: Monaco Open Road Circuit: Spa circa 1967, Clermont-Ferrand, Brno (1949-1963), Manx TT (Isle of Man) Oval: Michigan, Darlington (long), Martinsville (short) Airfield Circuits: Burke Lakefront Airport, Silverstone (1950-1974) Roval: L'Autodrome Linas-Montlehery, Brooklands Parkland Circuits: Crystal Palace, Montjuich Park (Barcelona) Rally: Deutschland, Monte Carlo, Ireland, Safari Speedway: No idea. Last edited by Lee Janotta; 18 Apr 2003 at 01:00. |
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18 Apr 2003, 01:22 (Ref:572722)
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Road Circuits: Nürburgring Nordschleife (over 5 miles), Road America (over 3 miles), Brands Hatch (under 3 miles)
Street Circuits: Monaco, Macau, Long Beach Open Road Circuits: Spa-Francorchamps (old or new), most old French circuits (Le Mans, Rouen-les-Essarts, Reims, Clermont-Ferrand) Ovals: Pocono Raceway (over 2 miles), Michican Int'l Speedway (1-2 miles), Bristol Motor Speedway (under 1 mile) Airfield Circuits: Silverstone (pre-1990), Sebring, Burke-Lakefront Airport Rovals: Monza, Hockenheim, Enna-Pergusa Parkland Circuits: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Mount Panorama, Montjuch Park Rallies: Monte Carlo, Safari Rally, Pikes Peak Hill Climb Speedways: Eldora, Knoxville |
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18 Apr 2003, 17:06 (Ref:573340)
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Road - Nurburgring Nordschleife
Street - Canberra Open - Bathurst Airfield - Cleveland Oval - Talladega Rally - Indonesia Parkland - Albert Park WORST circuit I've ever come across....Thruxton 
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18 Apr 2003, 19:09 (Ref:573440)
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Road: Road America
Street: Monaco Open: Isle of Man Oval: Indy Airfield: Cleveland Parkland: Gilles Villeneuve Rally: POR (Press on Regardless, in Minnesota) Speedway: Knoxville, Iowa Dragstrip: Brainerd Int'l Wide open spaces: Bonneville Salt Flats Indoors: Minneapolis Armory (motorcycle flat ovals) Misc: Motorcycles on ice |
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22 Apr 2003, 11:01 (Ref:576323)
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Road Circuits: Surfers Paradise International Raceway
Street Circuits: Surfers Paradise Open Circuits: Bathurst Parkland: Albert Park Speedway: Exhibition Speedway(Brisbane) |
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