San Jose race is approved

[Kicking-back]

Yes, he did.

All credit to the Mears for replying rather than ignoring it

[Amar7605]

I am looking at the Terraserver image, and the area looks flat out boring. Basically the track is hugging some railroad tracks via the HP parking lot, through the lot exit, down the street and underneath the freeway, going through some buildings, back underneath the freeway again, and hugging some sort of towing yard and a clearly artificial park that is suppossed to be the paddock!

This track reminds me of one of the Gran Turismo 3 tracks that goes through Tokyo at night. Anyone who knows what I am talking about can understand that I think that this San Jose track looks like the one with the ton of switchbacks and the ferris wheel as a background. Remember how gritty that track was? This track is also gritty.

Champ Car and the city of San Jose has a LOT of work to do to get this track looking good.

[Rick Mears fan]

Originally Posted by macdaddy

Welcome to 10T's, Rick Mears fan!
I hope you enjoy it here, I think you likely will.

I must admit I'm a Rocketfan myself!

A reply card from our wedding invitations...

Thanks, macdaddy for the warm welcome.

That's cool that you invited Rick to your wedding.

[Dov]

Here are some pictures of the old track layout and while it's slighltly different then the new one, it will at least give you a rough idea what the area looks like, especially for people who don't live or have never been to SJ. Make sure you click on the small images so they will enlarge for you. From donbowden.com

Cheers,
Dov

[jjspierx]

Originally Posted by enemy-ace

Having said all that though i am not particularily sad about Laguna being replaced with this street circuit. I don't consider it to be one of the great circuits and it also didn't allow for great racing. Just my opinion.

Hmmm...I agree with you in relation to Champcar. Laguna Seca is a great track with a rich history, but it is not a track conducive to racing for Champcars. It is much better suited for lower class Formulae races and Sports Cars.

[rustyfan]

Originally Posted by jjspierx

Hmmm...I agree with you in relation to Champcar. Laguna Seca is a great track with a rich history, but it is not a track conducive to racing for Champcars. It is much better suited for lower class Formulae races and Sports Cars.

I reckon MotoGP will be able to put on a great show at Laguna Seca as well this year

As for San Jose, I'm somewhat optimistic about the layout with what looks like at least one high-speed kink etc. It's a bit short though.

[cybersdorf]

Originally Posted by jjspierx

It is much better suited for lower class Formulae races and Sports Cars.

In relation to the sportscars, aren't the single seaters the lower formulae?

[jjspierx]

Depends on what type of sports car and forumula race series that we are talking about.

[Snrub]

Are single seaters a lower forumla to sports cars? I think we can be more specific and say generally no the opposite is true. Which would most people consider higher up Champ Car or ALMS, Grand Am and World Challange? That's a no brainer. While one could certainly argue that Star Mazda is lower than ALMS, would anyone argue that SCCA "Showroom Stock B" is higher up than Formula Russel or Formula Mazda? I think not.