New CA Roadracing facility
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New CA Roadracing facility
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Originally posted by Daredevil
where's atwwater cali ?
where's atwwater cali ?
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i've come out of turn 11 at sears on a bike more times than i can count, and proceeded to spin the rear tire for the full length of the strip. VHT/drag rubber and road race rubber don't mix when you've got one wheel drive. it'd be fun in a Subaru, but it'd get old after about the tenth lap i'd imagine.
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Yes I've heard of it, and....well....let's just say it isn't nearly the done deal that this article would suggest.
Not saying I don't think it'd be KILLER (and for us South Bay Folks, this is closer than Thunderhill) but I'll wait until it happens before I believe it.
Not saying I don't think it'd be KILLER (and for us South Bay Folks, this is closer than Thunderhill) but I'll wait until it happens before I believe it.
distance wise... 
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Originally posted by dropkick_muppet
that'd be nice, though i hope that they don't plan to integrate the drap strip with the road race course ala sears point.
that'd be nice, though i hope that they don't plan to integrate the drap strip with the road race course ala sears point.
Now if they could only build a track just a LITTLE closer to the Bay Area, we would all be set.
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I have family in Merced, this is awesome! I can stay there on a friday and get rest and only drive like 10 mins to Castle AFB. 
I think a place like that would be great.
-Gagan
I think a place like that would be great.
-Gagan
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I don't mind a dragstrip integrated into the straight, as long as it isn't going uphill, a la Sears Point...
I bet it gets hot as **** out there in Atwater...
These eastern, closer to central valley areas are the only places with cheap enough real estate to build a racetrack.
I hope the road course has elevation changes, I hate flat tracks.
I bet it gets hot as **** out there in Atwater...
These eastern, closer to central valley areas are the only places with cheap enough real estate to build a racetrack.
I hope the road course has elevation changes, I hate flat tracks.
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like thunderhill is any cooler? i've been there when it was over 110 in the shade, and there were people dropping from heat exhaustion left right and center. i can't beieve Atwater could be much worse.