CoachMK21 Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 From Grassroots Motorsports, https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/news/plans-for-a-new-road-course-at-charlotte-motor-speedway/. Charlotte Motor Speedway will begin construction on a new road course within 90 days with plans to be completed within a year of breaking ground. The article mentions it would be a club style track, but would consider bringing in outside groups. I hope ChampCar makes the effort to get on the track. Thoughts? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumtnbkr Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Yay! I will never go back to the roval. I hated that track and didn't want to do my 2nd stint in the 2019 championship. Ended up getting back in the car against my better judgment. Some of yall know how that ended.... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 594 Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Glad its coming. However... there is no traditional pit lane in the above plan. We're not the target; don't plan on 'racing' here. Roval has a pit lane so if we race at Charlotte it'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachMK21 Posted April 20 Author Report Share Posted April 20 5 minutes ago, ben 594 said: Glad its coming. However... there is no traditional pit lane in the above plan. We're not the target; don't plan on 'racing' here. Roval has a pit lane so if we race at Charlotte it'll be there. I made the assumption that the pit line would be between the final turn (upper right) and turn 2 (or maybe 3, depending on how they count the big sweeping turn 1). I'd hope they have something that can be used. ChampCar does some untraditional pit lanes, like Harris Hill, but that's not realistic with really big car counts like Charlotte would draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 594 Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Padock space would have to be on the north side of Morehead Rd. This is just a preliminary sketch maybe they have a real plan that has room for Padock and Pit lane and this is just marketing. Track day stuff this place will be great. Lemons fine. Chumpcar, I'm not sold. (Till I see more) There are several tracks we can't use because they arn't built to a racing standard: NC Car https://nccar.us/ , North Florida Motorsports Park, Hutchinson Island, Roebling Road (no bridge), Mini Dega, Mephis International Raceway. Do you want more examples? Until I see more this place is with these; in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted April 20 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted April 20 NCCar would work fine with appropriate planning, and this will too. Hope we can get there. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmabarone Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 *cough* Rockingham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Mercury Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 Latest plans for reference (mostly just grading and erosion plans ATM, but some good maps):https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSsdfBLo-sicejHhYpUze0ZeZ1Xev41s/view?usp=share_link 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bill Strong Posted April 30 Administrators Report Share Posted April 30 On 4/20/2023 at 2:06 PM, jmabarone said: *cough* Rockingham Yes. I got a quote and had some dates. But... where would we put it on the calendar? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakks Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 2 hours ago, Bill Strong said: Yes. I got a quote and had some dates. But... where would we put it on the calendar? The first weekend of March 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XelderX Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 20 hours ago, Bill Strong said: Yes. I got a quote and had some dates. But... where would we put it on the calendar? Rockingham won't pass SCCA safety standards for HPDE or road racing currently. We've made suggestions, but they don't seem interested or capable of spending the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bill Strong Posted May 1 Administrators Report Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, XelderX said: Rockingham won't pass SCCA safety standards for HPDE or road racing currently. We've made suggestions, but they don't seem interested or capable of spending the money. Explain to me in a PM please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelman_99 - C Rallo Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 4/30/2023 at 2:07 PM, jakks said: The first weekend of March Same as VIR South. To replace it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakks Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Wheelman_99 - C Rallo said: Same as VIR South. To replace it? That would be my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler_j Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 5/1/2023 at 8:30 AM, XelderX said: Rockingham won't pass SCCA safety standards for HPDE or road racing currently. We've made suggestions, but they don't seem interested or capable of spending the money. I do not know the difference in the standards, but NASA is racing at Rockingham this year (10/14-15). Here are a few options: Swap VIR South for Rockingham , Swap VIR North for VIR Full Swap VIR South for VIR Full , Swap VIR North for Rockingham (seems like Chin always has north in march tho) Slide Rockingham in during the break in early may (hard on the CC crew though as they are out west in April/May). Am I subtle enough with my suggestion on a Full course race that is not the 24? hahaha 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimS Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 I like the idea of a full course VIR race that is a one day 14hr or a two day 8+7. We just don’t have the manpower to run a 24hr race even though it’s one of the things I want to do 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XelderX Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 On 5/1/2023 at 9:25 AM, Bill Strong said: Explain to me in a PM please Heard some good news yesterday that sounds like progress towards the needed changes might be a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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