I can confirm that NCMP is awesome! I don’t mind the 4 hour drive at all, it’s that good. Besides the fact that there really isn’t a track in the Detroit area (East Lansing being closest). I’ve heard a rumor that we might get a kart track at M1 Concourse (a car condo/performance car track in Pontiac, MI) but I won’t be living here here anymore to see it.
Here’s my current dream track, hopefully I’ll have a chance to do it in 2019 or 2020 after I move and get settled!
PFI used to be the most boring track I ever drove. I haven’t driven with the new flyover but the rest of track is just boring similar corner after boring similar corner.
Some of my favourite tracks i’ve driven:
Suzuka, Japan
Rowrah, England
Warden Law, England
Mariembourg, Belgium
Its difficult to appreciate them from photos alone.
@spribyl big tracks aren’t my cup of tea. Did a little big track stuff back when we were club racing, never really appealed to me. Would be cool to go drive around on some famous venues I suppose, but otherwise I prefer sprint racing!
I’m fortunate enough to have driven a good bit of your list instructing for Porsche Club, Indy is the only one that I’m really not fond on going back to. Amazing facility, amazing experience to be there and amazing atmosphere, but not a great track to drive.
Nurburgring is everything that anyone has ever hyped it up to be, can’t wait for my next trip back there and I will be driving SPA next time as well.
I’m also fortunate to be 2 hours from New Castle and while I haven’t “raced” there I’ve driven it quite a few times for practice days and really enjoy the track and can absolutely see the draw.
We run the IMSA road course, Biggest HP cars flourish there. It’s 3 very long acceleration zones followed by a couple of really tight sections that aren’t really that technical they’re just slow.
Driving down the front straight between the grandstands and the pagoda the first time is something I’ll never forget but it’s really only special the first couple times through as after that you’re not focused on that stuff anymore.
Well would you look at that. I race at Centennial all the time! It’s now Unser Karting & Events - Centennial. They offer both test-n-tune and rentals (single and twin engine), and have recently started doing several rental race series as well. It’s actually what really got me into the sport (their win by position rental race series). Did that a few times and wanted more… so when Compkart held a demo day there I got to have my first taste of a real race kart. I was hooked and had their shop (Podium Pro Shop) set me up with a Compkart / KA100 package. The crew at Unser are top-notch and if you’re ever in the Denver area it is certainly worth checking out! It’s definitely a really fun track and there is no shortage of fast drivers around to keep you on your heels.