my opinion of new Atlanta Motorsports Park - Dawsonville, GA
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my opinion of new Atlanta Motorsports Park - Dawsonville, GA
Attended/participated in the Tracks Unlimited HPDE at the new Atlanta Motorsports Park, Dawsonville, GA
My impression [yours may be different]
16 defined turns over a 2 mile track with great vertical undulation make for a very technical course, a true miata course
turn 1 - hard 90* left while falling off the main straight, bottom after apex
turn 2 & 3 gentle left/right while climbing
turn 4 - long decreasing radius 180 left hander starting just before cresting the hill and continuing OFF Camber down hill into turn 5 and 6
turn 5 - nothing remarkable
turn 6 - 90* right climbing up hill again
turn 7 - 8 - 9 uphill left right left - blind apex
turn 10 - hard left, down hill
turn 11 - at bottom of hill, hard right, sharply up hill
turn 12 - at crest, blind apex, start of another longer decreasing radius left hander, while off camber [say what side is the 1.8's oil pickup?]
turn 13 - 14 - 15 all part of the sweeper
turn 16 gentle right onto the very short straight [best I could do is rev-limit in 4th at braking point for turn 1 - straight is intimidating with a cut embankment on the right, the side with the line]
did I say a very tight, challenging, technical course
a very fun course [until I lost oil pressure and had to quit for the day]
My impression [yours may be different]
16 defined turns over a 2 mile track with great vertical undulation make for a very technical course, a true miata course
turn 1 - hard 90* left while falling off the main straight, bottom after apex
turn 2 & 3 gentle left/right while climbing
turn 4 - long decreasing radius 180 left hander starting just before cresting the hill and continuing OFF Camber down hill into turn 5 and 6
turn 5 - nothing remarkable
turn 6 - 90* right climbing up hill again
turn 7 - 8 - 9 uphill left right left - blind apex
turn 10 - hard left, down hill
turn 11 - at bottom of hill, hard right, sharply up hill
turn 12 - at crest, blind apex, start of another longer decreasing radius left hander, while off camber [say what side is the 1.8's oil pickup?]
turn 13 - 14 - 15 all part of the sweeper
turn 16 gentle right onto the very short straight [best I could do is rev-limit in 4th at braking point for turn 1 - straight is intimidating with a cut embankment on the right, the side with the line]
did I say a very tight, challenging, technical course
a very fun course [until I lost oil pressure and had to quit for the day]
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Yes, you need too!
Last month I was planning on instructing with HOD, but when the engine croaked, I wiped off the rest of the year to resurrecting the track car - since it ain't gonna be cheap. Looks fun, tight like Barber - gives us miatas in TT a chance to shine.
Last month I was planning on instructing with HOD, but when the engine croaked, I wiped off the rest of the year to resurrecting the track car - since it ain't gonna be cheap. Looks fun, tight like Barber - gives us miatas in TT a chance to shine.
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I was at AMP this past Friday the 18th. The track is a blast in a miata! While I was there I had to test the run off area in turn 1
http://vimeo.com/42521211
http://vimeo.com/42521211
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I was at AMP this past Friday the 18th. The track is a blast in a miata! While I was there I had to test the run off area in turn 1
http://vimeo.com/42521211
http://vimeo.com/42521211
these videos do not do the elevation change justice - this course is 2 miles of the dragon without the hardly-ablesons, sem's, or opposing traffic
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