New track in the USA

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New track in the USA

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Sounds good & it'll be the longest length circuit on the GP calendar :thumbup: https://bikesportnews.com/motogp/six-mi ... togp-date/
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Re: New track in the USA

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They should bring back Laguna Seca.
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Re: New track in the USA

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Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:18 pm They should bring back Laguna Seca.
It'd be lovely but it's never going to happen.

That new track in Tennessee doesn't look half bad, to be honest.
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Re: New track in the USA

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ChrisW wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:00 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:18 pm They should bring back Laguna Seca.
It'd be lovely but it's never going to happen.

That new track in Tennessee doesn't look half bad, to be honest.
Not sure if MotoGP will like the 30 degrees banking.
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Re: New track in the USA

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Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:18 pm They should bring back Laguna Seca.
Oooh, I've been there, the Corkscrew is steeper than it looks on the telly.
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Re: New track in the USA

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:35 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:18 pm They should bring back Laguna Seca.
Oooh, I've been there, the Corkscrew is steeper than it looks on the telly.
Steeper than from Gooseneck or Paddock Hill bend?
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Re: New track in the USA

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About the same as the drop into Mansfield from the Gooseneck, but a longer distance, if that makes sense, but it's 25 years since I've been there and only a couple since I've been to Cadwell, so I could be wrong.
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Re: New track in the USA

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:42 pm About the same as the drop into Mansfield from the Gooseneck, but a longer distance, if that makes sense.
Me and @Couchy had to ride UP that to see how icy and cold it was at the top when we were instructing there about 2002.
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Re: New track in the USA

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Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:43 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:42 pm About the same as the drop into Mansfield from the Gooseneck, but a longer distance, if that makes sense.
Me and @Couchy had to ride UP that to see how icy and cold it was at the top when we were instructing there about 2002.
I imagine it's similar to going up the mountain