Road Course Tracks around the DFW Area
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Road Course Tracks around the DFW Area
I may be transferring to the Dallas/Ft Worth area by the end of the year and was just wondering how many road course tracks are near this area aside from Texas Motor Speedway.
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I concur! This is your best choice..........altho I consider TWS in College Station my home track
http://www.motorsportranch.com/
http://www.motorsportranch.com/
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TMS is not really usable for DE IMO. It is DANGEROUS. It is a NASCAR oval with an small kindey-shaped infield portion of less than 1 mile. There are walls to hit. A friend who is a very competent driver, racer and instructor had a vehicle failure in a C5 when just doing a special event. Passenger died and my friend is almost certainly permanently disabled. I race there in a RACE car, but I'll never again drive a street car there.
In North Texas, the 2 options are Eagles Canyon near Decatur and MotorSport Ranch in Cresson. The latter is pretty much the original country club track and is very driver friendly in terms of safety and runoff. After an initial flurry of interest in Eagles Canyon, I think the general consensus is that MotorSport Ranch is the best North Texas option.
A great thing about Texas is that, from DFW, you are within realistic range of Texas World Speedway (perhaps my favorite track in TX), Harris Hill Road, MSR Houston, and Hallett, OK. I also hope the new Austin F1 facility will be open to amateurs at a livable price.
In North Texas, the 2 options are Eagles Canyon near Decatur and MotorSport Ranch in Cresson. The latter is pretty much the original country club track and is very driver friendly in terms of safety and runoff. After an initial flurry of interest in Eagles Canyon, I think the general consensus is that MotorSport Ranch is the best North Texas option.
A great thing about Texas is that, from DFW, you are within realistic range of Texas World Speedway (perhaps my favorite track in TX), Harris Hill Road, MSR Houston, and Hallett, OK. I also hope the new Austin F1 facility will be open to amateurs at a livable price.
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Drifting
NASA runs Eagles Canyon each fall. It's a fun track characterized by long straights and tight corners. There's quite a bit of elevation change.
MSR Cresson is run as either a long track 3.1 miles or a short track 1.7 miles. The short track is considered one of the more technical tracks in Texas. The long course is kinda weird, but very fun and has decent elevation change.
TMS is rarely run by DE groups. It is mainly a NASCAR track, characterized by high banks and the extremely short infield loop. When I drove it, I was struck by how fun it was, and how deceptively dangerous. It's surrounded by walls, after all. If you mess up, that's where you will end up, and without a cage (or even with one) it would end badly. You can go really fast though.
MSR Cresson is run as either a long track 3.1 miles or a short track 1.7 miles. The short track is considered one of the more technical tracks in Texas. The long course is kinda weird, but very fun and has decent elevation change.
TMS is rarely run by DE groups. It is mainly a NASCAR track, characterized by high banks and the extremely short infield loop. When I drove it, I was struck by how fun it was, and how deceptively dangerous. It's surrounded by walls, after all. If you mess up, that's where you will end up, and without a cage (or even with one) it would end badly. You can go really fast though.
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Drifting
If you're in the area, drop me a pm and if I can sneak away from work on a members day, I'll take you out there for a couple of sessions. Very fun and technical track. Plus it's really quite safe as there just isn't anything to hit. You have to really screw up in just the right place to hit something.
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MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, TX is your best bet. Specifically, I would run the 1.7 mile track, and not the 1.3 or 3.1 your first time.
I went to Eagles Canyon Raceway recently and I agree the pavement is a bit rough, but I thought the track was a lot of fun and I liked the fact there were a lot more passing areas than MotorSport Ranch. My biggest complaint of the 1.7 mile at MSR is you may have to wait a while when stuck behind slower traffic.
I bought 2 seat licenses to the new Circuit of the Americas track in Austin and I'm dying for them to open it up next year for HPDE. Unfortunately, I'm sure they will charge an arm and a leg to drive on that track, but I'll probably pay for it anyway.
I went to Eagles Canyon Raceway recently and I agree the pavement is a bit rough, but I thought the track was a lot of fun and I liked the fact there were a lot more passing areas than MotorSport Ranch. My biggest complaint of the 1.7 mile at MSR is you may have to wait a while when stuck behind slower traffic.
I bought 2 seat licenses to the new Circuit of the Americas track in Austin and I'm dying for them to open it up next year for HPDE. Unfortunately, I'm sure they will charge an arm and a leg to drive on that track, but I'll probably pay for it anyway.
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One last track that I know of that hasnt been mentioned yet is Grand Sport Speedway SE of Houston near the coast in Hitchcock. Dont know of anybody thats run it, but NASA does TT/HPDE there.
Seems like now that some are getting involved in a once a year trip over to the new track in New Orleans. Its apparently an amazing facility not yet totally complete, but the track is open and is a blast to drive.
Seems like now that some are getting involved in a once a year trip over to the new track in New Orleans. Its apparently an amazing facility not yet totally complete, but the track is open and is a blast to drive.
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One last track that I know of that hasnt been mentioned yet is Grand Sport Speedway SE of Houston near the coast in Hitchcock. Dont know of anybody thats run it, but NASA does TT/HPDE there.
Seems like now that some are getting involved in a once a year trip over to the new track in New Orleans. Its apparently an amazing facility not yet totally complete, but the track is open and is a blast to drive.
Seems like now that some are getting involved in a once a year trip over to the new track in New Orleans. Its apparently an amazing facility not yet totally complete, but the track is open and is a blast to drive.