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Posted by acmikee (Member # 5568) on :
 
at the end of the day I was driver around the new track at thunderhill. they will finish paving it this week. it is very technical with a lot of elevation changes. it wont be fast. it 36'wide. power will be going in in a week or two and a building is being built for control and timing/scoring.
 

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Posted by SydeWaySix (Member # 3596) on :
 
How long is the new section again? I remember watching a video of a golf cart going through the new track before it was paved...didn't look very technical in that video. But if you say it is, I definitely believe you, Mike!

Do you know when it will be open?
 

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Posted by acmikee (Member # 5568) on :
 
it will open at the end of june. it will be 2 miles long. the first event will be HOD then motorcycles. norcal Shelby club will be using the full cource august 2-3.
the new track will be slick until it gets a little rubber on it.
NASA will be their august 30-31 so it should have some good rubber down on it.
 

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Posted by 9cobra7 (Member # 2812) on :
 
Looking forward to this
 

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Posted by phildog (Member # 1214) on :
 
Shelby Club is doing Mini-Nats at Sonoma August 2-3, per their website.

I was disappointed that the new course was not completed in time for the May Shelby event, as I was told that the track would be ready in time. Typical construction project.
 

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Posted by Mach916 (Member # 8264) on :
 
just went this past friday.. the apex and banks are not yet painted... but alot of elevation changes and super technical like the op said.. at first new track had me rattled...but by the end of the day i was doing good.. the new track is paved on hard dirt and since so much elevation changes i can see people eating shit..i spun and took out a cone..luckly no damage.
 

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Posted by SaleenGirl (Member # 11156) on :
 
Looking forward to going out there to check it out. Although I still need a lot of practice on the original track. So I'll be skipping the new track for a while.
 

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Posted by 331SVO (Member # 7376) on :
 
I have Few friends that did the new track and they didn't really like it . They told me it really disrupts the rithym from fast to slow . I hope I get to try it out this year
 

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Posted by Mach916 (Member # 8264) on :
 

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Originally posted by 331SVO:
I have Few friends that did the new track and they didn't really like it . They told me it really disrupts the rithym from fast to slow . I hope I get to try it out this year

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