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29 Sep 2007, 13:47 (Ref:2025704)
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The UK Street Circuit challenge
The challenge - to create a street circuit suitable for the BTCC (plus another major international series, you can choose) anywhere in the UK. The pits/start should be in a location where the cars can be kept etc.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1354172 Here is my circuit in Manchester. The pits/paddock is on a short pit straight in the car park of Old Trafford. The other series would be the WTCC, but the DTM could do it. The course is chock-full with short straights and tight corners. Plenty of driving to the km. I won't describe a lap as it will be a load of guff, but i'll just point out a couple of things. John Gilbert Chicane (off John Gilbert way) - a left-right followed by another right left. Railway Hairpin - Exit speed from here will be vital for the straight down to Europa, but exit speed from Gilbert is vital here. Europa Hairpin - this one may want to be renamed Beijing hairpin. I could have extended it up to the roundabout, but closing the A road might be hard. The straights are narrow, but outbraking here will be possible. On entry, it will reward the brave. |
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30 Sep 2007, 19:46 (Ref:2027246)
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I made a track for Glasgow on another comp, it won it (
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1 Oct 2007, 17:21 (Ref:2028114)
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2 Oct 2007, 08:00 (Ref:2028621)
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http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1360727
St Albans Pits/paddock could be by the golf and tennis centre |
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2 Oct 2007, 13:02 (Ref:2028902)
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Cool track, Rockmunkey. Has a classic feel to it. And all those people in the residential areas complaining about noise polution will just have to shut it.
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2 Oct 2007, 15:05 (Ref:2029000)
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Exactly!
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14 Oct 2007, 08:07 (Ref:2039656)
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I came up with this in Liverpool
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/...1c45cf88_o.png it's a bit Budapest-esque, long straights, tight chicanes. it's 4,3 kms long. the crossing of a lot of bridges makes it quite impossible to realize, though |
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14 Oct 2007, 15:35 (Ref:2039928)
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Ive got a good birmingham track, but I cant get the right scale for it ......
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15 Oct 2007, 17:13 (Ref:2040905)
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Here is a track for Liverpool...
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1391581 It's 2.5 miles long (the length given on the page includes the pits) and runs clockwise. The run along the water is a bit narrow, but it's a small area. |
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15 Oct 2007, 19:25 (Ref:2041020)
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my track for glasgow, the pit entry would be just before that top chicane and the paddock would be all grass.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1391895 |
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15 Oct 2007, 21:42 (Ref:2041145)
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Right here's a quick something of Edinburgh.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1392257 The start finish straight in in Holyrood Park, in the shadow of Arthur's Seat an extinct Volcano and runs left to right (anticlockwise). The pitlane begins by peeling off just prior to the final corner, and extends more than 300 metres before the trees begin. Famous locations along the route include the Royal Mile (the Highstreet and Cannongate), The Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace. The circuit appears very fast and straight forward, but anyone who's been to Edinburgh will know that there is many changes in elevation around the loop. |
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16 Oct 2007, 16:35 (Ref:2041938)
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Nice track SBF
I noticed that the road around Arthur's Seat looked great for a track. Not really a street track - more parkland, 50's style, Bremgarten-esque - but looks fabulous nonetheless http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1393936 |
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17 Oct 2007, 01:16 (Ref:2042311)
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I did that Arthur's Seat track once, though I didn't post it. I didn't add any chicanes though
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17 Oct 2007, 06:39 (Ref:2042377)
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Wow, that Arthur's Seat track is marvelous. Really great for 30s-60s style racing. I'm amazed that it hasn't ever been used for racing, though, with such a naturally flowing track with great elevation changes, too.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1395391 It's 5.2 km (3.2 mi) long and elevation changes from roughly 40 m (135 ft) to 150 m (495 ft) above sea level. It has some great drops, too. |
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17 Oct 2007, 06:42 (Ref:2042378)
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Here's mine in Liverpool
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1395247 and a map of the track showing street names & some pit lane building & grandstand location/detail 
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17 Oct 2007, 07:00 (Ref:2042380)
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17 Oct 2007, 07:08 (Ref:2042386)
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aaaa memories flooding back to me now of being drunk during hogmanay in princes street and at Arthur's seat !! aaa good times. (sorry completely off topic)
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17 Oct 2007, 10:45 (Ref:2042526)
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Street Oval!!
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1395630 Look, I did it in about 30 seconds, but c'mon, there's room for something classic here? Infield parking views from the top of the multistorey car parks shopping for the laydeez |
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pedant...
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17 Oct 2007, 13:48 (Ref:2042697)
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edited to conform to SBF's sensibilities
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1395923 a nice hybrid of Germanic Street circuits and American car parks Avallas Last edited by Bodysnatcher; 17 Oct 2007 at 13:51. |
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17 Oct 2007, 18:10 (Ref:2042919)
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Introducing the ...
CAMDEN GRAND PRIX http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1396484 Street circuit in/very near to Camden ... |
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Ok, getting the hang of Gmaps, Bluewater was just a toe in the water so to speak, but since the Glasgow and Edinburgh circuits are more class than crass, how's about this for
City of London Pits on the other lane of London Bridge Paddock & assembly "Ken's Testicle" or GLA City Hall It's got a crossover & a Monegasque style tunnel under Cannon Stret Station & Tower Bridge for those "Hot Wheels" jumps multiple 4 or 5 star hotels for the folks maybe Charlie Whiting should check it out |
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Hi. I've done one for my home village, a place on the western edge of the Lake District called Seascale. It's only a small track at 1.73km (or 1m) - but even if BTCC couldn't do it (and I fail the challenge, maybe it would be good for FBMW or something).
The lap would start on the straight in the bottom left of the picture, on Gosforth Road, moving clockwise. There is a lay-by next to this straight, which ordinarily serves a garage, which would act as a pit area. The T1 left is to avoid meeting the rest of the circuit later in the lap, and takes cars round past the houses and then after the sharp-right of T3, up a hill. The T4 U-bend swings round to the right. The the left of T5 marks the start of a further small incline. At T6, Gosforth Road is rejoined by the cars, which plummet downhill towards the hairpin bend of T7, doubling-back on themselves before reaching T8, a ninety-degree right-hander. Cars then sweep around the Santon Way back-straight (my house is at the end, on the right, a touch before the final corner!). Thoughts? Forgot to add the track!: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1398971 Last edited by Chiefy; 18 Oct 2007 at 19:30. |
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Circuit is ok ...nice village. Just a pity Seascale is parked next to Windscale ... or Sellafield as most people know it these days.
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