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Road course around CLT?

Discussion in 'North & South Carolina' started by FarmerDave, Nov 8, 2017.

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  1. FarmerDave

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    Flying into CLT yesterday, I looked down and saw what looked like a road course racetrack. Maybe 10-12 turns, maybe 1.8-2 miles? Of course I googled "Charlotte Race Track" and "Charlotte Road Course" and was presented with plenty of NASCAR news.

    What track did I see from the air?
     
  2. Ricambi America

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    Possibly CMP (Carolina Motorsports Park) in Kershaw SC, depending on when you saw it and your inbound route.
     
  3. FarmerDave

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    I looked up the flight path and CMP was in the flight path. But I dismissed it earlier because I remembered seeing a huge paved paddock. Google images shows a similarly placed paddock, but grassy, did they pave it recently?
     
  4. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    I wonder if you saw the staging are and kart track.
    http://www.carolinamotorsportspark.com
     
  5. Renman57

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    There is a road course now at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The entrance and exit onto the tri oval is basically in the same spots as Daytona.


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  6. raider1968

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    Would love to run my Scud there - love to be notified
     
  7. DCNSX

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    the only possibility other than CMP would be the stillborn High Rock Raceway off I-85 north of Charlotte. But I don't think it was ever fully paved. I met a gent at Cars n Coffee Winston-Salem last year who said he and his partners had bought
    the property. And only needed $20 million or so to finish it.
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  8. raider1968

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    Well, give it to him!
     

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