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TURN3

24th July 2009, 22:50

What are all the races you've attended from the current schedule or the past?

SarahFan

24th July 2009, 23:12

What are all the races you've attended from the current schedule or the past?

only IRL?

OR AOWR?

OR LIFETIME?

TURN3

24th July 2009, 23:14

only IRL?

OR AOWR?

OR LIFETIME?

All OW, CART, Champ Car, IRL/Indycar.

SarahFan

24th July 2009, 23:19

All OW, CART, Champ Car, IRL/Indycar.

Ok...here goes... probably miss a couple...

Riverside...

3 or 4 ontario 500's

3 in pheonix

3 at fontana

4 at Laguna seca

2 at Monterrey Mexico

13 at Long Beach

2 at indy

Montreal

toronto

DanicaFan

25th July 2009, 01:18

MDS

25th July 2009, 01:43

I've been to every track on the schedule except for Kansas and Edmonton, and most of the tracks that aren't on the schedule any more.

Easy Drifter

25th July 2009, 03:07

Not a lot recently but I go back to USAC days and NASCAR on dirt.
Number of tracks for all types of racing by rough count, 70 in NA and Europe.

TURN3

25th July 2009, 04:09

Thought about it for awhile:

Indy[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Michigan (MIS)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Detroit (Belle Isle)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Cleveland[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Mid-Ohio[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Chicago Speedway (in Cicero, not Chicagoland)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Milwaukee[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Road America[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Homestead[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Miami (Street 1 & Street 2)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Fontana[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Long Beach[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Toronto[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Phoenix[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Las Vegas (Speedway)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Las Vegas (Street)[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Gateway[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]
Denver[/*:m:3kmb5qpn]

grungex

25th July 2009, 04:35

Indy 500 (in 1980) Also attended one F1 race.[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Cleveland[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Mid-Ohio[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Chicago Speedway (Cicero paperclip)[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Milwaukee[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Elkhart Lake[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Fontana[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Long Beach[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Las Vegas (Oval)[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
Mexico City[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]
San Jose[/*:m:1fc4mpgn]2-11 All CART/CC.

MDS

25th July 2009, 04:49

Turn 3, former crew during the mid 90s?

TURN3

25th July 2009, 05:44

Turn 3, former crew during the mid 90s?

No, I wish sort of. I grew up in Northern Indiana and went to Purdue. Most of those places were within a weekend traveling distance when I was in college. Miami was during spring break a couple of different years (YES!). I've since moved to Arizona and have hit all the West Coast races I could make. Long Beach is a ritual now although I've boycotted when GF jerked PT around and didn't give him a ride for it until last minute last year.

Never got to Australia like I wanted...no its too late!

TURN3

25th July 2009, 05:56

Thought about it for awhile:

Indy[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Michigan (MIS)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Detroit (Belle Isle)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Cleveland[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Mid-Ohio[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Chicago Speedway (in Cicero, not Chicagoland)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Milwaukee[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Road America[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Homestead[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Miami (Street 1 & Street 2)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Fontana[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Long Beach[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Toronto[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Phoenix[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Las Vegas (Speedway)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Las Vegas (Street)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Gateway[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Denver[/*:m:2zylpkey]

Favorite moments:

History[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Greg Moore spinning wildly out of T2 and saving it...only to blow up later in the race.[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Greg Moore winning there.[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Roberto Moreno getting first victory[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Watching Michael flip wickedly into the sand trap[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Being a star in Stallone's "Driven"[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Greg Moore's first W[/*:m:2zylpkey]
PT coming from half a lap down without yellows and winning[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Watching PT dominate quals and Greg Moore's first race...passing like it is supposed to be done.[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Too drunk to have race memories![/*:m:2zylpkey]
Moore, Vasser, Zanardi finish with Hanford Device (where is it now)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
All of PT's wins (wasn't there for '93)[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Franchitti running away from Zanardi & Andretti. Brake pedal went long on him about 12 laps from end and 4th place PT T-boned him around blind corner once Dario finally spun. Happened right in front of me...the horror![/*:m:2zylpkey]
Almost wanting to see Danica race (at that point she wasn't ridiculous yet).[/*:m:2zylpkey]
I got under Seabass's skin in victory lane yelling at him that "he was a snake" after taking out PT & basically rubbing his own teammate (Oriol) out of a W. Seabass doesn't like to be heckled!!![/*:m:2zylpkey]
Jamming to Chris Cornell while PT & his wife did the same next to me.[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Watching PT absolutely walk down Carpentier for a W & getting pic taken with his then girlfriend "Liisa" with winners trophy.[/*:m:2zylpkey]
Party on 16th St. Mall, the fight (PT & Seabass), and AJ's doughnuts.[/*:m:2zylpkey]

SarahFan

25th July 2009, 06:26

Forgot vegas....

Oval twice and the streets

gm99

25th July 2009, 12:59

Milwaukee Mile in 1999 (got to meet Greg Moore there, a treasured memory)
inaugural Montréal CC race in 2002.
Indy 500 this May.

SarahFan

25th July 2009, 13:16

Forgot vegas....

Oval twice and the streets

and denver twice

*told ya..... getting old sucks

TURN3

25th July 2009, 17:05

The tracks Ive been to are..

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Kentucky Speedway
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Chicagoland Speedway
Richmond International Raceway
Iowa Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

I want to go to Texas sometime too.

I know you live around Indy so I see you've been to most current tracks surrounding. I highly recommend you get to Toronto now that it is back on the schedule. Probably about an 8 hour drive from Broadripple. Surprised you didn't go to Milwaukee.

DanicaFan

25th July 2009, 17:06

I know you live around Indy so I see you've been to most current tracks surrounding. I highly recommend you get to Toronto now that it is back on the schedule. Probably about an 8 hour drive from Broadripple. Surprised you didn't go to Milwaukee.

I definitely want to go to Milwaukee sometime. I just hope now Im not to late. :(

Wade91

25th July 2009, 18:51

i went to the indy races here in Nashville in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and weould have kept going if the IRL hadn't made the stupid decision to take us off the schedudule

jwhite9185

25th July 2009, 19:47

Vancouver 95, Mid-Ohio 96, Long Beach 97, Mid-Ohio 97, Road America 97, Long Beach 98, Fontana 98, Detroit 99, Mid-Ohio 99, Fontana 99, Mid-Ohio 00, Road America 00, Fontana 00, Rockingham 02.

the bro

25th July 2009, 20:47

Indianapolis
Michigan
Nazareth
Miami (Tamiami)
Toronto
Montreal
Portland
Road America
Mid Ohio
Cleveland

the bro

25th July 2009, 20:48

Forgot Vancouver

trinksuk

25th July 2009, 21:43

over the years, quite a few....

Surfers - IRL
Motegi (including Danica's win) - IRL
Montreal - F1
Edmonton - IRL
Toronto - IRL
Indy - IRL, F1 (the very first one)
Long Beach - IRL, ALMS
Fontana - CC, IRL
Sonoma - IRL
Laguna - ALMS
Phoenix - IRL
Texas - IRL
Pikes Peak - IRL
Kansas - IRL
Mid Ohio - IRL, ALMS
Richmond - IRL
Iowa - IRL
Milwaukee - IRL
Nazareth - IRL
Kentucky - IRL
Detroit - IRL
Michigan - IRL
Watkins Glen - IRL
Chicago - Joilet - IRL
Homestead - IRL

Sebring - ALMS
St Pete - IRL, ALMS
Road Atlanta - ALMS
Rockingham - CC (the rained out one)

I am sure I have forgotten a few and then countless other venues testing (Firebird, Barber, etc) and the late '90's F1 circuit

The list of races that I have managed to get my wife too is not bad either!

Hmmm perhaps I have been doing this too long!

DavePI2

25th July 2009, 21:50

races I have been too
A. IRL
1. kentucky 03, 04, 05, and 08
2. michigan 06, 07
3. MidOhio 07,and 08, going to MidOhio in two weeks
4. Indy 07, 08, and 09
B. ChampCar
1. Cleveland 05, 06, and 07
C. F1
1. Indy 06 and 07
D.ALMS
1. MidOhio 05, 06, 07, and 08. going to midohio in two weeks
E. GrandAm
1. MidOhio 07, 08, and 09
F. USAR
1. Mansfield 08
Best race was Kentucky 05, scott sharp great win
Worst accident Michigan 07
nascar
been to three shows, I won't call them races because that would be a lie.

david

PA Rick

25th July 2009, 22:01

Watkins Glen (several F1, F5000, CART (Yes, CART), and the first NASCAR in disbelief)
Pocono (USAC?) and NASCAR x2
Indy (500 x4 and 1 F1)
Nazareth (Several times)
Mid Ohio (forever during CART, over 15 times?)
Cleveland x6
Portland once
Montreal F1 once
Detroit F1 Practice once

A real interesting weekend was the one we drove to Nazareth for the postponed CART race on Saturday and overnight drove the 650 miles to Indy to see Chip and JPM win the 500 on Sunday. Over 1300 miles of driving to see 720 miles of racing. There will be plenty of time for sleep when we die.

TURN3

25th July 2009, 22:19

A real interesting weekend was the one we drove to Nazareth for the postponed CART race on Saturday and overnight drove the 650 miles to Indy to see Chip and JPM win the 500 on Sunday. Over 1300 miles of driving to see 720 miles of racing. There will be plenty of time for sleep when we die.

Can I get an AMEN! from the congregation! ...Nice

DavePI2

27th July 2009, 02:04

that must have been a greet weekend rick,and I thought grandam at midohio one day and champ at cleveland the next was good.

david

martini99

27th July 2009, 12:30

Indy
Laguna Seca
Road America Elkhart lake - best track in US!
Mid Ohio
Toronto
Meadowlands
Nazareth
Pocono
Michigan
New Hampshire
Down Town Miami
Montreal
I have NEVER attended an IRL race to date

martini99

27th July 2009, 12:41

Bridgehampton Can AM and Trans AM (My hometown)
Watkins Glenn Can Am ,F1
Dover Nascar
Charlote Nascar
Daytona Nascar
Riverhead Raceway NY1/4 mile Nascar Modified track
Islip NY1/5 mile Nascar Modified
Freeport NY3/4 midgets
Nazareth PA(when it was dirt)
Middletown NY (dirt)
Flemington NJ(dirt)
Manasses Va (dump)
Anderson Indiana
Harrington Delaware ( a real dump)
Wall Stadium NJ

nigelred5

27th July 2009, 16:26

Just open wheel
Meadowlands for CART
Nazareth for every CART sanctioned race ever held
Indy in 79, 93 and 94
Indy for F1 in 00, 01, 02
Watkins Glen for F1 between 1970 and 80
Pocono and the Glen in 79 or 80 for the Indycars( can't remember but it was the same year)
Tamiami Park- what I remember of it- (While on college break we stumbled across it quite literally since we had no idea we were going to the Florida Keys the night before)
Dallas F1 GP 84- how gawd awful was that.
Detroit GP 83-
Dover for the IRL crashfest.

A TON more if you add in CANAM/F5000, NASCAR, IMSA, SCCA, ALMS and Grand AM. I can't count if you add in Sprint cars and flat track motorcycle tracks I've been to crewing for my friend.

harvick#1

27th July 2009, 17:01

Jolietland Speedway last year

SoCalPVguy

27th July 2009, 17:14

I have been going to races since high school so that almost 40years now. Some of the tracks and racing series I have seen include the following. I cannot always recall the year and many of the local So Cal venues I went to multiple times--

Ontario Motor Speedway: Inaugural USAC and beyond, Nascar, Questor GP (F1 v. F5000)

Riverside International: CanAm, F5000, Nascar Times GP (Gurney 5x wins!), Inaugural IROC, SCCA, USAC Rex Mays 300

Long Beach: F5000, F-1, CART, TransAm

Downtown Los Angeles: Featherlite West Coast Nascar

Irwindale, Ascot, Saugus small local tracks: Sprint cars

(Funny but I have never been to Fontana)

Portland: CART

Sears Point: IRL

Laguna Seca: CART, SCCA, TransAm, CanAm

Toronto: CART

Montreal: CART

garyshell

27th July 2009, 18:25

Ok so here's my list of places and types of races. Too many specific races and too many wasted brain cells to begin to recall them all.

Places:

1st and foremost in my heart - Mid Ohio (been going there every year since 1967).
Indy
Watkins Glen
Daytona (12 hrs)
Sebring
Michigan
Laguna Seca
Sears Point (it is NOT Infineon, it's Sears Point!)
Chicago
Columbus Ohio (street race)
Mosport (not for a race but saw "Heat Wave" there. Elvis Costello, B-52's, Talking Heads, Pretenders, etc. Does that count? ...big ol' grin...)

Series:
ChampCar
Indycar
CART
F1
IMSA
CanAm - original series and its reincarnations.
GrandAm
TransAm - original series and its reincarnations.
All manner of SCCA stuff
FIA-GT
LeCar - some of the best damn racing I have ever seen, seriously!
Formula Atlantic
Indy Lights
NASCAR
Formula Continental
Shifter Karts - thrilling stuff at Mid Ohio.

My brain hurts trying to dig back that far. ...sigh....

Gary

dataman1

27th July 2009, 21:42

I started attending as a fan in 1964, then began working in the field in 1984. All CART/CCWS or ALMS except for Indy.

In alphabetical order:

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Belle Isle
Brands Hatch
Chicago / Cicero
Cleveland
Detroit Street
Edmonton
Elkhart
Eurospeedway
Fontana
Fundidora Park
Gateway
Homestead
Houston
Indy
Laguna Seca
Las Vegas Oval
Las Vegas Street
Lime Rock
Long Beach
Louden
Meadowlands
Miami Street 1
Miami Street 2
Mid Ohio
Miller Motorsport Park
Milwaukee
Mont Tremblant
Montreal
Motegi
Nazareth
Phoeniz
Pocono
Portalnd
Rio
Rockingham, England
San Jose
Sebring
Surfers
Tamiami
Toronto
TT Circuit Assen
Vancouver
Zolder

PA Rick

28th July 2009, 03:45

Mark in Oshawa

28th July 2009, 04:32

I saw god knows how many Toronto races, one on Belle Isle, and did Indy Lights when they had a one off race at Trois Rivieres. What did me in was in my timing and scoring days, I was always busy at Mosport or Shannonville, and now that I am not doing that, My job kinda keeps me from ANY racing.

that of course is just CART/CCWS. I have also been to St. Petes old Street course around the Trop Field, a Daytona Rolex, Watkins Glen for NASCAR/TransAM. Seen tons of race tracks when nothing is happening tho..you get that in big time trucking!

DavePI2

31st July 2009, 15:38

Martini, I liked your comments about what the best track and the dumps were. You have really never seen a dump though until you have been to columbus motor speedway and seen what school buses can do to the barrier.

david

methanolHuffer

31st July 2009, 16:44

-My first memory of indy was the qualifications in 1981. Cars were somewhat diverse still. I didn't get to attend the race until 1992.
-1987 was my first race in phoenix. Guerrero had this sweet Orange car and came from the very back to win.
-1991 michigan international. Tracy's first race with Penske - I think he made one lap and broke his leg in an accident in T4. Mears won.
-1992 Indy. Cold, in the 50's. Tires wouldn't stick. Guerrero spins on pace lap. Al jr. wins in a Galmer - barely.
-1993 to last year. Most indy 500's, not all.
-1998 Road America. So many cars and engine combos (sigh). Micheal was leading at the end and went off. Franchitti's first win.
-2003 St Petersburg. Pretty sweet place to have a race. PT wins.

DBell

31st July 2009, 17:40

Good thread.

My list would be:

CART-

Phoenix at least a dozen times, probably more.
Long Beach 4
Fontana 2
Laguna Seca 3
Riverside 2
Portland 1
Ontario 1
Vancouver 2
Toronto 1
Mid Ohio 1
Ceasar's Palace 1

Biggest regret is that I didn't make a Road America race.

Champcar-

Long Beach 2
San Jose 1
Fontana 1
Portland 1
Denver 1
Montreal 1
Toronto 1

Formula 1-

Watkins Glen in 79
Cesar's Palace in 82
Long Beach in 79 and 81
Detroit in 87
Phoenix 89-91
Indianapolis 2000,01,06,07
Montreal in 05

Nascar-

Riverside 2
Phoenix 1

Sportscar IMSA and ALMS-

Sebring 2
Del Mar 2
Riverside 2
Petite Le Mans 3
Long Beach 1

I'd also add that I went to dirt track races at the now closed Manzanita Raceway in Phoenix,AZ more times than I can begin to count.

champcarray

2nd August 2009, 00:13

CART: Meadowlands (terrible track), New Hampshire and Nazareth (great tracks)

F1: Watkins Glen and Montreal

Local tracks: Lime Rock (sports car heaven) and Stafford (Modifieds)

Blancvino

3rd August 2009, 12:57

IRL - 0

USAC
Indy 500 - 19 (1995 was the last)
Indianapolis Raceway Park - 1 (crap race)

Cart/Champcar
Mid-Ohio - 4?
Road America - 6+
Belle Island - 1 (crap race)
Cleveland - 2
Gateway - 1 (crap race)
Laguna Seca - 1 (awesome! other than the drive out)
Michigan - 1

F1
USGP - ALL Indy Races
USGP - Phoenix (puke)
Canadian GP - 1

champcarray

3rd August 2009, 20:31

An addendum to my previous post: My wife and I attended the "Northeast" CART race every year at whatever track it was held (Meadowlands, New Hampshire, Nazareth) beginning in the late 1980s. The racing at New Hampshire was first rate, and so were the ones at Nazareth... until they reduced the downforce and made it a parade. Ugh.

We were planning a trip to Mont Tremblant to introduce our then 7-year-old daughter to the vestiges of AOWR when the CCWS finally gave up the ghost.

And no, we never attended an IRL event.