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#301 Manfred Cubenoggin

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Posted 03 July 2023 - 11:06

WOWZER!  Impressive credentials, Tom.  Thanks for posting.

 

The first thing that came to mind in trying to absorb all of it was...

 



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#302 teegeefla

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Posted 03 July 2023 - 14:47

Gents-

 

as I mentioned I was a fortunate one who after 17 years working in public television was brought onboard a production company that had a major involvement with motorsports and had a built-in network connection.  Manfred (and those in North America) may recall that company, Diamond P Sports, and its connection with NHRA and The Nashville Network; that was the foundation of my involvement in covering many of the sports that involve an engine.  Over that period and the stages that followed, I worked with many racing organizations and their people creating shows for all the major networks...and I also spent many hours in lesser known locations covering monster trucks, tractor pulls, go-kart races and even the odd school bus demolition derby or two.  

 

And John Aston...my visit to Snetterton was to visit Rushen-Green racing to purchase a Reynard FF2000 car.  It was Martin Donnelly's Grandstand series-winning car that sadly never achieved that kind of success in my hands.  So my visit there was during a cold winter's afternoon with a quick drive around the facility in my rental car, making almost any of the venues on my list a step up.  I still would have liked to have seen a race there to fully embrace the rustic roots of racing on ex-RAF airfields in the UK.   Baja was an enlightening event punctuated by brutal heat, perpetual sand and desolate desert as far as you can see...but also the best street tacos I have ever eaten at 3 in the morning (or any other time).   And you are quite right...Honolulu/Pearl Harbor was incredible, but my finest memory was an all expense paid two week tour of Japan as part of an NHRA racing exhibition.  First class airfare, meals and lodging and so many people...plus an embarrassing encounter with an electronic toilet and its myriad buttons and a surprise bidet function.  

 

As I look back on it all from the comfort of my retirement recliner...I was one lucky bastard.



#303 Sterzo

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Posted 04 July 2023 - 19:27

...plus an embarrassing encounter with an electronic toilet and its myriad buttons and a surprise bidet function. 

Could you please not tell us any more about that?



#304 teegeefla

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Posted 04 July 2023 - 21:50

Could you please not tell us any more about that?

Let's just say that afterwards I was flushed with embarrassment...



#305 StanN

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Posted 06 July 2023 - 17:27

Raced motorcycles at the following tracks (vintage/classics since 1982)

 

1963-67

Brands Hatch

Crystal Palace

Silverstone

Snetterton (original track)

Castle Combe

Thruxton

Mallory Park

Billown circuit (IoM)

 

1971-2023

Daytona

Pocono

AMP (Shubenacadie)

Bryar Motorsports Park

Watkins Glen

Roebling Roads

Mosport

Sanair (PQ)

St Eustace (PQ)

St Croix (PQ)

Shannonville

Calabogie

Grand Bend

Cayuga

St Jovite/Mt Tremblant (Jim Russell F2000 trial day)

Spectated at Pukekohe

 



#306 opplock

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Posted 15 July 2023 - 16:16

I delayed adding to this thread due to spending last weekend at a venue better known for rallies. Political ones. 

 

RACED 1988-1997

 

Silverstone Club (racing school closed meetings)

Donington - short and GP circuits

Brands Hatch - Indy and GP

Snetterton

Castle Combe - pre and post chicanes

Oulton Park International - pre and post Knickerbrook chicane

Mallory Park

Cadwell Park 

Pembrey

Thruxton 

Le Mans Bugatti

Spa

 

SPECTATED

 

NZ 1964-1981, 2023 

 

Levin        ("LEVIN! NAAAAH! You're not old enough." Frank Gardner, Goodwood FOS 1996)

Cemetary Circuit (Wanganui) Motorcycles

Manfeild

Pukekohe (visited in February for first time since Jan 1981)

Bay Park

 

Speedway/Stockcars

 

Palmerston North Showgrounds

Oceanview Wanganui

Te Marua

Western Springs

Meeanee

 

Two cousins raced motocross in 60s to early 70s. I visited several circuits in lower half of North Island, all temporary and I'm sure unnamed. 

 

UK (those raced at plus): From 1981

 

Silverstone GP

Goodwood

Birmingham

Lydden Hill

Farleigh Castle (MX GP)

Shelsley Walsh

Gurston Down

Prescott

Wimbledon Stadium (speedway)

 

MAINLAND EUROPE

 

Le Mans  (1982-1991)

Pau     (F2 - 1984)

Dijon    (F1 - 1981)

Monaco  (F1 1981-1984)

Monza   (F1 1982, 1987)

Imola      (F1 1984, 1988)

Mugello  (F2 1984)

Zandvoort  (F1 - 1982, 1985)

Spa  (F1 - 1983, 1987, Group C - 1985, 1989, F3000 - 1989). Plus practice days for the abandoned 1985 GP.

Oesterreichring  (F1 - 1984)

Zolder  (F1 - 1981)

Magione  (public testing 1998. In the area so called in)

Norisring  (DTM July 2023)

 

DRIVEN/PASSENGERED

 

Manfeild  Public free for all when first opened. Did about 3 laps until dad got the wind up about unlicenced son in Hillman Minx sharing track with a Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer. I made the mistake of telling him what had passed me doing 3 times my speed and even worse the UK price

Nordschleife  -  Tourist days in Escort 1100 and Fiat X1/9

Futa and Raticosa  - Escort 1100

Spa  - all that remained of old circuit in 1980s

Syracuse - passenger in a tour bus. Unexpected bonus on a week long tour of Sicily about 10 years ago

Kawa Kawa Road  - will this one stump the TNF brains trust? 

 

Many of these circuits are sadly gone. The one place I won't revisit is Zolder.   



#307 lcbulldog

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Posted 08 August 2023 - 17:59

Reading, PA-1952(?), SCCA event, probably time trials on an oval.  Too young to remember being there, but I have photos.

Lockbourne AFB, Columbus,Ohio-SCCA National races, 1954. Thanks General LeMay!

Hillrise or Hillside Speedway, Las Cruces, New Mexico, dirt oval. Late '50s

Denny (or Denney) Hillclimb, Weed, New Mexico 1958/9

Ascarate Lake Park, El Paso, TX-1960, SCCA National races.  SCARABS! And Alex Budurin put his Ferrari Testa Rossa in the lake!

Tucson, AZ-SCCA races

Deming Municipal Airport, Deming, New Mexico, 1963, SCCA regionals

Fort Sumner Airport, Ft. Sumner, NM, - SCCA 1964,'65

Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ- Indy cars, 1964, '65, '70, and 2018.

Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus, Ohio, Sprint cars

Rattlesnake Raceway, Midland, TX- 1963 SCCA races and a tour of the Chaparral shops. 

Midland Airpark, Midland, TX - SCCA

Juarez, Mexico - 1965, street circuit, "El Camino Real for Formula cars and "Grand Prix Juarez"  for Sports Cars and GT

Las Cruces Municipal Airport, Las Cruces, NM - 1965, SCCA regional races." One-and-done" event. Alex Budurin's Ferrari Testa Rossa returns.

Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA - SCCA USRRC, 1963.

Riverside International Raceway - 1967 Can-Am

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, OH - SCCA Trans-Am, 1967 & 1982

Sunland Park, Sunland Park, NM - mid 1960s, drag strip and road course

Bottomless Lakes State Park, Roswell, NM - SCCA regional, 8.1 mile natural road course

San Fernando Raceway, San Fernando, CA - 1/4-mile drag strip

Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX - SCCA regional and national races, USAC stock cars, Indy cars, IMSA GTP

Houston Speedway, Houston, TX -  oval

Houston Raceway Park - NHRA drags

Nikol Bay Speedway, Karratha, Western Australia - VERY RED dirt oval. ~ 1991. I saw the track from the air as my flight up from Perth was approaching Karratha Int'l Airport.  I drove out to the track after I picked up my rental car; the gate was open and there was no-one around so I took a couple of laps.

York, Western Australia - a "round the houses" track.  "York Flying 50".  1990 or'91.

Wannaroo Raceway, Nerrabup, W.A. north of Perth. 1991

Monte Carlo - Grand Prix Monaco, 1982

Brands Hatch - British Grand Prix, 1984

Silverstone - MG Car Club MG races, mid 1980s, a race won by Robb Gravett in a Midget 1500

Fair Park, Dallas, TX -  USGP, 1984. Street circuit. HOT HOT HOT!

Miami, FL. - street circuit, mid-1980s, IMSA GTP

George R Brown Convention Center and Reliant Park, Houston, TX - street and parking lot circuits, Indy Cars, SCCA Trans-Am, and American LeMans.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Daytona International Speedway - NASCAR

Talledega Motor Speedway, Talledega, Alabama - NASCAR

Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL 

Arroyo Seca Raceway, Akela Flats, NM - drag strip and road course

 

Tracks where I raced:

Mesilla Valley Raceway, Las Cruces, New Mexico - 1969, 1/4 mile clay oval, 

Horizon Speedway, Horizon City, TX - 1969, 3/8 mile dirt oval

Texas World  Speedway, College Station, TX - SCCA driver's school, regional and national sports car races, 2- and 3-mile road courses

Chenault Field, Lake Charles, LA - airport course

Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi, TX - airport course

Easterwood Airport, College Station, TX - airport course

Road Atlanta, GA - 1984 SCCA Runoffs



#308 flatlandsman

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Posted 08 August 2023 - 20:27

I think covering circuit racing, bikes, motocross, enduro, drag racing, hillclimbs, autograss, stock cars, and a few others I number well over 100, Some repeat venues with different layouts, but a heck of a lot!!



#309 Antti Salmi

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Posted 09 August 2023 - 06:25

Just a few. Some famous, some not-so famous and some infamous.

Ahvenisto, Finland as a spectator
Blackhawk Farms, IL for a track day
Helsinki Street Circuit, Finland as a spectator
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN track tour/museum
Keimola, Finland after it had been shut down and nature had taken over
Milwaukee Mile, WI as a spectator. Also my HS hockey team used to play & practise at the rink located right behind the main grandstand, and I'd always have a peek at track going to and from the arena.

Also Enduro World Championship events held in Riihimäki, Finland have used lands of my now late grandparents' farm for racing (with permission of course), but I doubt that counts as a race track.