I have two questions concerning American racetracks:
1. In the 1992 motionpicture "Freejack" there are some scenes on a racetrack, which looks pretty interesting. Does anyone know what track these scenes were filmed on? I know most of the film was shot in Georgia and New York, but at www.racingcircuits.net none of the tracks in those states seems to be the one used in the film.
2. I'm looking for pictures of the (former) Bridgehampton track, New York. Does anyone have any good pictures? Or know where to get any, other than www.motorracingretro.com?
Thanks,
Rob
American racetracks: 2 questions
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Rob Semmeling
, Apr 12 2003 16:39
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Jim Thurman
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 04:33
Originally posted by Rob Semmeling
I have two questions concerning American racetracks:
1. In the 1992 motionpicture "Freejack" there are some scenes on a racetrack, which looks pretty interesting. Does anyone know what track these scenes were filmed on? I know most of the film was shot in Georgia and New York, but at www.racingcircuits.net none of the tracks in those states seems to be the one used in the film.
Rob,
Even though I only saw clips from "Freejack", IIRC, the race footage was from Laguna Seca Raceway.
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Rob Semmeling
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 09:22
I'm sure it can't be Laguna Seca, the track looked completely different.
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 14:26
Rob
I thought 'Free Jack' was filmed at Road Atlanta.
Here are some links to Bridgehampton...especially the way it looks now.
http://www.porschenet.com/bhgolf.jpg
http://www.porschene...m/aerialbr.html
http://fdfoto.com/photos.html
I thought 'Free Jack' was filmed at Road Atlanta.
Here are some links to Bridgehampton...especially the way it looks now.
http://www.porschenet.com/bhgolf.jpg
http://www.porschene...m/aerialbr.html
http://fdfoto.com/photos.html
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Rob Semmeling
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 15:22
My best guess would be Road Atlanta too, but I'm not sure.
Thanks for the links, really a pity this track is now gone, but it is in the works for GPL.
Thanks for the links, really a pity this track is now gone, but it is in the works for GPL.
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 17:11
i used to race there. i have lot's of pictures. what exactly are you looking for and why?
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Rob Semmeling
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 19:56
I'm looking for pictures that show how the track looked, of any period.
This is just out of interest. I was browsing www.racingcircuits.net recently, to see if I could find the track used in "Freejack", and I came across the bridgehampton track and a link to a website. There were some pictures on that site of how the track looked a couple of years ago, before it was bulldozered away. The track seemed very interesting to me, but pictures of the old days seem to be hard to find on the net.
btw, I'm pretty sure now the track used in "Freejack" is Road Atlanta, but the tracks layout was altered in 1998 (the movie was shot in 1991), so it looks different nowadays and thus is hard to recognize.
This is just out of interest. I was browsing www.racingcircuits.net recently, to see if I could find the track used in "Freejack", and I came across the bridgehampton track and a link to a website. There were some pictures on that site of how the track looked a couple of years ago, before it was bulldozered away. The track seemed very interesting to me, but pictures of the old days seem to be hard to find on the net.
btw, I'm pretty sure now the track used in "Freejack" is Road Atlanta, but the tracks layout was altered in 1998 (the movie was shot in 1991), so it looks different nowadays and thus is hard to recognize.
