Top 5 tracks on the Calender

FAS33 · 24 Jan 2013, 10:15 (Ref:3193632)

lots of good rounds in the Country, but theyre can only be one winner, which is no guess really but I got thinking of doing a top 5 and here it is, wats yours?

1 Bathurst - Legendary, Brock, dipper
2 Clipsal 500 - 1st race, F1 history, turn 11 = best corner.
3 Gold Coast 600 - difficult track, Internationals, those chicanes.
4 Sandown 500 - 1st Endurance, co-drivers
5 Townsville 400 - Small track good racing, lots overtaking

kittle · 24 Jan 2013, 11:08 (Ref:3193644)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAS33

lots of good rounds in the Country, but theyre can only be one winner, which is no guess really but I got thinking of doing a top 5 and here it is, wats yours?

1 Bathurst - Legendary, Brock, dipper
2 Clipsal 500 - 1st race, F1 history, turn 11 = best corner.
3 Gold Coast 600 - difficult track, Internationals, those chicanes.
4 Sandown 500 - 1st Endurance, co-drivers
5 Townsville 400 - Small track good racing, lots overtaking

I think i would have to agree with you on all those tracks. The Gold Coast is a great race as its so tight and twistie. Clipsal is fast and can really end your day quickly.

Bathurst speaks for it self. And Townsville is a great small track too with a few fast kinks to upset the car.

I know many wont agree but Homebush i think is good. Specially when it rains and the weather is involved. Very slippery.

billybanana · 24 Jan 2013, 11:18 (Ref:3193648)

Tracks vs rounds are totally different things. For me Phillip Island is the best track as a pure racing circuit but is a mile behind many of the other rounds for various reasons.

Reload · 24 Jan 2013, 16:59 (Ref:3193757)

1. Bathurst
2. Adelaide
3. PI
4. Hidden Valley
5. Sandown

Tourer · 24 Jan 2013, 19:46 (Ref:3193825)

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Originally Posted by billybanana

Tracks vs rounds are totally different things. For me Phillip Island is the best track as a pure racing circuit but is a mile behind many of the other rounds for various reasons.

Agree - PI magnifies setup differences due to the long fast corners so can sometimes lead to strung out races.

Topic is tracks though so PI should be in the top 5.

Tourer · 24 Jan 2013, 11:18 (Ref:3193647)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAS33

lots of good rounds in the Country, but theyre can only be one winner, which is no guess really but I got thinking of doing a top 5 and here it is, wats yours?

1 Bathurst - Legendary, Brock, dipper
2 Clipsal 500 - 1st race, F1 history, turn 11 = best corner.
3 Gold Coast 600 - difficult track, Internationals, those chicanes.
4 Sandown 500 - 1st Endurance, co-drivers
5 Townsville 400 - Small track good racing, lots overtaking

Sorry, but if you are listing the top 5 tracks in the country and not including Phillip Island, you've missed a step somewhere.

FAS33 · 24 Jan 2013, 19:52 (Ref:3193828)

my bad, tracks it is then. but you get the Idea

raymond · 25 Jan 2013, 00:30 (Ref:3193954)

...opinion from across the ditch; based purely on TV viewing as I have only been to one Aussie circuit in 1998 in Tassie for the V8's.

1. Adelaide
2. Homebush
3. Bathurst
4. Lakeside

5. Symmons Plains (just 'cos I been there! Love the downhill hairpin!)

RedZedMikey · 25 Jan 2013, 03:05 (Ref:3194000)

Best tracks ... but from which perspective?

As an on-track spectator, I could never vote Clipsal/GC/Townsville/Homebush as a favourite because you see so little of the actual race. I'm keen on motorsport photography, and these tracks are VERY limiting unless you have the authority to work from the other side of the fence.

My choices would be different if I was responding as a TV spectator, and probably different again if I was responding as a driver.

1.) Phillip Island
2.) Bathurst
3.) Sandown
4.) Barbagallo (OK, I'm WA origin, I admit to the bias)
5.) Albert Park, so long as I can into the Chicane Skybox.

dsg · 25 Jan 2013, 05:00 (Ref:3194024)

[QUOTE=RedZedMikey;3194000]4.) Barbagallo (OK, I'm WA origin, I admit to the bias)

I agree a great little track with exciting corners and bends. Three wide over the hill, 2 into the first corner continuing to duel all the way through the esses plus go off the road and the quicksand gets you.

david5 · 25 Jan 2013, 06:52 (Ref:3194040)

1. Phillip Island.
2.Bathurst.
3.Sandown.
4.Symonds Plains.
5.Waneroo.

Average Punter · 25 Jan 2013, 10:38 (Ref:3194132)

As a spectator?
Bathurst
Phillip Island
Symmons
Winton
Sandown

puma · 25 Jan 2013, 14:29 (Ref:3194207)

AMAROO PARK
CATALINA PARK
ORAN PARK
SURFERS PARADISE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
WARWICK FARM

Micklegend · 25 Jan 2013, 21:52 (Ref:3194354)

I miss Oran...had the best of everything. Could practically see the whole place from anywhere as a spectator, great racing, passing, ups/downs/the flip flop...final corner into pit lane always interesting...and turn 1 and 2 as a dicey passing spot. Hey...it had a bridge!!!

Never saw a bad race there, you could always follow who was where and the atmosphere on the hill on a Sunday arvo was brilliant. Nothing like watching in anticipation as someone left the pits as another car was screaming down the hill on the main straight...just a great place.

Reload · 25 Jan 2013, 21:59 (Ref:3194358)

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Originally Posted by Micklegend

I miss Oran...had the best of everything. Could practically see the whole place from anywhere as a spectator, great racing, passing, ups/downs/the flip flop...final corner into pit lane always interesting...and turn 1 and 2 as a dicey passing spot. Hey...it had a bridge!!!

Never saw a bad race there, you could always follow who was where and the atmosphere on the hill on a Sunday arvo was brilliant. Nothing like watching in anticipation as someone left the pits as another car was screaming down the hill on the main straight...just a great place.

Couldn't agree more.
I was judging the tracks from the current calendar, so add Oran and omit Hidden Valley from my list.

david5 · 25 Jan 2013, 22:36 (Ref:3194374)

I picked as per the thread heading. I have walked Catalina & it must have been awesome. Went to Amaroo & OP & miss them dearly

Oran Park Forever · 29 Jan 2013, 06:59 (Ref:3195585)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micklegend

I miss Oran...had the best of everything. Could practically see the whole place from anywhere as a spectator, great racing, passing, ups/downs/the flip flop...final corner into pit lane always interesting...and turn 1 and 2 as a dicey passing spot. Hey...it had a bridge!!!

Never saw a bad race there, you could always follow who was where and the atmosphere on the hill on a Sunday arvo was brilliant. Nothing like watching in anticipation as someone left the pits as another car was screaming down the hill on the main straight...just a great place.

Yep....obviously!!
As a spectator, flaggie, scrutineer, clerk of course & (most fun of all!) competitor, l was lucky to experience every aspect.

Special mention to Amaroo, Surfers Int, Lakeside & the 'old' Sandown!!

.

one five five · 29 Jan 2013, 05:42 (Ref:3195569)

Bathurst is a race track that people live on, rather than a bunch of streets that people decide to race on.

Axeman444 · 29 Jan 2013, 22:05 (Ref:3195945)

Amaroo, Oran Park, Bathurst, PI, Daylight

Stand21 · 29 Jan 2013, 23:48 (Ref:3196002)

Its Bathurst then daylight for me.
Still amazed how steep & narrow it is when you drive the circuit, TV kills that effect to some degree. Its no wonder the Euro drivers call it the mini Nurburgring!!
& best of all not a chicane in sight...hope it stays that way!

Speaking of chicanes, my vote for worst circuit is the Monopoly Board 500 at Homebush,
unless you like multiple crashes rather than racing!

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