North American Road Courses

[jhansen]

Well, I watched two races this weekend...the F1 race from Magny Cours and the ALMS race from Limerock. Talk about a rather large difference in facilities.

My question is, are there any race circuits in North America that are up to par with some of the quality tracks in Europe? The road circuit at Indy is very nice and I'm sure Montreal would measure up, as it is suitable for F1. But besides those two, what other tracks would be of high quality? And I'm mostly concerned with the quality of the race track itself and safety features. We obviously don't require the garage and other infrastructure that F1 requires, but surely we must have some nicer circuits. Limerock and Mid-Ohio both seemed to be showing a lot of age, as do many other tracks. The main reason I'm sure comes down to lack of revenue to the road courses, which don't get the NASCAR money and can't invest in track improvements. Any comments?