fossilfuel
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Just wanted to let you guys know a few things before you head down to NOLA for the first time. I traveled down I-10 West heading through New Orleans and took the GNO Bridge this is 90 West. This was another track organization that sponsored this track day. The facilities are nowhere near being finished. There were portable showers and bathrooms but no gas or electricity in the paddock and no vender food service.. The road to the paddock is a little confusing. You are at the mercy of the guy in the car to tell you which way to go. It rained the night before so the road to the paddock was muddy. It dried out by the afternoon. I saw one truck and trailer stuck in mud because he took a right just before the right he should have. Nothing was coned or taped off so he ended up riding off the pavement and had to be pulled out the next day. We unloaded all his gear and motorcycles and took them to the paddock.
Access to gas, food and restaurants are not bad at all. The track is close to Clearview Parkway and West Bank Express Way which have plenty of grocery stores and fine food, only about 10 miles from downtown and Bourbon st. Be careful traveling down Lapalco blvd. The speed limit is 35 mph and it is patrolled.
The track is 2.7 miles long and very fast, flat as a pancake and lacking in reference markers. The pavement is green, very green so your brand new $500.00 a set Dunlop Ntec slicks will last for days on this track. I had no problems braking into the corners but it was slippery exiting. The front straight is long but not as long as Road A. I was able to see 160 mph on my 1000 and caught Cory West until we got to the brake markers. LOL!
The lay out is fun but will lull you into trouble if you don't watch it. Three sets of chicanes on the back straight, the first being very, very fast, then not so fast, then the slowest of the three before the last turn. This last one can bite you going in to hot. Turn three is probably the slowest turn on the track and pavement has been added at the apex. My natural line was to go over this area but the seam bothered me so I stayed to the outside of it. If you over shoot turn one you can go straight thru to turn five where a corner worker can wave you back on the track and there is extra run off on turn five and one other but I forget that one. The exit off the track is like Barber but this one is on the last turn and interferes a little if someone is exiting and you are working on the best lap of your life.
In conclusion, the track was fun and I think you will enjoy it just be prepared for the following:
1.) no vender food service
2.) no electricity in the paddock
3.) portable showers and bathrooms
4.) no PA system (two girls in truck traveling around paddock with loud speaker)
Access to gas, food and restaurants are not bad at all. The track is close to Clearview Parkway and West Bank Express Way which have plenty of grocery stores and fine food, only about 10 miles from downtown and Bourbon st. Be careful traveling down Lapalco blvd. The speed limit is 35 mph and it is patrolled.
The track is 2.7 miles long and very fast, flat as a pancake and lacking in reference markers. The pavement is green, very green so your brand new $500.00 a set Dunlop Ntec slicks will last for days on this track. I had no problems braking into the corners but it was slippery exiting. The front straight is long but not as long as Road A. I was able to see 160 mph on my 1000 and caught Cory West until we got to the brake markers. LOL!
The lay out is fun but will lull you into trouble if you don't watch it. Three sets of chicanes on the back straight, the first being very, very fast, then not so fast, then the slowest of the three before the last turn. This last one can bite you going in to hot. Turn three is probably the slowest turn on the track and pavement has been added at the apex. My natural line was to go over this area but the seam bothered me so I stayed to the outside of it. If you over shoot turn one you can go straight thru to turn five where a corner worker can wave you back on the track and there is extra run off on turn five and one other but I forget that one. The exit off the track is like Barber but this one is on the last turn and interferes a little if someone is exiting and you are working on the best lap of your life.
In conclusion, the track was fun and I think you will enjoy it just be prepared for the following:
1.) no vender food service
2.) no electricity in the paddock
3.) portable showers and bathrooms
4.) no PA system (two girls in truck traveling around paddock with loud speaker)
