Sounds like Fun, Mark
Let's see: Pocono's south road course might be likened to an American
sedan from the forties, a Mercury, say --elegant in a heavy-ish way,
slightly slab-sided but portentious power, a little outrageous for its time,
but not really rebellious. Not demanding, yet not easily mastered either.
New Hampshire International Speedway has to have its oval (slightly ho-hum
to my taste, but intended neither as a slam nor to irritate oval-preferring
folk) and its road course differently characterized. I'll take a run at the
road course. Gritty, all-out, tough as nails with options to go wrong
almost everywhere. Sounds like a right hand drive car with outboard
shifting, but a Bugatti would be too refined, at least for its day. So an
Offy-powered Sprint car (begs the right hand drive part, at least)
And my personal favorite, Bridgehampton. That would have to be a
purrfectly tuned D-type Jaguar, for its sensuous curves, instantateous and
neck-snapping, ferocious acceleration, delicious changes in elevation
(analogy to the D-type's visual beauty) and great legs (as in
horse-racing..) and overall hands-down elegance.
Who's next?
Cheers,
David
My two entries are these: if Lime Rock were a car, it would be a Lotus
Elite ... small, beautiful, exclusive, classy, graceful ... takes a while to
appreciate all it's subtleties.
If Summit Point were a car, it would be a TR3 (with megaphone exhaust) ...
rough, agricultural, gutsy, snorting, unrefined ... and a lot of fun.
Anybody? Or is this just too weird?
Mark Palmer
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