I'm trying to decide to either ship my car to California for a few months to hit the West coast tracks, or take my own truck and trailer and drive North.

West coast is pretty easy as I can fly back and forth to my car over the summer.

If I go north, what are the must drive tracks? Need some help booking North run for a couple of weeks in July.
I will be trying to hit as many tracks as I can in as short amount of time as possible. Don't mind all night driving to the next track, etc. Plan on doing 5K miles in 2 weeks or less ;-) Ideally 2nd and 3rd week in July.

Furthest north track I have driven on is VIR.

So far I have these tracks as the "best" ones, but never driven any of them;
What are the realy are best tracks north between IL and NJ?
NJMP
Lime Rock
The Glen
Autobahn
Mosport
Mont tremblant
RoadAmerica
Mid Ohio

Which ones are we forgetting?

One example I put together with what I found:
July 5+6 david Murry NJMP
July 9+10 Autobahn with nasa
July 11+12 Road America PCA
July 15-18 Mosport

Problem is that no Glen included..

All suggestions welcome!

 

Do not miss Road America, best track in the US!!!

 

Mosport and Tremblant are a must in Canada. PCA Rennsport has a 2 days DE on July 25-26 at Tremblant. Another interesting track is Calabogie Motorsport Park and there is a 3 days PCA DE there on July 7-9.

http://www.rennsport.ca/en/de-info/de-dates.html

 

Forgot to say that if you are looking more for racing, there is an invitational race at Tremblant on July 23-24 and obviously PCA has a great club race in Mosport the following weekend.

http://www.lecircuit.com/events.cfm?ID=13

http://www.pcaucr.org/driving/clubracing

 

Thanks!

No racing.
I want to stay north of Washington and no further west than IL.
Western tracks we will do next year if we can make this happen and South of the IN, OH and DC I can drive to on any weekend.

I added a poll.

 

You missed Summit Point and VIR

 

Fatih, thank you but Summit Point and VIR; Have been there, done that and too far south.
Looking for the bucket list tracks that i won't get near again any time soon.

 

I would rate the tracks I've driven in the following order: Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Road America, NJMP, Lime Rock, Monticello (not available to non-members at the moment). Gone but not forgotten: Bridgehampton, Marlboro, and the Reading Road Races (Yes, I am a gray beard).

 

My rank of the top 2 NE tracks

1) Watkins Glen
2) Mosport

To me, these 2 tracks stand alone at the top.

Reasons:
- History
- Speed
- Elevation Change
- Unforgettable Corners
- The faster you go, the exponentially bigger ***** you need
- There are corners that you can't believe how fast they can be taken
- Hows your counter steering ability in 4th gear corners?
- The Esses at WG and Turn #4 at Mosport at near WOT in 4th - life changing experience
- etc.

I would put Watkins ahead of Mosport only because of the local hotels / town etc - definitely makes the experience.

 

Mosport #1, WG a close #2.


Esses at WG should be at WOT, not near

 

Peter, let me know if you figure out a schedule for this and when you plan on going. I've been trying to put this together for a group from Atlanta for over a year now, but we haven't been able to get our schedules together so I may have to leave some of them behind.

 

Trakcar,

If you made your way north, you could do Watkins Glen, Mosport, and Mont Tremblant.

Your trip would be, without a doubt, epic.

 

Thanks for the posts so far!

Seems like the top 5 favorites so far:
Watkins Glen, clear #1.
Mosport
Road America
Mt tremblant
Lime rock

Will post tentative itinerary today hopefully.

 

Email me - mail at pauloneil dot com

There are 2 groups that put on semi- private days regularly at Mosport during the year that I would recommend - much more track time, good group of drivers, etc

 

Now THAT'S a road trip.

Get a couple of your best track buddies together, hire a transporter or multiple car trailer and enjoy the best month of your life.