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I applaud these fine gentlemen/ladies for developing an enterprise that could capitalize on what is a ghost town 50 weeks out of the year. I think it would be a great idea and very exciting/stimulating for the community. A race with more than left turns, how enlightened.

Turning right in a car race in North Carolina? I'm appalled.

Looks to me like it's going to have at least one left turn (from going west on Commerce to south on Hamilton) and the turns will be pretty much 90 degrees, making for lots of accelerating, decelerating. Very skillful driving required.

Appears to be a second left turn, going from east on Commerce to north on Wrenn. However, I'm missing something on this course. The promoters say it has 12 turns and I'm only counting eight. I'll have to do more research later.

My guess is that it will attract mostly Eurotrash. If that's what you want in High Point, go for it.

High Point is North Carolina's International City.

http://www.high-point.net/edc/

And we accept euros.

How can anybody get eggsited about Eurotrash F1 wannabe's?? Yoo CART fanboys don't know whut reel racing is. Real racing is wheel to weel on a flat out oval with uhmeriikun drivers. That is a fact!!

This is a very interesting idea, but keep in mind the Long Beach race primarily uses 6- and 8-lane boulevards with long straightaways and sweeping corners. I can't see how you would configure a course in downtown High Point like that. Plus, where would you put the necessary safety barrriers, temporary bleachers, and the like?

That's a valid concern. The right-angle turns and relatively narrow streets will make passing difficult, or certainly put a premium on powerful acceleration.

My worry about the corners is that a car might crash into the John Coltrane statue at Hamilton and Commerce.

I saw the plan. Straights with bends are counted as turns. The number of turns on HP's circuit are considered to be the perfect number of turns. Again, "the perfect number." I was told that drivers prefer these types of bending straights because of the visuals and skills involved. Chris also said that this course was better than most of the other famous courses that we are all familiar with. I was also told that because of the bending turns and unique bending changes in elevation, along with the back drop of the beautiful showroom buildings could make this one of the best street courses in N. America. Keep in mind this came from one of the most sought after race course designers around. Also, keep in mind that Chris Kneifel has raced on ALL of them, including those abroad such as Monaco, Le Mans, Japan, etc. where he was used to speeds of 240mph. Speeds in High Point could reach 175mph. Chris also said that the right turn from Centennial onto Commerce will be one of the fastest turns. It's about 104 degrees and "VERY WIDE", he said. "It is a kick A%* course", he said. I was also told by the design expert that HP's streets are actually wider than Long Beach. I believe him. Why? I walked with him for eight hours while he measured them.
m

totally awesome YEAH!!!

Personally i think this is the coolest thing that could happen to high point. no matter who or what comes it's going to be really cool.
i found there web site to it's http://www.furniturecitymotorsports.com

Thanks, m, for the inside info, and Hayden for the link. I'm excited about it.

I must admit this sounds pretty exciting. Of course, I'm an obsessive Formula 1 fan, so I have a huge thing for street and road courses. The right angle turns actually would be where it would be easiest to pass, because there would be hard braking into those turns and almost all the passing on street circuits is done under braking. If they could reach 175 mph on the circuit it would be as fast as Monte Carlo, and the High Point streets are definitely wider than those. If it were done it could potentially be huge for High Point because F1 is adding more urban street circuits this year in Valencia and Singapore, so who knows, maybe HP would have a shot of landing the F1 race whenever they come back to the US. That would draw even more people than the market.

Hey M, that was one awesome walk through downtown High Point. I would love to have been there. Anybody know where I can get a detailed map of the course?
Mikey GSO

Hey they just uploaded the track layouts at http://furniturecitymotorsports.com/index.php/track

Excellent. Looks great.