Watkins Glen International (3.4 miles, Road Course) in Watkins Glen, New York
The Sprint Cup since 1986, traditionally runs in August at the historic circuit, the abstattete the Formula 1 1961-1980 an annual visit. However, the course has been rebuilt several times since 1971 and also went to the Sprint Cup is not always the same route. In the said year, received the "road course" an extension, go on now to Indy: The section of the course between the "inner loop" and Turn 11 has been supplemented by four curves, namely "Chute", "Toe," "The Boat" Turn and 10th What kind of name, Watkins Glen was dressed in the truest sense of the word a different shoe and does not look the whole thing. I personally like the old, short version, which runs NASCAR still better. After a fatal accident in 1991 the route for the following year at the famous Busstopp chicane was added to the starting speed for the "Inner Loop" is not too large.
One of the key points is the combination of curves, "The Esses" (Turns 2-4), which should be caught in a steep uphill optimum output, especially in order to take up a lot of speed with the back straight. Turn 10 was once notorious for its deep gravel bed, where you ended up with too much cornering speed and are usually buried. In the course of some reconstruction work after accidents of Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr 2009, paved runoff areas and also received a number of curves SAFER Barrier in order to increase the security. Watkins Glen offers two good overtaking Ellen: Turn 1 ("The 90") immediately after starting and destination where you can descend to overtake on the brakes and of course the Busstopp chicane on the back straight in front of the "Inner Loop". Who here has taken plenty of speed brings in a good postition, but the possibilities are often exaggerated optimism and it crashes. The route is 2.45 miles in addition (3.94 miles) long and there are a total of 90 laps to go.
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