indy construction

nice find we need more moto gp in america

I kept wondering how the heck there were going to handle the entrance back onto the oval from the infield. It looks like they have it covered pretty good. They have the turn kinked (rats nest) so the entrance is pointed away from the wall and the turn looks like a first gear for sure. I bet they still end up with some kind of protective structure in front of the wall but all in all it looks safe from these initial photos. This event is gonna blow Laguna in the weeds.

I didn't like this from the start, but that link is why I am warming up to it. Hmmm... that looks to be a good corner.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bojuhl @ Feb 2 2008, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I kept wondering how the heck there were going to handle the entrance back onto the oval from the infield. It looks like they have it covered pretty good. They have the turn kinked (rats nest) so the entrance is pointed away from the wall and the turn looks like a first gear for sure. I bet they still end up with some kind of protective structure in front of the wall but all in all it looks safe from these initial photos. This event is gonna blow Laguna in the weeds.
Laguna is the funnest to watch because of corkscrew.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bojuhl @ Feb 2 2008, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This event is gonna blow Laguna in the weeds.
well i'm gonna be there so we'll see

Eddie Laeson has given the track setup his seal of approval, so that is good enough for me.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bojuhl @ Feb 2 2008, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This event is gonna blow Laguna in the weeds.
It will be a nice event, but lets not go sucking Indy's .... just yet.

I ordered tickets and a campsite which was confirmed in Sept. but I havn't heard anything else from them since. Anyone gotten further in the process of getting tix than that? Not worried, I don't expect to recieve duckets until the summer but just wondering.

Iv booked 10 days off in September, im planning on going to this event, which not only will it be my first Holiday abroad but my first time on a plane, obviously! lol so, whats it like in Indiana? please, divulge my yanky amigos..

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Daniel @ Feb 5 2008, 08:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Iv booked 10 days off in September, im planning on going to this event, which not only will it be my first Holiday abroad but my first time on a plane, obviously! lol so, whats it like in Indiana? please, divulge my yanky amigos..


In general, the state of Indiana is HORRIBLY flat and boring. Go to the race and then flee the state for elsewhere in the USA. There will be activity in Indianapolis over the weekend as the city does know how to host a race properly, but other than that, the state sucks.


as far as tickets go, me and some guys ordered ours the day they went on sale and already have been confirmed and billed. We have front row of the E Penthouse right where V1 is shot in the construction link posted in this thread....

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeff in ohio @ Feb 5 2008, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>In general, the state of Indiana is HORRIBLY flat and boring. Go to the race and then flee the state for elsewhere in the USA. There will be activity in Indianapolis over the weekend as the city does know how to host a race properly, but other than that, the state sucks.


as far as tickets go, me and some guys ordered ours the day they went on sale and already have been confirmed and billed. We have front row of the E Penthouse right where V1 is shot in the construction link posted in this thread....

Indiana sucks. Nothing is there but the Speedway. Farming. If your into that flatlander stuff, farming is everywhere.

I'll be moving down there for the summer, so I'll be there the race weekend.

Jumkie, agreed. Laguna will be better.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Daniel @ Feb 5 2008, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Iv booked 10 days off in September, im planning on going to this event, which not only will it be my first Holiday abroad but my first time on a plane, obviously! lol so, whats it like in Indiana? please, divulge my yanky amigos..

I got confirmation on my tickets but it said they wouldnt ship till July.We are doing General Admission so we can move around to different parts of the track and take pictures from different angles.As far as Indiana goes,its middle America,farmland.After the race head southeast towards Knoxville Tennessee,rent a bike and i will show you some of the best riding on the planet.If you like twisties by the thousands and elevation changes,i can take you on a roller coaster ride you will never forget.The Cherohala Skyway,Deals Gap HWY 129 aka THE DRAGON,Blood mountain,Wolf Pen Gap,HWY 60,Hwy 28,the list goes on and on.If you could schedule your arrival around Friday the 12th and bolt Indiana after the weekend,it would leave you a couple of days for some unbelievable riding.

http://dealsgap.com/maps.htm

http://cherohala.com/location.html

Should be an interesting race and the new infield looks good, but blow Laguna in the weeds?
Laguna is one of, if not the best circuits in Motogp at the moment. I just can't see that layout rivaling it as a spectacle. We'll see I guess, but it better not replace Laguna Seca down the track.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Frizzle @ Feb 7 2008, 01:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Should be an interesting race and the new infield looks good, but blow Laguna in the weeds?
Laguna is one of, if not the best circuits in Motogp at the moment. I just can't see that layout rivaling it as a spectacle. We'll see I guess, but it better not replace Laguna Seca down the track.


From an overall '<u>event</u>' perspective, Indy will be the better <u>race weekend</u>. The folks at the Speedway know how to throw a big party and put on a worldclass event. The Speedway is much more fan friendly as far as accessability and viewing goes than what Laguna is. Laguna is what, almost 2 hours from a major airport with basically 2 ways in and two ways out (one road from the North, one from the South), while the Speedway is about 15 minutes from a major airport with lots of access all the way around. Laguna is surrounded by rocks, sand, gravel, and sparse grass. Needless to say, The Speedway has much better spectator accomodations. The city itself really rolls out the red carpet on race weekend and has received good reviews from those from Europe that attended the F1 race. The Speedway is within a day to day and a half drive of about 80% of the motorcycle riding population of the USA. That combined with it's proximity to a major airport will provide for a much larger crowd than what Laguna gets. Before MotoGP hit Laguna, the AMA races there were thinly attended when compared to tracks in the middle of the country and in the East like Mid-Ohio, VIR, Brainard, Barber and Road America. Several of the larger AMA races are just a tick below attendence than what the Laguna GP race is anyway. Going on that alone, the attendence figures of the Indy race will dwarf those at Laguna. Also, given that Indy has much more hotels available, there will be nowhere near the price gouging going on that happens at Laguna (I booked a large suite less than 15 minutes from the speedway for $105/night) I spoke with Mitch Boehm from Motorcyclist mag at an AMA event at Mid-Ohio this past summer, and pretty much agreed with everything I stated above. As he put it "it is THE Speedway ya know" So, for an overall "fun weekend", Indy should crush Laguna. If you are speaking purely from a race track perspective, Laguna has the better racing layout for sure, but from an overall event standpoint, The Speedway and the city of Indianapolis are much better equiped for hosting the circus that is MotoGP IMHO.

that being said, If I were riding a motorcycle and had 10 days to blow, the area around Laguna would be better than Indiana strictly from a motorcycle riding standpoint, but probably not from a race viewing/party standpoint. Laguna will be the better TV race because of the track layout. Yes, the state of Indiana does suck, but The Speedway on race weekend is a hell of a party - that's what races are over in this part of the USA - one massive party with a thing called a race interrupting it on Sunday. So if I were the guy on his 10 day holiday, show up in Indy Thursday night, enjoy the party and then head out after the checkered flag on Sunday and go to Vegas or Miami Beach or something.

as an aside, last year I priced out Laguna vs. Jerez. Airfare/hotels and tickets from Cleveland Ohio was cheaper for Jerez than Laguna. Go figure. If my traveling companions would not have bailed on me, I would have been in southern Spain for the dawn of the 800 era.....