Driving roads - suggestions
Aaron Mosher
amosher at maine.rr.com
Wed Jul 15 08:39:20 EDT 2015
Love this!
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:35 AM, Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>
wrote:
> Personally VIR was a disappointment. From all the hype I was
> expecting a track on part with Watkins Glen and it wasn't even close. I
> know many others love the track though so, to each his own.
>
> NASA Mid Atlantic was also downright dangerous. Hot pulls created
> dangerous situations during DE and race. I was in an accident and the
> workers told me to get out of the car with cars going by not REALLY slowing
> down, not far from the track, and in the rain. During race it created a
> situation where a racer hit an EV trying to make a pass! And when I told
> all of the NASA officials about the accident I was in to see if maybe a
> report had to be filled out, no one really seemed to care or pay much
> attention. Luckily my second student was headed home anyway so I didn't
> have to turn around and get into another car because I was sore. Not the
> NASA I know from Socal or Northeast.
>
>
> kieran
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Jim Crate" <jimcfl at gmail.com>
> To: "se-r at se-r-list.org" <se-r at se-r-list.org>
> Subject: Driving roads - suggestions
> Date: Tue, Jul 14, 2015 7:52 PM
>
> > Just as obviously, I am first going straight to the NC mountains -
> e.g. US
> > 28, Tail, Cherohala. I will probably end up in Knoxville from here though
> > if I gave myself the time I could go NE up to Virginia and then west
> > through WV and OH.
>
> Well, if you want to get that far east, there is a NASA event at VIR that
> weekend. It’s a beautiful track, maybe worth dropping by on your way
> through.
>
> In the eastern part of WV there are lots of nice roads, like US 33, US
> 219, US 250. US33 in particular has a pretty incredible pass right at the
> WV/VA border, but when I came through on the bike this summer it was a
> little scary with high winds and rain. US33 west from Franklin through
> Judy Gap is also a nice section of road. US19 north out of Princeton, WV is
> a beautiful road too, from what I remember.
>
> Jim
>
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