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      07-19-2017, 03:25 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by rightrudder View Post
Yeah, I don't do summer tracks days in the desert. Been meaning to try out Chuckwalla, but I think Feb-March might be the right time frame. I've met John Morris (SMMR owner) a few times...interesting guy. Flies his helicopter to the track. He gave me a blistering, brutal ride around the circuit in a V-8 Radical that I'll never forget. That thing is close in speed to an LMP2 car. Yikes!

A 15-mile track is going to need a lot of corner workers.
BMW has a desert track. Not very long. But in the summer hot as hell.

http://www.visitpalmsprings.com/over...-center/249861

Despite Palm Springs' attempts to take credit for it, it's in Thermal, a town whose name says everything you need to know.
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