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I just got the May issue of Computer Game Review and there on page 27 is
an ad from Papyrus for a Nascar Track Pack. According to the ad, it will
include C***te, Dover Downs, Pocono, North Carolina, North Wilkesboro,
Sears Point and Richmond. Now all we have to do is wait until it hits the
store shelves!

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Are these ovals/super speedways or what?

Stuart.

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Stuart Booth

Hmm..

You mean to tell me you don't even watch the real NASCAR races???  

Ian D. Carlson

C***te: 1.5 mile "quad-oval"  -- it's kinda like a tri-oval but with
    2 doglegs rather than one
Dover: 1.0 mile high banked oval
N.C. - Rockingham: 1.0 (approximately) mile tri-oval
N. Wilkesboro: 5/8 mile oval
Sears Point: a really *** 2.5 (i think) mile road course
Richmond: 3/4 mile tri-oval... considered a short track but it drives like
    a superspeedway

 - Rich

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says...
Sears Point is a road course.  The rest are all ovals (or tri-ovals).
I think Pocono is a superspeedway, with the rest being short (1 mile
or so) tracks.  (sorry I don't have the exact info handy)
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: > Are these ovals/super speedways or what?
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: > Stuart.
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: > Stuart Booth

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: Hmm..

: You mean to tell me you don't even watch the real NASCAR races???  

Hey Ian, Stuart is a European like me and thus has his problems with
watching the real NASCAR races. :-)

Now for the track info, Stuart:

C***te Motor Speedway
Concord, NC
1.5-mile trioval with 24 degree banking

Dover Downs International Speedway
Speedway, IN
2.5-mile oval with 9 degree banking

North Carolina Motor Speedway
Rockingham, NC
1.017-mile oval with 14 degree banking

North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilesboro, NC
0.625-mile oval with 14 degree banking

Pocono International Raceway
Long Pond, PA
2.5-mile triangle with 6, 8, and 14 degree banking

Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, VA
0.750-mile oval with 14 degree banking

Sears Point International Raceway
Sonoma, CA
2.52-mile road course

Please correct me, if i posted something wrong.

Ralf.

#66 Ralf "Snake" Beck
Sony Ford T-Bird
IGN Series

 > Are these ovals/super speedways or what?

Yeah, I know, it sounds a well stupid question, but I live in the UK. We get
live coverage of Formula One plus coverage of the UK Touring Car championships.
That's IT! Oh, and that's on the 'normal' TV, I don't have cable/satellite.

When Nigel Mansell was in the Indycar series, yes, we got that, but I have
NEVER seen a Nascar race ... except what I get out of Nascar Racing!

So, no, I don't even watch the real Nascar races!!!!

Thanks for the information on the tracks in the later posts though.

d8-))

Stuart.

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Stuart Booth

Correct.  C***te is unique, however, in that it has a double dog-leg.

Ralf, believe you have Indianapolis here, which is a 2.5 mile square oval
with 9 degree banking.

Dover is a 1-mile oval with, I believe, 24 degrees of banking.  It's
nicknamed "The Monster Mile", and has just recently been repaved with
concrete.

Actually, it's a tri-oval.  Nicknamed "The Rock", and commonly just
referred to as "Rockingham".

Most unique "oval" track on the circuit.  Three very different corners,
and the front straight is the longest straightaway on the NASCAR circuit.
Because of the long front straight, and the slow turns, the teams set the
transmission up using 4th gear as an overdrive gear.  The drivers shift
into this gear halfway down the front straight, then shift up into third
gear exiting turn one.  Third gear is setup as the main drive gear, and is
used until they get back around to the front straight.

A very difficult road course!

With the expansion pack, only two tracks remain that are run on NASCAR's
Winston Cup Circuit.  Indianapolis, which was mentioned above, and Daytona
Internation Speedway.

Daytona is a 2.5 mile tri-oval, the "sister" track to Talladega, but with
some subtle differences.  Other than being .16 miles shorter in length,
Daytona is one lane narrower, and the start-finish line is in the middle
of the dog-leg, instead of in the short-chute approaching Turn 1.  The
turns are banked at 31 degrees, compared to Talladega's 33 degree turns.

Because of these differences, Daytona is considered more of a handling
track than Talladega.

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