Man, Monticello was so much fun,what a great track!! I feel like I could go there 7 more times and find something every session on track.My favorite corner was the left hand kink,a dropaway corner at that speed was very fun . There were so many cool corner complexes and a 150+ strait gets your attention.All this at 3.5 hours from central mass. I hope this will be a regular for our club. Great job to those who booked this event.
Jim McNamara
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#30 Mazda RX7 PA
Loved the track, but it was a brake-eater. Mine were gone by the end of the first session on Tuesday morning. I tried some street pads during the second practice session and they faded so badly on the second lap that I almost parked it in the tire wall at the end of the pit straight. Thanks to Gordon, who loaned me a set of real pads and rotors, I was able to do the time trial. Great track, great people, great time. Kudos to the organizers and volunteers.
I'll vote for going back again next year, would be nice to have a little better facilities, but the track was fantastic. My favorite was the carousel, it seemed to go on forever. The Glen used to be my favorite track ,now I'm not sure. It would be great to do them back to back, they can't be more than an hour or two apart. Great job to all those who made it all possible, the BBQ was great.
I've only been doing track days for a year and this is just my third track (Lime Rock and NJMP Lightning being the other 2) and it was lightyears better than them. The full 4.1 mile configuration made it oh so sweet! I reached 140 on the straight but really enjoyed the elevation changes and variety of corners thrown at me. I had a spin on my "take it easy session" at the end of the day on Monday. That last turn before the hairpin/pit in corner was a doozie (left hand kink downhill after a crest). I'd like to again thank my instructor, Nate, for being positive and helpful all day long. I had a sour instructor experience a few weeks before at NJMP with NASA and you were great.
I absolutely recommend COM return next year and run the full course if at all possible. The only negatives I found were, as someone else mentioned, the facilities were almost nonexistant (and distant from the paddock). Unless there was a whole other area we didn't have access to, I was surprised such an elite and expensive club had trailer toilets and a tent. The paddock being stone rather than pavement and having a 'step' from paddock to pavement (I read someone busted their oil pan or something along those lines) was also less than ideal, along with being a small paddock to being with. We had to park in the grass and hunt for an opening to get into the paddock. These aren't big issues when looking at how amazing this track was. 2.5hrs from Hartford is another plus.
Funny, I think the carousel there is the Watkins turn inverted - the G's and the wheel position are just about exactly the opposite lock. It was cool to realize that about half way through a time around, and nail it the rest of the weekend.
I like the idea of WGI and this one back to back - great work and thank you to everyone on the organizing side. COM is the best out there!
Hey - can I borrow a car that hits 150?
Jeff Baker
Wilton, NH
#42 95 Miata
72 TR6
79 TR7 V6 in shed
. There were so many cool corner complexes and a 150+ strait gets your attention.All this at 3.5 hours from central mass. I hope this will be a regular for our club. Great job to those who booked this event.
at the end of the day on Monday. That last turn before the hairpin/pit in corner was a doozie (left hand kink downhill after a crest). I'd like to again thank my instructor, Nate, for being positive and helpful all day long. I had a sour instructor experience a few weeks before at NJMP with NASA and you were great.
