Doesn't the new indoor track at Mohegan Sun have a GP-style layout?

Unfortunately it is a kart track and not for actual cars

Also I the kart track is only sponsored by Mohegan sun

Ooohhh.... I didn't know what you meant. I thought you meant for karting.

Well, you've obviouly never heard of Lime Rock Park. IMSA races there.

Lime Rock

Limerock Park, but it's facing a bunch of whiney neighbors who bought next to a 50+ year old racetrack and then complain about the noise.

I am looking at Lime Rock Park right now actually, issue is it's pretty far from me and seems really expensive, like, average Connecticut citizen rich

Of course they are, I'm guessing they are a bunch of old people

Surprisingly it's a lot of younger families after the old residents started dying off and the houses were sold.

You're complaining about racing being expensive?

It can be depending on what you want to do. A lot of the car clubs race there. It's not like the Nurburgring where you pay a tenner and get a few gos around, this is true. And nothing in CT is more than a couple hours away. It's worth the ride. It's a gorgeous track and super fun to drive around. It's worth the cash.

So go buy 100 acres and build one

Really? I guess that makes sense but you'd think they would be smarter about their decision, though they chose to live in CT so. Idk, I still with there were more grand prix style tracks in CT, with how rich people are here you'd expect them to be down with racing, would probably get a lot of money to the state and help the economy if national racing events were held here in CT

For the averages CT resident it wouldn't be an issue to rent the track, but I want to be able to drive a street car there, and I am not really able to shed a few hundred dollars on the spot

100 acres is very expressive, very very expensive

And there is your answer to why there isn’t a Grand Prix track in CT.

A good 93 acres in Warren is over 1 million dollars, plus the cost to build a track is insane

Most tracks don't just let you drive a road car on them. Track days are a thing, even if they're expensive.

CT is one of the richest states in the USA

I'm aware, though Lime Rock allows you to rent the track for around $325

Limerock, Thompson

For such a small state, having two road courses is pretty good

True, but for such a rich state you'd expect there to be more

American racing culture is ovals. Sure IndyCar and IMSA exist but they don’t command anywhere close to the numbers that NASCAR does.

You really should stop complaining. We’re lucky enough to have 2 that are half decent.

The same as people that move next to an area that is zoned for business or industrial uses , and then complain about noise , traffic, etc. when the area gets built up for the allowed usage. Goes for city people who move into farm country and complain about the smells. They drive past the farms to get to their new development that used to be a farm.

On top of it the track is actually designed to minimize sound(it's like a bowl with the track in the center) and has one of the strictest muffler db limits so you really can't hear anything outside the property of the track so it's absolutely ridiculous that they complain.

Agreed, honestly if it were me I would love to live near a track, can watch the races pretty much for free and with an angle that sees the entire track

Learn to slide at Lock City Drift at Thompson speedway

Then find one of your friends with $400-600 million to build a Grand Prix track if the state is so flush with cash it shouldn’t be a problem

That’s always been an issue out there since the track was built. It’s why they can’t race on Sundays

Besides Lime Rock, nobody is mentioning Thompson. More known for its oval, but there is a version of it that runs a street track and includes the banked end of the bowl as well.

Also, check out Palmer in Mass.

That was because of the church in close proximity to the property, but the town, track, and church all came to an agreement to allow a certain amount of Sunday events and now the people in town are trying to reduce that further which will hinder the big name series that require Sunday racing and cause them to back out from holding events there.

That's CT in a nutshell. See an airport, Google about dumb asses who moved next door then complain. Train idled for 150 years in some towns and every few years people say why do the trains make noise at night. Or become teachers and complain about education to pay ratio. The ones you don't hear about are the ones who buy a house on an old industrial dumping ground. They snap up a deal and quietly sell when half of them are mysteriously sick or have cancer. Welcome to ct

Lime rock

Thompson used to have a really nice sports car track.

Autocross..

Yeah limerock is a great place too. Very family friendly, they allow walkthroughs to see all the cars in the pits(some race teams will let kids sit in the cars and give free stuff), they allow camping, and it's just generally a nice place for people to go who enjoy motorsports. My only complaint is IMSA and some of the bigger events can be pretty pricey, but I do understand they have to keep the place running so it's minor to me.

Rich areas maybe. I wouldn't consider CT a rich state. I don't know any rich people.

I'll make sure to check it out, thank you for the recommendation

Thompson, Lime Rock, Palmer, all road courses, plenty of clubs to track with… MassTuning, SCDA, Audi club, BMW club, etc. Palmer does open track on some Fridays I believe where you can pay and have several sessions within your experience group.

Tf does our collective choice to underpay teachers have to do with people making bad decisions.

Like the logical throughline here is “teachers who live in squalor deserve such, and they’re just as stupid as people who move next to race tracks and bitch about the noise.”

You should have done research before making this post, we have a well known track.

>I wouldn't consider CT a rich state.

huh?

What states richer then CT have more tracks for their size?

And Thompson.

We don't really have the climate to justify a bunch of tracks. 4-6 months of the year most tracks up here are closed anyway. And the track community up here is very lively, but seasonal.

Thompson is cool but AFAIK they only do motorcycle track days for BMWs FYI. We all usually go up to New York Safety Track or New Jersey Motorsports Park.

ITT: Kid who thinks $300 for a track day is too expensive wonders why we don't have more billion dollar GP tracks.

I'm also not in a financially stable position as I don't have a job, being I'm 15, I am sure that once I do have a stable job 300 for a track day won't be too expensive, but looking at it from a money conscious perspective, $300 is a lot, I'm not saying everyone in CT is Jeff Bezos, I was wondering how CT doesn't have many GP style tracks, there's certainly some very wealthy people here in CT, so I expected the car and racing culture to be more prevalent

Well I think theres some misconceptions about who actually goes to races (especially in the US), the 1% corporate bankers and lawyers that make up Connecticut's wealthy class are not the same people buying tickets to the USGP or Indy (for the most part). Another thing is, with such a small state, land is a huge commodity (we can't make more of it, whatever is there is there) - and racetracks not only take up a huge amount of physical space, they also put a strain on the local infrastructure (Towns, hotels, highways, etc). And rich people are also not confined by locality - if they want to take the 458 and race they'll fly to Spa for a private track day or down to COTA or whatever. CTs cold weather makes it a poor place to race half the year so these tracks just sit there hemorrhaging money.

Add to that that motorsports are really not popular relatively speaking here in the US, and for the last 50+ years the main flavor here was oval track. F1 was always a european centric sport and IMSA is nowhere near as popular as NASCAR/Indy.

$300 was a lot to me at 15 too, when you're older it becomes easier to justify the hobby.

You are actually one of the first ones to give me a reason to why CT doesn't have many GP style tracks

Wow, lot going on in this post.

Well I'm not rich

Have you ever set foot outside your house?

Yikes. U sound entitled. And a little mean. Bye

Car and racing culture is extremely prevalent in CT. Maybe only 2nd to the greater LA area. You're speaking from a perspective that lacks experience.

We're the 3rd smallest state in the country and have 2 road courses, one being very highly decorated and historical. We live in the oldest, most developed and dense part of the country. High real estate costs, lack of availability, high taxes and even still, higher insurance premiums make it near impossible for the development of a new track.

If you think $300 for entry is a lot, the upkeep of the vehicle and safety equipment in order to participate will be staggering to you.

Money conscious and any kind of racing do not belong in the same sentence. AutoX with CART, or Fairfield SCCA are good for the entry level. Track Nite in America can get you in to whet your appetite. Otherwise, start saving.

Also, they're called road courses - not "GP style". GP implies that Formula 1 has run the track.

Yowzers. You sound super sheltered. And unnecessarily stubborn.

Connecticut doesn’t have a reputation as one of the wealthiest states because there aren’t a bunch of wealthy people here.

You’re either being intentionally obstinate. Or you’re defenselessly obtuse.

Well at least I'm not mean. Jerk

I'm thinking about building a simulator for racing instead.

As you are r 15. Maybe you should look into that.