Moroso memphis motorsports park

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A group of local investors originally developed the property as a drag strip with an adjacent road course, a dirt track and a go-kart track. Memphis Motorsports Park was acquired by the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach in , and a three-quarter-mile paved oval was built on the site of the dirt track.

In , Dover Motorsports Inc. It can be driven with a single or double apex. If using a single apex, the apex is about two thirds of the way around the corner, marked by an inside FIA curbing. If double apexing, apex early at about one fourth of the way around and again at two thirds the way around. Tracking all the way out in the middle will put you in the marbles so stay in closer.

Keep the rear tires under you and be smooth on the throttle!!!!! The FIA curbing has added a hazard to turn 2 in that many cars are too low to get back on if they go off on the outside. If you go off, it is better to continue around on the grass than risk tearing the oil pan or transmission up by driving back over the curb.

After tracking out to drivers' right exiting turn 2, stay out and shoot basically straight until you are at drivers' left coming into turn 3. Many jump back over to drivers' left sooner but this wastes time by scrubbing speed.

Turns 3 and 4 make a degree turn to the right. Typically it is double apexed, with a single apex right at turn 3 flag station and an apex at turn 4 flag station. Most use these to help their exit speed and the curbing actually has much more grip than the track! A medium straight approaches a right hand turn 5. You should still be in 3d gear.

Turn 5 is the first turn of a set of esses formed by turns 5 and 6. The apex of turn 5 is late and near the end of the inner FIA curbing. This area becomes very narrow and passing is difficult, so many attempt to pass going into turn 5.

After going back to drivers' left out of turn 5, stay left, squeeze the binders to set the front end and then make a wide sweep through turn 6. The apex can be earlier than you expect, but it's about the center of the flag station. This turn leads onto the drag strip and the exit area is very wide. However, apexing early can put you into the grass which occasionally can be flooded.

It is very, very tempting to get on the gas hard here and really slide the car to the outside. Don't fall for it. Unwind the wheel and apply power VERY smoothly to the exit curbing. Aim toward the right side of the track to set up for 7 a left-right tight chicane.

The track has changed over the past few years to increase safety - read that as they added chicanes. Turns 7A and B is a very tight and slippery chicane with a very hard entry braking zone. Again, be conservative until you learn it. If you miss the turn, you can straight line it for safety sake. The entry itself is not that important. Just run over the inside gator strips, but do not drop a wheel off in the dirt. There's normally a hole there that can trash your suspension!

The inside curb is very high so do not run over it. Instead, nail the apex and get on the power early. Believe it or not, this part of the chicane has much more grip than the entry and it has some flat gator curbing on the outside too.

I take the chicane in 3d, but you can try 2d if you get slowed by traffic. Just don't burn the tires up on exit. Get to 4th gear before the entry to the next turn 8. Turn 8 is a very fast left-right ess similar to the front straight but a bit tighter with higher curbs.

This turn separates the men from the boys, especially later in the race when your tires are shot. Do not brake in this area - stay under power. On entry, line up on the right as far as possible to help straighten it out. Turn in gently. I put my left tires just on the left inside curbing and then put my right side tires over the right side curbing at the exit. Do not try this if you do not have a compliant suspension. It is rough and will upset the balance of the car.

Before this area was widen and the track slowed down, mistakes could mean a ride over the embankment and into the canal. Once the car settles coming over the curbing, straight line brake toward the left side of the track to set up for turn 9. Heel-toe downshift 4 to 3. Turn 9 is a right hand turn that is very deceptive. The exit is in the staging area of the drag strip and is very wide, but slick in the middle. You can take a standard apex, but the car tends to push upon entry and then oversteers once you get out to the small curbing on the left.

As soon as you apex 9, let the car drift out and keep your eyes focused on the apex of the next right hand turn Control that ever prevalent oversteer! You want to be as far to the left as possible on entry so that you can straighten the run at turn 10 and the front straight as much as possible. If your car has reasonably compliant suspension settings, you should hit the gator strips on the inside and then on the outside at the trackout point if you are on the line.

This is the most important turn on the track because it leads to the longest straight away. There is little room on the outside of 10 for mistakes. Sacrifice exit speed on 9 for entry position and stability on 10 and you'll fly down the straight. I hit about rpms in 4th down the straight - around mph. Be conservative on set up here if you can. Soften the rear springs, sway bars and shocks and set your car up to push.

You'll still end up very loose at the end of the race, but you'll have more rear bite than the other guys!!!!!! Several motels have discounts for racers at Moroso. Camping is available outside the Main Entrance.