Miller Park

[aportinga]

Not a bad race but that circuit looks like it needs to be somewhere in the Middle East.

[STD]

Ohio? Indiana? :laugh:

You should have seen Stardust.

[cameraman]

Miller does not own enough water rights to irrigate the course. There isn't a whole lot that they can do about it. It has also been an abnormally dry March & April out there. The track is located on the edge of an area called the West Desert. They weren't kidding when they named it that.

[oddlycalm]

When we had the discussion following the announcement I think we agreed cheap land with few neighbors was the driving force for Miller's location decision. After my visit many years ago to the Tooele Army Depot I harbored no illusions.

The upside is that it's the most significant new road course built in decades and it takes road racing to a new market. I'm no Larry Miller fan, but he could have built a cookie cutter 1.5mi oval and told the tin top fans to come on down....

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[Chaos]

on the bright side, they don't have to worry about gravel traps

[cameraman]

On a side note, Miller is building an industrial park across the street from the track.