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I voted for the Glen. Great area, lots of restaurants and things to do off track, beautiful views from the track. Track food is just that, track food. But the Club Cranky food service is excellent.. Free garages and paved paddock area, lots of clean bathrooms. The Seneca is a real trip through time, especialy if you get a "cabin". Speed vision on TV if you get one in your room. Where else can you have a drunken bonfire at the hotel? The track itself is in very good condition generally, no drop-offs at track out, just the turtles. Lots of SPEED. Fast flowing corners and some reasonably technical stuff. Did I mention SPEED? But it is 6 hours away for me, and I seem to have a problem with clutches there. Sure I mentioned SPEED? And best of all...NO MUFFLER CRAP.

But I still love LRP. It doesn't suit the Cobra as well as the Glen, and it is extremely unforgiving and demands full attention at all times. You can crash at LRP in a hundred ways, sometimes 2 or 3 turns after you mess up. But when you get one right at LRP, you really know it. And the Downhill, talk about sucking it up and standing on it when your foot wants to pull up so bad it hurts. It's only 1 hour away, the food is great, the area picturesque, the paddock is dirt or grass, no garages at all, track gas is stinky smelling ELF Fuel, but the MUFFLER rules are really getting bad.

Guess I'll have to take an extra 2 days and try Summit Point or VIR next year.