GT5 Road indy Course

[xStretch-]

Dose anyone know the names to all the corners? I have been looking but can't find any corner names

The reason why I'm asking is I do race videos with commentary and rather use corner names rather than "Turn 3,4,5" etc.

Anyone got a link wit ze names?

 

[eran0004]

It seems like there are no names on the corners, only numbers. At least on all the track maps I've found.

 

[xStretch-]

Bah, I hate using numbers

So tempting to make names up

 

[Raggadish]

Bah, I hate using numbers

So tempting to make names up

Here are some suggestions: xStretch- demise, Death of xStretch- tyres, Graveyard of damned xStretch- crashes.

I think those would work great in your video.

 

[eran0004]

Bah, I hate using numbers

So tempting to make names up

Let's make a competition to name the corners of the track!

Here is my suggestion, with a US states theme:
1 & 2: Ohio
3 & 4: Kentucky
5: California
6 & 7: Alabama
8: Florida
9 & 10: Dakota
11 & 12: Colorado
13: Indiana

 

[MikeKyu]

This is Indiana. The track should show some state pride if it's going to be themed.

1. South Bend
2. Sycamore Slip
3. Bloomington Bend
4. Renssalaer Right
5. Evansville Edge
6. Muncie Crusher
7. Lafayette
8. Oh Hell, we're approaching Gary stop and get gas now
9. Lock the Windows and Doors
10. Gary The Murder Capital of the world
11. We're Not as Boring as Iowa
12. Indianapolis Chute
13. Hoosier

 

[Highlandor]

1. Cheeseburger
2. Chipwich
3. Gator aid
4. Chicken wing
5. Pritzel
6. Hotdog
7. Cheese puff
8. Doughnut
9. Pizza
10. Twinkey(ies)
11.DOH-ritos
12 Nacho
13. Couch

👍

 

[LeMansIndy500]

Only trouble we have with corners on this circuit is that horrible complex of tight hairpins at the end of the back straight have been modified so the names may be different.

 

[xStretch-]

I will use some of them corner names! Thanks a lot guys

 

[Ryk]

The straight bit from turn 7 to turn 8 is Hulman Boulevard.

If Clint Eastwood was a corner then he would be at home Indianapolis. (The Corner with no name.)

Shame they cut down the big tree that was the radial point of Turn 9.

I think one American writer said the designer, (Kevin Forbes?) didn't plan the track to look like a Mirror image of Monza and run in reverse. But he was stuck with jamming the track between the paddock and the golfcourse.

You could transpose Monza names over in places, The final Turn would be Curva Grande, The Micky Mouse double hairpins would be Variante Ascari. Turns 11R and 12R would be Lesmo 2 and Lesmo 1...

The track is North to South as you look on the maps on the first page here, So any State names for Combo corners would work well (North and South Dakota...)

Maybe famous American Tracks.
Elkhart Lake, Sonora, Lime Rock, Sebring, Riverside. Or you could borrow corner names ofmr other American Tracks.
"The Ninety", "Big Bend", "The Loop", "Kettle Bottoms", "Carousel", "Speed Trap", "Thunder Valley", "The Dogleg", "Canada Corner", "The Boot",

Perhaps famous American Born drivers... Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Richie Ginther, Et alia. (That Et Alia bloke gets about.)

 

[xStretch-]

I don't really want to take names from Monza

I will use american themed stuff... Nicky Hayden might get a corner ;p

 

[Ryk]

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/major-surgery-at-the-brickyard

Old interview with the engineer, It was Kevin Forbes, who headed the work at Indy Road Course - the article is 12 years old, cripes.

The only named corner in the artcile, is Turn One, which on our map is, Turn 13!

 

[BJBEOSmitty]

I live about thirty minutes from the track and have been dozens of times. What about names of Indy neighborhoods?

Speedway
Meridian
Irvington
Fountain Square
Broad Ripple
Castleton
Fort Harrison
Oaklandon
Butler
Rocky Ripple

 

[xStretch-]

Some really good names will be hard picking some! I am going to get everything recorded on the weekend

 

[rosckolove]

1. Cheeseburger
2. Chipwich
3. Gator aid
4. Chicken wing
5. Pritzel
6. Hotdog
7. Cheese puff
8. Doughnut
9. Pizza
10. Twinkey(ies)
11.DOH-ritos
12 Nacho
13. Couch

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you just had to make the fat american reference with the couch part huh

 

[Highlandor]

you just had to make the fat american reference with the couch part huh

Straight from the "Top Gear" bible

 

[KBRacing2488]

Turn One should be called "Wheldon's Corner".

 

[Polsixe]

Let's make a competition to name the corners of the
13: Indiana

Wasn't turn 13 where the Michelins destructed in that infamous F1 race? I'd call that Michelin or French Fry.

 

[Ryk]

On the same theme you could call Turn 1 "Schlitz" (Insert chosen brand of American fizzy shandy ale) after all the beer cans, bottles thrown on to the tracks by Unhappy Race fans.

Staying on a Beer theme

Canada Corner at Elkhart Lake (Road America - Wisconsin) is named by the the way after a weekend they had to clean up after the fans and here the clean up gang found thousands of (empty) beer cans and bottles from several Canadian Beer producers - And after a few more race event it was obvious that the same tribe of spectators were coming from over the border with truck loads of Canuk beer. At least they don't bury it like the Aussies do at Bathurst.

Oddest American track corner name has to be the one named after a 80's British SKA band - Madness at Mid Ohio.


Back to Indy, close to turns 5 and 7 is a spectator area called "The Snake Pit" -

 

[marcus_war]

1. BMW Curve
2. Repsol
3. Marlboro
4. Hell Curve
5. Pepsi Kink
6. Bridgestone Complex
7. Bridgestone Complex exit
8. Gasoline Corner
9. Fangio Chicanes
10. Fangio Chicanes
11. Ducati Curve
12. Colts Bend
13. Harroun Memorial Turn

Mein List

 

[BJBEOSmitty]

The "Snake Pit" is not on the Road Course... But Snake Pit would be a great name for turn 13 in the image above!

The original Snake Pit was on the inside of turn 13, (Turn 1 of the Indy 500 layout) an area now closed to spectators both during races on the Road Course AND Indy 500 and NASCAR races. It was a general admission area well known for parties, lost tops and clothing, much more drinking than other areas of the track. Motorcycles, Mardi-Gras style madness and not paying much attention to the race was the norm. I recall being a teen in the 80's, sitting outside of turn 1 directly across from the Snake Pit, and seeing flashing going on. Arrests, fights, drug possession, etc happened every year. Think Woodstock but with engine sounds.

The large building on the left is a huge restroom. It's still there... Tradition is to bring a Sharpie Marker and write something somewhere, even today.

Daddy must be so proud!

It was not uncommon for CARS to be left behind in the 70's and 80's. In the 80's the Speedway erected some seating just East of the Snake Pit, as well as motorcycle parking, RV parking, a scoreboard and more in an effort to curtail the madness. Snake Pit II sprung up inside Turn 4 (Indy 500 layout) but was far less intense.

The Turn 4 Snake Pit II grounds were razed in 1999 for the Road Course. Inside turn 3 (Indy 500 layout - directly under marcus's username in the numbered turn layout above and nowhere near the road course) is the current official Snake Pit party area, but the scene now is nothing like it used to be. I've walked through the current one many times. Pretty tame due to security and the increased family atmosphere at the Speedway.m the Speedway does indeed call this area the Snake Pit today.

It is fabricated a bit, but can be fun

 

[Ryk]

Great post by the way - I hope you don't show the 60's era toilets of Gasolene Alley next.

http://seats3d.com/racetracks/indianapolis_motor_speedway/1/#/pg_gallery_5/



I see now that it (The new snake pit) is on the wrong side of Hulman Boulevard for the road course. Just threw the name out as an idea for a corner name.

Very easy to look at a map of Indy and forget just how huge the infield is.

 

[BJBEOSmitty]

Great post by the way....

Very easy to look at a map of Indy and forget just how huge the infield is.

Thanks!

The infield used to contain the buildings (administration, garages, etc) it does now AND a 9 hole golf course!!

 

[xStretch-]

Great post .

 

[TDZdave]

1. Indy road
2. Villeneuve
3. Schumacher
4. Hell Corner
5. Formula bend
6. Parabolica
7. Drag strip
8. Foyt
9. Clevage 1
10. Clevage 2
11. Danica
12. Brickyard Bend
13. Harroun Memorial Turn

My List

hope you like it, you can twist how you say things lol