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  • Your Guide To The Best Private Race Track Clubs In The U.S.

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    Your Guide To The Best Private Race Track Clubs In The U.S.
    ROBB REPORT
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    NOV 07, 2018 at 5:36PM
    BY: JASON HARPER, Contributor
    These are the best exclusive facilities where you can safely and legally
    race your own car.
    “It’s my happy place,” a private club member says. “I forget about work for a few hours and hang out with my best friends.” The private facility
    is in New York’s Catskills, with acres of lush grass and forested hills.
    High topiary walls hide it from public view. “It’s gorgeous, right?” the member adds.

    Then he jams on a full-face helmet and jumps into an orange Porsche GT3
    RS sports car. “Oh yeah,” he shouts. “And I get to go really, really fast.”

    When you overhear friends talking about the healthy competition at their private club, the hazards on the course’s back half, or the $100,000 initiation fee, you can no longer simply assume they’re talking about golf.

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    Excerpts -
    Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club
    The location: Pahrump, Nevada; one hour from Las Vegas.
    The track: 6.1 mile road course (and counting).
    Members: 350
    Home of the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School.

    Club Motorsports
    Location: Tamworth, New Hampshire, 50 miles from Concord.
    The track: 2.5 miles, with 15 turns.
    Members: 240

    Virginia International Raceway
    The location: Alton, Virginia, close to the North Carolina and Virginia borders.
    The track: 4.2 miles.
    Members: Almost 300.
    Paul Newman was a renowned racer as well as an actor, and he once said
    of Virginia International Raceway, “If there’s a heaven on earth, it’s VIR.” The track opened in the 1950s, and has hosted racers from Newman
    to Carroll Shelby.

    Monticello Motor Club
    The location: Monticello, New York, 1.5 hours from NYC.
    The track: 4.1 miles, with the ability to separate the track into north
    and south courses.
    Members: More than 475.
    MMC has even begun to offer sleep-away, teen racing camps, one of those
    unique experiences which only a private track can pull off. Who says a
    race track can’t be a family affair?

    Atlanta Motorsports Park
    The location: Dawsonville, Georgia, an hour from Atlanta.
    The track: 1.8 miles, with various configurations.
    Members: 450.
    : AMP is known for its superlative, separate Karting track and service
    —a great way to learn to go fast.

    Palmer Motorsports Park
    The location: Palmer, Massachusetts,
    The track: 2.3 miles, 14 turns, and 190 feet of elevation.
    Members: 50 members.

    The Thermal Club
    The location: Thermal, California, around two hours from Los Angeles.
    The track: Four separate circuits, 5.1 miles in total.
    Members: 100.

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