Monticello race track

Baz

Baz

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I never been on it, but went to look at it, unfortunately isn't open to the public when I went. Tracks been there a couple of years just they keep adding stuff to it. I would love to go and try it out and they had some great publicity recently with F1 Grand Prix bidding and American Choppers as well as being used for alot of recent press work.
 
Saleen Rich 302

Saleen Rich 302

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A friend of mine showed me a picture online when they were building the infield and I saw it on american chopper it looks great, I been looking for a race track close by im tired of getting on and off the exit for scarsdale just to speed through the S curves on the Bronx River Parkway lmao
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Replayman

Replayman

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Yeah, that track has been around for a few years. It recently went private, last year was it's last year for outside events. A ton of sport cars here on LI got pulled over and ticketed heading up there. It's very expensive and high-end, like 100K+ year for membership.
 
Baz

Baz

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From what I got it was always pretty private considering where it is located. Membership isn't just expensive but pretty exclusive the minimum worth you can be to sign up is $1.4 million so I'm definitively out by a long shot. The cheapest way to get on a track is signing up for their CTS-V day which is still $1600. Or you can find a member and beg them to take you as a guest for $1000. I got about once a month up to Monticello for the weekend, I notice on my drive back to NYC on Sundays you can see packs of Porsches head that direction, so always wondered if that's where they go or if maybe there's another track.
 
Art Caley

Art Caley

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Yes, Private now. But I was able to get on with my 1989 Mustang GT in May of 2010 with a HPDE club. The course was great. One time I was headed for the back strainght when an orange Lamborghini came up on me. I pointed her by and she was gone like I was standing still. What a sight (and sound).:eek: I found out later she was a member.

If you saw Porsches headed there it may have been an HPDE. Most members store their cars there in climate controlled garages. Vist the website for videos. Jeff Gordon took a ZR1 out on it once.
 
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Bossman429

A-Money
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Ive been on that track, but about 2 yrs ago as I missed the track day last year. I'm hoping my instructor clinic will be on it again in 2012.

Anyways - great track alot of fun, 22 turns is a bit much to remember but by the 2nd session out I had it pretty good (watched a lot of youtube vids the night before to help memorize it lol).

I dont like the hair pin, its a stupid friggin turn (as every hairpin is in my opinion) and not a racing turn at all. The esses are cool up hill and the ferrari killer turn test how big your balls are (left hand turn at the crest of a down hill which makes the car light and your well into 4th gear at that point).

If you have the chance to get on it... get on it!
 
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Bossman429

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Replayman said:
Yeah, that track has been around for a few years. It recently went private, last year was it's last year for outside events. A ton of sport cars here on LI got pulled over and ticketed heading up there. It's very expensive and high-end, like 100K+ year for membership.
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Just to clarify, intial membership is ~125k but they've come out with other packages now due to the decline in everyones disposable income.

Yearly dues are much less (I think 10-15K)
 
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