Another track I completed at the end of last year. Middle Georgia Motor Speedway was a real short track in Georgia that stopped operating for oval racing in 1986. NASCAR ran nine Grand National races here between 1966 and 1971, and some scenes from Greased Lightning were filmed here. Jimi Hendrix also performed a concert here, but I'm getting off topic...
This version of the track assumes that the track never closed and would still host big-time racing even today. In case anyone's going to complain about inaccuracies to the real track... most of them were intentional and done for style purposes, and since the track really hasn't been operating since 1984, I feel it's understandable. I went overboard with a "Peach State" motif for the track to give it some identity with the peach-colored paint and walls... and it looked way better than I thought it would. There is no NASCAR signage anywhere, so that the track is "series neutral" and so that anything can be run here without it looking too weird.
The track is banked about 5 degrees in the straights, and 17.70 degrees in the corners. I used onboard footage from a Dodge advert done at this track a few years ago to determine that, and I got it as accurate as you could probably get it. Most of the billboards, the track logo (which is pretty accurate), and all but one of the cars in the infield were provided to me by Eric McConnell, as were some of the haulers and cars in the infield, the Freeze Peach logo was done by Ceej.
The track holds a full field of 47.
Anyone interested in making a period-accurate 1960s version of this track is welcome to do so without asking.
This version of the track assumes that the track never closed and would still host big-time racing even today. In case anyone's going to complain about inaccuracies to the real track... most of them were intentional and done for style purposes, and since the track really hasn't been operating since 1984, I feel it's understandable. I went overboard with a "Peach State" motif for the track to give it some identity with the peach-colored paint and walls... and it looked way better than I thought it would. There is no NASCAR signage anywhere, so that the track is "series neutral" and so that anything can be run here without it looking too weird.
The track is banked about 5 degrees in the straights, and 17.70 degrees in the corners. I used onboard footage from a Dodge advert done at this track a few years ago to determine that, and I got it as accurate as you could probably get it. Most of the billboards, the track logo (which is pretty accurate), and all but one of the cars in the infield were provided to me by Eric McConnell, as were some of the haulers and cars in the infield, the Freeze Peach logo was done by Ceej.
The track holds a full field of 47.
Anyone interested in making a period-accurate 1960s version of this track is welcome to do so without asking.