Ozarks International Raceway Onboard | Brand New Track! | Mazda MX-5 Cup Car

[@Racer_X]

I still contend they should nickname this place the Missou’ring.

[@Racer_X]

Track rating (from video alone). Degree of difficulty: high to very high. Degree of danger: wtf man. Fun to drive: 11.0 on 0-10 scale, once you're past wetting your pants. Fun to race/race ability : -6.7 on 0-10 scale. Hopefully I’ll wrong on that last part. Now… imagine this place in the wet.

[@davidwilliams9302]

I heard this track was laid out like in the 1960s. Plant flags in grass. Go get up on the tallest hill and talk about it. Then go move the flags. I vote for more of this!

[@949RacingSuperMiata]

Jebus, that's a long lap. Nice driving. Clean. Not a place you want to fall off the black stuff.

[@WacKEDmaN]

cool track...reminds me of road atlanta, road america, and VIR all rolled into one!

[@Jeffboydr]

amazing driving! Cant wait to get my miata out here and learn to be a better driver, I imagine this course will be quite the teacher. Cant wait to see what pricing will be for SCCA track nights

[@TheK18]

As a Missourian myself, this track looks like it drives exactly like a missouri backroad: undulating, constantly varying camber, elevation change on corner entry. Drivers who have enjoyed themselves on backroads in missouri will definitely have a bit of advantage here. Just like our backroads, looks incredibly fun but really scary with a small margin for error.

[@cobrafan427]

Everyone complaining about the armco can watch/drive at COTA and COTA only

[@Dan_416]

Damn, the owners really don't believe in run off... Sketchy

[@ruraltech101]

That was exactly what I noticed. I have been following this track build with great anticipation. The lack of distance between the track edge and armco, especially in some of the more blind corners with a crest is a bit concerning.

[@paulkleiss7606]

bout fell out my desk chair watching that. Anyone else lean into the turns with the video? Reminds me of Daisy Duke..... "Straightenen the curves, flattenen the hills, if the guardrail dont get ya, the G forces will!"

[@austins2753]

Great laps! Can't wait to drive it on May 14th and 15th with Chin Track Days.

[@roadbeef]

A shame a layout with such great elevation change has been constructed so cheaply.

[@Sean-ps3ec]

Yeah I was really hoping for a good 'professional' looking track to come out of this for GT3 and GT4 racing. Unfortunately I have been disappointed.

[@cadentannery4626]

was just finished this year to still a WIP. They definitely did not cheap out on garages tho. In the future they plan for areas for spectators and a ton of other features. don't disregard it just yet

[@srschick72]

I bet everyone complaining here about the railing being close to the track surface just LOVES the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Have you seen how many miles of that course has railing just as close?

[@rjstanford]

I bet those people understand the history of that track too and the expense to make massive changes. Of all the things to emulate, that wouldn’t have been first on my list.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Nice. Waiting to see the GT World Challenge take it on.

[@Sean-ps3ec]

They wont be the race has been moved to NOLA now due to "Safety concerns" and after watching this I can see why... No run offs tight passing windows and lots and lots of fence with not much gravel to catch off track cars going fast... Shame shame to I would love for GT America to come here.

[@brianordelheide4661]

Looks awesome for track days, but there don't appear to be great passing zones for an actual race.

[@WynnofThule]

Who needs passing zones when you have this?

[@jacksullivanracing4564]

Looks awesome I wonder if the SCCA will go there next year

[@The.only.one.that.matters.]

I hope new travel place for your north of the border SCCA members to go.....

[@shooter77us]

Why the hell are the barriers so close to the pavement when there's so much more room available?

[@AndrewLenhardt]

Exactly. Id imagine an expansion is already being thought out. Especially to get motorcycles there.

[@michaelshepherd7572]

Trees. Barriers are a much more controlled reaction than crashing into trees.

[@shooter77us]

@@michaelshepherd7572 guess they couldn't afford a chainsaw? That aside there's a shitload of room to move them back even with the trees.

[@michaelshepherd7572]

@@shooter77us some places like to keep as much nature around as possible. I dunno, we’ll just have to work on staying on track more.

[@shooter77us]

@@michaelshepherd7572 have you been to the area? They can afford to lose a few trees for driver safety.

[@jonathangiahn7723]

Holy Armco!

[@sethmo38]

Reminds me a lot of VIR!

[@Guaranteedfresh1]

if VIR did three lines of coke.

[@TonyTirabassi15]

@@Guaranteedfresh1 nah this raceway is Palmer on 3 lines 😂

[@giraty50]

Fantastic, however long straight doesn't exist

[@bmcewen65]

Great rendition, CGI IS so good you can't tell the difference. Great looking track though.

[@toroseye]

is this open to the public?

[@rodentcafeteria]

Must feel like you're driving to another city.

[@Mr.Meogie]

I wouldn't race a motorcycle there or even do a track day. Way to much Armco. way to close to the outside edge of the turns. Not enough "Air Fence in the world to help. IMHO. Looks great for cars though.

[@GT-43]

This track is not for faint of heart that's for sure. Gonna be a lot of yellow and red flags.

[@F125yourself]

Well, at least the car makes a lot of noise.....

[@scottsmith4804]

This track is going to be a shit show come amateur days

[@merilm1]

no doubt quite dangerous for any two wheel competition. Why spend all this $$$$ and have barriers so damn close everywhere ? Makes no sense.

[@cadentannery4626]

because one of the goals of the track was to preserve the natural scenery. it will be tough for moto tho. :/

[@nsant]

Wish it was safer for motorcycles

[@SydwayzMonsoon]

All that land in the middle of no where, and they have K-rail EVERYWHERE 1 car width away from the track. WHY?? Why can't their be more room for mistakes and racing? That's an automatic trip to the body shop with an off just about anywhere on the track. That's ridiculous. It's even more ridiculous and deadly for motorcycles. The owners need to go buy a shltbox with no brakes and take it for a few laps; and re-think all that K-rail and placement.

[@waltersobchak8080]

The owners race in IMSA so I'm pretty sure they know what they were getting into.

[@Villoresi]

In some areas, I know they don't have much of a choice, because of protected waterways they're just not allowed to touch by law. It's probably also simply impractical to flatten out enough land in many spots to make run-off that won't cause just as much trouble.

[@SydwayzMonsoon]

When you watch IMSA race at VIR, you will see them describe and complain that the track is too narrow. Which, myself, as a club racer with more laps there than I can count. find NOT to be the case at all. But I, as a club racer think that 3 car widths on this track IS really narrow, with little to no room for error if someone drops a tire. I really hope I'm wrong, but this looks like a great HPDE/lapping track... ...but not so great for wheel-to-wheel racing; especially in spec classes. Have you ever seen a pack of 70 Spec Miatas on a road course? It's organized chaos... ...until it isn't. And then you literally have a log jam on a track like this.

[@SydwayzMonsoon]

Watch a few Miatas go off at T4 and T10, REALLY egregiously here at VIR; and NO wall contacts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSWeZunhNqlbrc

[@Villoresi]

@@SydwayzMonsoon That's fine, but it sure looks like the hillsides here are more extreme than those at VIR, for a start. I'd almost be surprised if the difference between high and low here was only 130 ft (what it is at VIR). And again, it has to be practical to sufficiently level the surrounding hillsides. The aforementioned waterways, and just the plain stability of the land, have to be accounted for in determining that. More space isn't automatically a good thing, if it leads to incidents like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoO9koKlfJySZ5o Furthermore, it looks like the track folding over on itself to a much greater degree than VIR likely plays a part. Thinking of another circuit with limited run-off in areas, I know Road America has some challenging spots. Of course, you have that huge hillside on either side around "the Kink", and there's a railroad right-of-way down the hill on the outside of the circuit. And don't get me wrong, I'm really curious how Ozarks is going to manage to get an FIA Grade 2. Now that said, I'll also be really happy if there's a really nice, top-tier, natural-terrain road course within 700 miles of me. No offense, but Austin doesn't exactly do it for me.