Street Track Failures: Episode 30 - Halifax

[@Sushi_the_Idiot]

As a 90° corner enthusiast hearing so many 90° corners in this series has made me 90° all over the place

[@HigherPlainGames]

I've been loving this series and your slow descent into a 90 degree despair. Stay strong!

[@sgtepicspeed3033]

It's like the 2nd gear hairpin for South Paw Racer

[@andyharman3022]

As I remember, the AIS was active for a lot of years, running outdated Indycar chassis with small block Chevy engines. I thought they ran races mostly in the western US and didnt know they ran in Halifax, NS. Checking Wikipedia, I see the AIS existed under that name from 1988-2002, and the champion of the first two seasons was Buddy Lazier, who later won the first Indy 500 sanctioned by the IRL.

[@andrewhayes88]

I had no clue that Nova Scotia had a street circuit race. I live in Newfoundland which is the next Province east of Nova Scotia in Canada and I just find it cool that they even had one to begin with. I looked at a map of where the track was on Google Maps and the area where that awful chicane and pit road entry is now, has a Round About in it.

[@Hammerhead547]

The Moosehead Grand Prix was also hosted at CFB Sheerwater in 1994 and 1995 when IMSA's top class raced there in a 500 km endurance event. There's footage of both events that clearly shows why the event only lasted 2 years of a planned 5 year contract.

[@DannyPlaysStuff]

TyDye's "90 degree corner" is now the spinoff of Rhys' "second gear hairpin" 😂

[@jvccr7533]

I never considered them collaborating until now...

[@Theel25]

I think one that would be interesting to do is Fundidora Park in Monterrey Mexico, which ran CART/Champ Cart from 2001-2006(and there's less 90 degree corners to worry about)

[@musyarofah1]

nah man, Monterrey is not a failure and I still hope Indy would return.

[@Theel25]

@@musyarofah1 By failure, it doesn't mean it's a "bad track". Failure just means that the circuit doesn't exist anymore. Like Zurich for example.

[@lookalikeonyoutube]

For it to host racing again, it needs a new pit lane

[@ZontarDow]

The American IndyCar Series being a headline series isn't a bad pick for a new street circuit in a city like Halifax given by then the Grand Prix of Troix Riviere would have been well over 20 years active by that point, most of which where headlined by Formula Atlantic. For series like this, it's less who's the headlining feature race and more about the race weekend itself, which is why no one has taken issue with the fact that over the years GP3R has had changed its feature race from open wheel racing to prototypes, GTs, and Stock Cars.

[@musyarofah1]

I think the series itself is worthy to talk about.

[@psychlops924]

@@musyarofah1 I've never heard of it, I'd appreciate a video rundown for sure

[@thekauders567]

BTCC's Birmingham Superprix be a interesting race to cover

[@continentalrcinglg]

If you hate 90 degree corners, I've got bad news about the new Music City GP layout IndyCar will start using next year...

[@useless2764]

not gunna lie the footage of toronto with the pit road on the original side of the track made me a bit sad, even though ive only been to races with the pit road where it is now

[@leohi_93]

Really interesting one to cover would be Bilbao, used in 2005 by Formula Renault. Must be one of the wackiest street circuit layouts in modern racing, but was only used once and faded into obscurity since

[@GreatCdn59]

the closest I'll get to a 'home' track!

[@theflagstand]

One of the main reasons I love old american street circuits is the absolute abundancy of 90 degree corners! I love 'em!

[@camrsr5463]

What street tracks would you say are good and what tracks would you like to see again?

[@ferrariman195]

I'm just loving this series so far i am always discovering tracks I never knew existed

[@jack4688]

As a kid, reading that the British F2 championship once raced in Halifax, I naturally assumed it was Halifax West Yorkshire 😅 Now THAT is a street circuit I’d love to see!

[@Lastname6955]

I thought they were talking about the Halifax bank

[@LWilloxMusic]

Always enjoy these. Can I request the Beijing Street Circuit one with a hairpin too tight for cars for A1 GP to get round!

[@frankiemouse992]

My favorite part of this series is the from to :D Pretty meh circuit but the elevation in the start/finish straight and the downhill first corner is quite good in Street Track Failures standards.

[@SulistasDePortoAlegreDaCVFF]

It doesn't matter where you go, the 90 degree corner is watching.

[@mrserious42]

Really obscure street race here. Love it. I suggest Niagra Falls street track for something else that's obscure. Also Houston has attempted a street course THREE different times now and it's always been bad.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

I did not know Halifax had a street circuit. I'm Canadian. Thanks for showing me this.

[@r35killa]

Proposing a new series in addition to this: Unknown street tracks. I know this one would be hard to find a ton of info on but just throwing it out there. My first example video would be for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in Schenley Park. It's a 41 year running temporary street circuit. There should be plenty of footage of this track out there (some can be found on my channel even!) It's crazy that I don't know about any more failed street tracks besides combing through racing series pasts on Wikipedia or something.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

Moosehead is a Brewery company. Never mess with Canadian beer companies!

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Especially the Labatt Maximum Ice ad with Michael Ironside.

[@Vagnerpegas]

A suggestion: Birmingham Street Circuit

[@Yappit]

Love your content, always appreciate the research and dedication you bring for these videos.

[@RG13HF]

Great video as always. How about the Spokane street circuit? One flat out tunnel, two bridges over a river, and three separate track features named after Budweiser

[@andrewdotmp4]

The American Indy Car Series is super weird if you really look into it. Kinda shocked I've never watched a video on it before because it's a crazy rabbit hole

[@musyarofah1]

yeah, the series itself is worthy to talk about. I've been following Indy for over 10 years and I never heard of the series until now.

[@cameronburke971]

Thanks for shining some light on the Moose Head GP Nova Scotia is my home unfortunately I wasn’t alive when it was going on so I’ve only seen the footage thats on KZbin but love to see our tiny province gets some spot light and you can still drive the layout pretty much

[@jackarmstrong7285]

Avus would be cool to see if you haven’t done it already. The odd layouts run by DTM into the 90s were really interesting

[@NascarNixon]

Apologies for recommending this again, but the Summer X Games rallycross circuit run in 2011 and 2012 on the streets of LA

[@Pal_D1R35T4]

I would like to see more A1 GP Tracks to be featured if there are, and also tracks like Changwon in South Korea or Bilbao in Spain would be perfect additions to be series. And also I have a question for the Q&A you are planing to do: ¿Why do you have as your user photo the 2016 Manor of Pascal Wehrlein?

[@orsomethingorno]

What is your preferred pitlane-start-finish configuration? F1-regular -- finish line before the first garage, start line possibly a few metres down the road if the grid needs more room F1-alt (Monaco, Albert Park) -- start/finish line after last garage American classic -- start-finish line halfway along pits Mid-Ohio -- start line on other part of track for rolling starts Occasional street track variation -- start/finish line on a completely different part of track due to local circumstances Also, what is your view on the Indycar system of having an alt start-finish before pit in for qualifying, so that cars can go straight into the pits upon end of hotlap?

[@DanielHarveyDyer]

I kinda hope I'm not the only person who watches this channel who also knows the original lyrics to the Sofa Shop jingle, as made famous (relatively) on the Unmade Podcast, so that I'm not the only one singing "The Sofa Shop, Yeah come and drop in, on Halifax Street (circuit)."

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

I’ve learned long ago, any alterations to a track not only ruins the flow but kills the spirit of the circuit.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Theres been alot of fia gt races from 2008 getting posted this week. Hint hint wink wink lol portrero de los funes was one of them hehe. Great vid as always

[@Dogman36]

also i was just thinking about starting an Airfield track series lol

[@filipek6401]

I love this series. Valencia F1 street circuit could be the next. Can You do about permanent circuits too?

[@neaulllann]

I love this series it is so cool ! Could you do Montreal FE Track

[@nitrousst6427]

Would love to see your opinion on the German Norisring, driven by the DTM throughput the years

[@Quintinohthree]

Well, not a failure.

[@rombusch]

As always a great episode from you. Have a great day and see you next time

[@marklittle8805]

The late Greg Moore ran there in 1992 in a F1600 as a teenager...

[@dmg02]

I would love to see a version of this series but it's the best Street circuits

[@johndaniels4623]

Great video as always! But question, what constitutes a street track failure? Assuming it has to have hosted a race at least once? Or can it be a planned and failed race opportunities?

[@Quintinohthree]

So far it's street tracks that have hosted a race but no longer do.

[@LoboSabio89]

How about that Las Vegas street circuit Champcar used back in 2007?

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Still waiting for the Vancouver Indy Car circuit

[@acheekymeesh]

I dunno if it was a failure or not, but what abiut the Vancouver street circuit, hosted a few champcar races (i remember it from TOCA World touring cars/Jarrett & Labonte stock car racing)

[@martron7]

This track looks so unbelievable un-fun to drive, it's just every sort of corner minus the last one looks like it would piss drivers off.

[@CommandoCDN]

Hm. Home province and I never heard of it. Time to take this route.

[@curledone7947]

if you like 90 degree corners look at the london e-prix the fe drives on this season

[@Ramtamtama]

For British F2, what are the odds that someone saw "Halifax" and thought it was a street circuit in Yorkshire?

[@MRTransportVideos]

"Ey 'up, an' welcome t'Halifax International Speedway for t'running of t'British F2 race cars, round an' past the Piece Hall an' all, an' no faffin' - let's 'ave a gander at t'track!"

[@jacekatalakis8316]

So the clip of Atlantics running here was not a fever dream... To be fair I did not know thatF2 ran though, oddly enough. Then again I didn't know Steelback who put their name on the Toronto GP in 2007 was also a brewing company, but the American Indycar Series is, as said a rabbit hole all on its own. So wait, wait. Indy Lights/ARS as it was then didn't run there...huh

[@spd7693]

Are you going to do Valencia from Formula 1? True, the last race was good, but overall the track deserves to be here.

[@eamonahern7495]

For blind crests and elevation changes a street track must begin with M: Monaco, Macau

[@fredyicey]

What about houston in indycar? This thin is really just a square (1998-2001 Layout)

[@cdname47]

I'm more surprised British formula 2 was still running in 92

[@acquaruggine]

Im still waiting for the shanghai dtm tracks :))

[@DeathInTheSnow]

Ninety degree c o r n e r

[@jonaszahid3892]

Petition to do the Marrakech Street Circuit

[@captainsmartass3368]

Take a shot every time you hear 90° degree 😂😂😂😂

[@LWilloxMusic]

Hey you should print t-shirts with the slogan ‘another 90 degree corner’

[@flexf1amp]

Please can you do an episode on the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit! run by Formula E

[@99dndd]

I wonder if the British Formula 2 series though they were going to the other Halifax...

[@boheyo]

Did the British F3 championship just sign a deal without checking which Halifax it was?

[@Edlar89]

Someone needs to find a circuit that’s just a square!!!

I've posted my extended suggestions already in kzbin.infoUgkxnP6_YkAc1f8ekPMa0mdyBQwdIdMEttXT. But I would be most happy about the following tracks: Tamiami Park in Miami (1985-1988), Bicentennial Park in Miami (1995) -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_of_Miami_(open_wheel_racing) Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver (I 1990-1997, II 1998-2004) -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Indy_Vancouver Houston Street Circuit (I 1998-2001, II 2007-2014) -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_of_Houston Maybe two Las Vegas episodes should you publish arround the Formula 1 race in Las Vegas. Should be good for the algorithm. Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (I 1981-1982, II 1983-1984) -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesars_Palace_Grand_Prix Las Vegas Street Circuit (2007) -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Grand_Prix

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Don’t forget the Dallas Street Circuit (F1 in 1984 and Trans-Am in 1988).

[@wabba67]

Didn't IMSA race at this circuit in 1995 with a slightly different layout?

[@ANGELMADFIARGR2008]

nice

[@Andy81287]

You should have two counters for every time you say 90 degree corner, one for the video and one for the overall series since episode 1

[@Dob_son]

Would you say the Birmingham SuperPrix was a street track failure?

[@emd3427]

Here is a video idea. Have a complaiation of every time you said 90 degree corner as a 50th episode special or something

[@onnayoung7699]

Lol thiis is basicly my neibourboud, I can imagnen it that looks so bad. That left dive down hill is fun, though, Ive made a nice arc or two in the snow for fun down that hill.

[@daboiracing3848]

ngl looks kinda fun to solo

[@CaptainLicorice]

YES FINALLY

[@yoshic_22]

wellington mobil 500! 🙏

[@rosscrashtain]

Do Houston!!!

[@Dogman36]

Miami episode 3 revenge of the sith