Street Track Failures: Episode 7 - Bucharest

[@andreimangalia1468]

Hi! Romanian citizen here. Actually, this track was discontinued by some people who are complaining about the noise. Since 2009, this project was abandoned. In Romania we have two street championships: Super Rally, which is basically a short street track closed for some hours and the racers are fighting with the clock. Open wheelers, Prototypes, Gt Cup Spec Cars, Rally Cars, are present here. The second one is Electric Karting. Long story short: Electric Karts raced on city streets across Romania and most of the drivers are kids. I've watched some videos from your series and I really enjoy them. Keep up the good work!

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Ah ok. From the information I could find, it was in relation to finances, but I certainly wouldn't doubt at all what you're saying. I'm not surprised some people complained about the noise considering what cars were racing there. That Super Rally sounds really interesting, will definitely have to do some research on that. I'm glad you're enjoying the series. I'll do my best to keep up those standards.

[@WynnofThule]

This is one I was secretly hoping for but didn't expect it to come so soon.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

It was requested by someone a couple of episodes ago and it was one in which I knew existed, but didn't think many would request. So I thought now was a great chance to do a video on it.

[@Snow_OwL217]

Knowing that I was there as a kid about 30 years ago in this parliament building and I saw huge rooms and huge chandeliers. It's really incredible. Saw a little later that the FIA ​​GT raced there. I was very happy.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

It was definitely quite the tourist attraction to have in the middle of a race track.

[@BMordecai]

Thank you for setting the playlist up!

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

It took me longer than I hoped to get round to it. Hope it makes things easier though.

[@eholanda01]

This is a great video. Really this was a good race track to continue. Perhaps F3 International or FE could continue to use it!! Not for F1, it would have to be at least 1km bigger. And you're right: crazy to go from Silverstone to Bucharest in a single week, taking all the logistics of an entire category. I miss F3 International racing on street circuits like Birmingham and Pau. They could include this one too.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I think this would work for Formula E, especially the new cars coming this season. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@kayto101racer]

What about one on Baku World Challenge track that was used between 2012-2014 Also since discovering your channel you've become one of my favourite channels and love this series you're doing

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That will most likely feature in this series at some point. That's incredibly kind of you to say that. All I can say is that I do my best and that I hope you continue to enjoy my content in the future.

[@kayto101racer]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 don't worry I shall carry on enjoying your content

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@kayto101racer Well, I've got to make sure the content stays good for a start off. 🤣 However, hopefully this year my plan is for the content quality to get better (at least that's a personal aim of mine).

[@kayto101racer]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 well you're definitely heading in the right direction

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@kayto101racer May my sat nav keep me on that path. 👍

[@Tomtown007]

binge watched all the others yesterday but this is the first circuit i haven’t heard of before! loving the channel mate hope you get the recognition you deserve for it

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That's very kind of you to say so. I thought this episode wouldn't do as well considering it was a lesser known circuit, but I'm delighted and pleasantly surprised (more than pleasantly) with the response it's getting so far.

[@luckystrike33t]

Awesome video. I remember seeing both GT races in 07 and 08 on TV. I thought the racing was frantic, and very competitive, despite the difficulty to pass. I was sad to see it go.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I didn't catch these races live unfortunately but when watching the races back for this video, hearing the engines of the cars and the drivers changing gears whilst chucking those supercars round the circuit was awesome to watch back.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Obviously, today we had the horrible news about Ken Block. An inspiration to so many people and someone who's rightly got an iconic status. For me, this is how I remember him the most. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onepY5Whnq2BjLM

[@travel1071]

Finally a track that i had visited😁. Also you are one of my favourite youtuber

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Ah awesome, I hope you enjoyed the event for a start. Also that's very kind of you too say so. I'll continue to do my best so that this can hopefully still be one of your favourite channels.

[@WDSimp]

Loved the comment on the pit lane. If you'd like to, it would be interesting to see a video about the strangest pit lanes you've ever come across. Street tracks and road courses certainly offer a lot of options.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

If people want to see a video on that, then I'll certainly think about it.

[@ikkatosh231]

Loving this series mate! Keep it up

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I'm glad you're enjoying this series. I'll do my best to keep up those standards (or hopefully get better still).

[@MM-rg9sk]

I'm loving this series, especially the really interesting facts about the history of the circuit and the way you both look at the good and bad aspects of each one. You seem like a major race track nerd, I (as an ultra major race track nerd) would like to recommend checking out r/RaceTrackDesigns if you haven't already, I think you'll find that sub interesting! I also have a few suggestions for future episodes. Two GT tracks: Kuala Lumpur and Baku (the one on the outskirts of the city), FE Bern ePrix and the Bilbao Street Circuit. All of these seem like good material for one of your videos

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I'm glad you're enjoying this series. I wouldn't claim to be a major race track nerd albeit that's very kind of you to say 🤣. I'll definitely check out the sub reddit for sure. Seems like something I'd be interested in looking at. All four of those tracks have been recommended before, although not very often, which I don't mind. I only got one request (so long as my memory hasn't failed me) for the Bucharest track. All four could very well become episodes.

[@samuele64246]

Hi, you popped up in my homepage with your "One of Motorsport's biggest upsets" and I wanna say that you gain a sub, I like your videos and style!! Hope you have a good year mate. First KZbin gift of the year and it's a good one

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and that they were good enough to make you subscribe. That's very much appreciated. More videos like that will hopefully be on the way.

[@_Traber]

There was another circuit by city challenge in Baku, a few years before the f1 track. I'm not sure if it could be called a failure, but similar to Bucharest, the layout was just odd. Whether it was a failure or not, I still think it's video worthy

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

It'll more than likely become a video at some point, that track has been requested a few times.

[@skeletonjosh8291]

Bro this creator needs more views, he is great in either way starting a small youtuber to slowly being a actual youtuber which is enjoyably fun and interesting to watch anyways it's a awesome vid like usual 😎 And pls would it be ok to do the Macau track in Japan it has a history of blocking race cars which crashed

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That's incredibly kind of you to say. All I can say is that I'm doing my best and I hope you continue to enjoy the content that I put out onto this channel. As far as Macau goes, I probably won't have it in this particular series. A video on Macau though is highly likely.

[@alexandersmith7777]

Facts

[@skeletonjosh8291]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 thx tydye

[@moleyballin2270]

Another interesting video in this series, very happy to find this channel recently. Maybe you could do a video on the street track in Birmingham, UK from the 1980s? Though compared to other tracks in this series, the Birmingham track wasn't a failure at all, I probably only want a video on it because I'm from Birmingham

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

This track has been heavily requested and I do plan on doing a video on it for this series. I'm glad your enjoying the content on this channel. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up the quality (at the very least, my aim is to try and make it better).

[@ZontarDow]

This seems like one of those bizarre situations where everything went right and yet it just didn't pan out in the end. As opposed to the Montreal FE course which was a complete disaster from the bad layout to the terrible view and the fact half the tickets where given away and it still disappointed, but then that's what happens when you try to do a street race in Montreal when there's an Grade 1 track right in sight of downtown, a grade 2 track about an hour and a half away, and what would probably be deemed a grade 6 track in the middle.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I would have to do more research on the Montreal track do see what it's downfalls were. I think Bucharest had a lot going for it. However, there were a few empty seats when you saw some of the grandstands during the GT races. However, I think that track would do well if it somehow returned.

[@ZontarDow]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 The Montreal FE street circuit was basically an absolute disaster in just about every way it could have been, it was only last year the last of the controversies around it came to an end when the last of the lawsuits between different government entities that had to pay what relating to it finally got settled in court.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@ZontarDow Ah ok. I'll have to have a look back at the track. I remember watching the races live, I just don't the remember the track very well.

[@ZontarDow]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 It was underwhelming, the fact you don't remember it despite it being a double header and season ender tells you all you need to know about the quality.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@ZontarDow Now that you mention that, it's starting to come back to me. I would say what happened, but that may reveal spoilers to anyone who's looking at said comment so I won't say.

[@EmaenGD]

Great video! Having seen more of this series a would love to see some sort of track map at the start of the video. After watching I always go and google the track to see what it looked like, you can probably also put these on the thumbnails as well! I don't know if its just me but I love track maps and seeing the shapes and corners of the tracks your talking about and maybe more people would do to. Great series non the less!

[@EmaenGD]

Just realised this video has a track map at 1:23 lol. Sorry about that. The formula e london track video i watched before this didn't.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@EmaenGD No worries 🤣. I had a few people comment before that they wanted me to include a track map after the fourth of fifth episode, which I thought was a good idea. Where possible, I will try and include a track map. However, I'm glad that you're enjoying the videos all the same.

[@continentalrcinglg]

I suggest that you cover the 2007 Vegas street race that opened the Champ Car season. It was the only time that race was ever held. Maybe withhold uploading it until later this year, when the Vegas GP gets closer.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I had the exact same idea as you. That track seems to have been largely forgotten, despite the location.

[@Denes2005]

I drove this track once on assetto corsa. It’s great

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I imagine it would be quite a good track to hot lap around.

[@Snow_OwL217]

Me too, on GTR2 :D

[@khairulnabilakmal33]

I like the series soo far. I like you to cover the Kuala Lumpur street circuit. That's something that odd considering there already a race track nearby the airport. And the Putrajaya Formula E circuit.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Glad you're enjoying the series so far. Both could very well become episodes for the future.

[@JacobGames]

A video on the Las Vegas Champ Car circuit would be interesting. Wasn't necessarily a failure as the drivers loved it but only lasted 1 year due to the Champ Car/IRL merger.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

A great suggestion, will more than likely become an episode in the future.

[@SimRacingTimeMachine]

Just discovered this series a couple of days ago and went through all of the episodes lately. Amazing effort and some great info as well. Never knew about this one or the Washington DC track for example. Are you planning on doing Cesars Palace, F1s original attempt at a race in Vegas? This one is probably one of the most obvious but I think it'll still fit into this series very well.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That will more than likely feature in this series I would imagine. I'm glad you're enjoying this series. I'm also glad that my videos are helping people find new tracks that people didn't realise existed. This series is also helping me realise about street tracks I didn't know existed from people who are putting in track requests.

[@luckystrike33t]

As sad as it makes me to say it, Houston, TX has 2 great candidates for street track failures. The downtown track that ran from 1998 - 2001 and then the NRG park track that ran 2006-2007 and then 2013-2014. I miss having racecars in my hometown.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Those tracks have been requested a few times, so I would imagine they'll end up in this series at some point.

[@bensteward8937]

Fair play to that small team. I'm put off by travelling 2hrs to ExCel for the formula E next season coz A) it's London and B) congestion charge. Let alone Romania

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That's definitely dedication for sure. I imagine the traffic is also a put off. But still, at least the event would be worth it when you get there. Well, hopefully so anyway.

[@bensteward8937]

@@tydyeracinggaming4742 well I'm travelling from the midlands to Knockhill for the btcc this year. But there's a lot less traffic to contend with. Says a lot when Im put of by London but Knockhill, no problem lol

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@bensteward8937 Fair enough, hope you enjoy the Knockhill round btw.

[@AntTheMeepasaur]

i really wonder what could've been for bucharest if not for the financial issues and streamlining the layout, as the location has some great potential in terms of scenery and roads to use. as for suggestions, i'll go for something atypical and nominate the port kembla street circuit, which hosted only 1 event (the australian tt for motorbikes) in 1996

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I think this place could've had the potential to have been a mainstay in terms of street tracks. That's also a really cool suggestion. I wouldn't necessarily say I do bikes all that often. However, I'll certainly research that one. I've never heard of it before.

[@normanvalentin3633]

Great track

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I personally quite liked this track as well.

[@mjptv9561]

An Idea for the near future, Chinese New Year is coming soon, so how about a special trilogy of videos for the three day holiday. The three Beijing street circuits, A1 GP 2006-07, Superleague Formula 2010, and Formula E 2014 & 15. I personally liked the Superleague track, but I think the brightest brake discs in history, and the weather helped, but still good races, unlike the other two.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That's a really cool idea. Unfortunately, I think that'll be too much work to do in so little time (especially given some of the other videos I plan on releasing). I think one video is certainly possible for that time period. However, not all three. In terms of the tracks though, all will more than likely become episodes in the future.

[@mjptv9561]

​@@tydyeracinggaming4742 Nice, and I agree with you about IndyCar, I love it, but some new places please, like Road Atlanta or VIR or Mont Tremblant.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

@@mjptv9561 I hadn't thought about those circuits, but it would certainly be cool to see Indycar's race there. Even though it's highly unlikely.

[@yungsagegaming8577]

This track seems like it might be fun to drive on

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

This track does look like an awesome hot lapping circuit.

[@alistairfannell6694]

Love the track

[@MrMarshalbeej]

How about doing a vid on the Birmingham Super Prix Track

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That track will be in this series at some point I would imagine.

[@JKlein713]

Is this the track where former Stig Ben Collins got hurt?

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I don't think it's this one. At least I can't find anything to say it was this track.

[@JKlein713]

@tydyeracinggaming4742 Maybe it was Budapest? It's been so long since I read his book, I can't remember.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Driven this one in various sims. It's not a bad track but from what I know it was shut down due to noise I don't remember Del Mar or Columbus being abject failures. aside from the latter being linked with Al Holbert's fatal plane crash I'm more intrigued by the Niagra Falls track given that I heard it was run on or close to Love Canal, and if you know anything about that saga, yikes, put a race track on contaminated land, sure why not. Actually, the Meadowlands was much the same at one point, some would argue NJ is a toxic waste dump to this day :) Also, weather related trivia Bob Varsha I think it was, stated in 1990 that the IMSA race at Palm Beach was run under a tornado watch, which back in 1990 meant okay, there might be a tornado, maybe, possibly. It was mentioned at the start of the broadcast with the point oh, we hope to get the race in. Aside from War Bonnet Raceway in Medford, oklahoma, that's the only other time I remember it threatening a race. The 98 Houston CART round was in Biblical wet conditions, and once again, Bob Varsha mentioned twisters had happened near Houston. If you ever seen footage of how wet that track was....yeah, it was storming bad that weekend

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I shall definitely have a look at those tracks. Tornado's during the race is certainly a new one on me. I remember seeing a video about Atlanta Motor Speedway getting damaged by a tornado (I believe) when there was no racing that day.

[@Eibarwoman]

The 2004 Indy 500 had a F-2 tornado form nearby with a rain and lightning shortened race although the forecast was for thunderstorms, possibly severe. As in the tornado wasn't mentioned in the broadcast as it occurred post-race.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

@@Eibarwoman And ten years later, NASCAR would come under fire with the 2014 Daytona 500, again, there wasa tornado warning, not mentione at all too. Looking at the paths of the Nashville tornadoes quite a few have come close over the years to the Fairgrounds Also 2004 had Talladega take a direct hit, though while no trac activity was taking place though. Then you had that race in Uruguay that to me looked like a mesocyclone, not a tornado itsel

[@Eibarwoman]

@@jacekatalakis8316 The Indy 500 has been plagued with close run-ins with tornadoes usually during earlier parts of the month with track activity stopped due to rain or lightning. But rarely has it been as close in distance or race time or as potent as in 2004

[@jacekatalakis8316]

@@Eibarwoman Now I'm curious, I want to go through the records from NOAA/Grazuli and see just how many times a tornado has got near IMS since 1950 when records began really, this is a fascinating rabbit hole. I do remmeber I think it was 2019 or 2018, the late Bob Jenkins who was working IMS radio mentioned during a rain delay oh hey, there's a storm over my house (Evansville IIRC) and a look at the radar had a couplet off over there. Makes me, knowing about that town in Kansas that got hit three straight years on the same day, be glad IMS hasn't ever got a direct hit. man, 2004 was a wild year or tornadoes. I'm trying to track down the War Bonnet Raceway one with no luck though, all I've found is one orum thread about it. Time to ask people in Oklahoma about it

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

It's like Pescara but less shitty and in a city

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I can see the resemblance to Pescara in this, track layout wise.

[@dragonhunter2271]

What also doesn't make sense to me is that for some reason it was Spa, Silverstone and then Bucharest. Like why???? Why not just do Spa, Bucharest THAN Silverstone instead or something along those lines. It would of make traveling for the teams so much more easier.

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

I think that would've been a better way to go. Have an unofficial "international tour" for the series before returning back to the UK.

[@Codi95]

At least now we have Transilvania Motor Ring in Targu Mures

[@alexandersmith7777]

Track ideas Birmingham superprix Caesars palace Dallas Sydney

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

All have been fairly highly requested, so I would expect them to become episodes at some point.

[@alexda6789]

I'm still waiting for the Baltimore Street Circuit. If you ask me, it wasn't a bad circuit, both on location and variety of corners. Just how they developed it...was god awful

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

Baltimore will definitely be a future episode. That one's been requested a lot of times.

[@Ultrase7en767]

Ceasars Palace next!!!

[@tydyeracinggaming4742]

That'll more than likely end up being an episode.

[@Akayu73]

As a romanian this track is Bulls*it

[@sdstewart87]

Ah Herman Tilke. The great destroyer of circuits like Hockenheim. Highly overrated