{"id":490115,"date":"2008-07-01T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=52110"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","slug":"roebling-roads-turn-6-9-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/roebling-roads-turn-6-9-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Roebling Road\u2019s Turn 6-9 Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My first trip to Roebling Road (nee, Savannah-Effingham Raceway) was in the early 1960s to watch my Dad, Charlie, run a sports racer, called a Falcon. We observed from the \u201cDrag Strip Tower,\u201d which is not the one you see on your right just before you cross the track. Rather, it\u2019s but way down in Turn 1. Seems the drag racers ran backwards from 1 to 9. I guess the trees were smaller in that direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roebling Road&#8230; Picture a very large cow pasture dotted with oaks and pine trees, and a ribbon of asphalt that meanders around the property as if it were laid out by a farmer towing an 18-foot \u201cBush Hog.\u201d Which I\u2019m satisfied it was! Long, sweeping turns without a 90-degree or first gear turn on site, unlike so many modern tracks. Page 1 of the Racer\u2019s Manual states \u201cthe corner, or corners, leading onto the longest straight are the most important to lap time\u2026\u201d At Roebling Road, that \u201ctype 1\u201d corner is Turn 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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