{"id":59367,"date":"2008-01-01T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=59367"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:57:50","slug":"road-atlanta-turns-10a-10b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/road-atlanta-turns-10a-10b\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Atlanta, Turns 10a &#038;\u200810b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Built in 1969, Road Atlanta epitomizes the saying, \u201cThey don\u2019t make \u2019em like they used to.\u201d While modern-day track designers try to jam as many corners into their land allotment as possible, Road Atlanta was built back in the era when it was okay for racecars to go fast. In the original layout, there was only one tight corner \u2013 Turn 7 \u2013 and 11 medium-to very-high-speed corners, with one long straightaway along the way. The most treacherous section of the track was a very fast corner known as \u201cThe Dip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a kid watching the SCCA Runoffs back in the &#8217;80s, I saw \u201cThe Dip\u201d in person but was a little too young to appreciate it. Several years later I got another chance to check out this legendary piece of asphalt when I went to watch my dad race a GTP car there in 1990, but his co-driver totaled the car in the first practice session and I never ventured past the paddock before we were on the road home. When I started my racing career as a student at Skip Barber, I was eager to drive Road Atlanta. But before I got the chance, \u201cThe Dip\u201d was replaced by Turn 10a\/10b. 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