I've got two words for those who say the Champ Car World Series is awash in stop & go street circuits: Saint-Jovite. source: champcarworldseries.com - David Phillips Actually, five words: Road America and St. Jovite. The 2007 Champ Car World Series schedule announced this week features two of North America's most challenging road racing venues, with the 2.65 mile roller coaster sometimes referred to "Quebec's mini-Nurburgring" joining four mile long Road America which, last weekend, staged its first Champ Car race in a couple of years. If you like Road America, with its 185 mph straightaways, hills, dales and challenging array of turns from tight Canada Corner to the daunting Carousel, take it from me, you'll love St. Jovite. I speak from a modest amount of experience, having graduated from the Jim Russell International Racing Drivers School at St. Jovite sometime around the invention of the Model T. Trust me, although the school's strictly enforced rev limiter policy limited us to about 100 mph, you don't have to be doing 185 mph to appreciate St. Jovite's challenge. The thrill ride begins almost immediately as you arc through Turn Two (fourth gear in a FFord 1600) the apex of which hidden is over the crest of a hill that plunges down to Turn Three -- aka "la Diable" after a nearby stream of the same name -- that's every bit as steep as the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca . . . only about 80-100 mph faster in a Champ Car, I reckon.
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