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| The main straightaway, November, 2007. At the point where the shadow of the Chevron Bridge falls across the straight, the Can-Am cars would reach maximum speed, close to 200 MPH before flying off into the downhill Turn 1. During qualifying, the Ferraris barely braked. The pits and paddock were on the left, where the fairway is now. |
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| Turn 1, actually two turns in one, blind most of the way, with decreasing radius, sprinkled liberally with sand and taken flat out in many cars. Scary! |
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| Where races were won and lost: The blind first turn was called the most difficult corner in American road racing by some of America's greatest drivers. Several people lost their lives here. It's now eerily quiet, a forgotten part of the golf course complex. |
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| On race days, thousands of people crowded the Chevron Bridge and its verge. Standing on this bridge, feeling it shake as race cars thundered by at top speed, felt like "the first time" -- every time. |
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