Lose license, build your own track instead

[Taipan49]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/love-of...0-1226533204151

 

IT'S not Monaco, the Nurburgring or even Oran Park - this racetrack is NSW's best-kept secret.

The privately owned road in Kulnura, on the Central Coast, is a 5.1km Formula One-style track with 22 turns, described by one motorsport champion as the second-best track in the world.

 

The track, which is said to have cost $10 million, was built by car enthusiast and former Coca-Cola Amatil boss Dean Wills after he lost his licence for speeding on the old Pacific Highway in 1996.

 

Mr Wills wanted to enjoy his growing fleet of exotic cars - which included the only McLaren racing car ever sold privately - without having to worry about oncoming traffic.

 

His son Mark said the track was motivated by a lack of opportunity for "spirited" driving in a safe environment.

"In the early days it was possible to wake up early on Sunday morning and go driving," he said.

"It was becoming increasingly less safe so we really needed somewhere we could go where we wouldn't get into life-threatening situations.

 

Love it!

 

[Wt_know]

LIKE

personal 5.1km track for the win

Edited December 11, 2012 by Wt_know

[Ooosh]

Once...twice ok but do the same lap over and over again for a year and sure to get bored of it....

[EricTeh]

Once...twice ok but do the same lap over and over again for a year and sure to get bored of it....

 

u can learn to take short cut through the grass

[LoverofCar]

Can always drive in opposite direction for different feel too...

[Felipe]

good for testing. my fav track is Spa.

[Xefera]

machiam no run-off leh. more suitable for go kart than racing cars

[Alheych]

Once...twice ok but do the same lap over and over again for a year and sure to get bored of it....

 

people never seem to get bored of nurburgring after all these years.

 

and there are people with 30 years of nurburgring experience who still die in a head-on collision there. so with that kind of money it probably makes sense for the owner.