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Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:01 pm EDT

Take a virtual tour of the new Abu Dhabi F1 track

By Jay Busbee

Sure, this is a NASCAR blog, but every so often we break out of our narrow provincialism and take a look at what else is going on in the world of motorsports. Big news from F1 is the final race of the 2009 season, a race that will take place at the brand-new Yas Marina track in Abu Dhabi.

Featuring chicanes, desert sands and a route that runs beneath the Yas Hotel, this ain't no Pocono. Ride along on this virtual tour: 

Not bad, not bad. What say we introduce Abu Dhabi to a little Talladega-style infield partying?

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  1. Dani
    1. Posted by Dani Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:59 pm EDT

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    W O W... what a track, what a place! A vacation there would be awesome!
  2. Tommy
    2. Posted by Tommy Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:32 pm EDT

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    Cue bickering about how Tilke tracks are unoriginal in three, two...
  3. highflyjet
    3. Posted by highflyjet Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:13 pm EDT

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    "A slip up on turn 7 would be most annoying.." The British talent for understatement. :-)
  4. Oliver Klosov
    4. Posted by Oliver Klosov Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:39 pm EDT

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    Yeap, you do such a FANTASTIC job of covering NASCAR, I'd shove a "5-sentence and a video" blog up... Don't look now... the F'ing Chase is going on!!!! ...you could show us the new dugout of a stadium in Japan, right in the middle of the World Series...
  5. checkeredflagstilettos
    5. Posted by checkeredflagstilettos Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:54 pm EDT

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    Forget Montreal....I want to see NASCAR visit this place!!!!
  6. pumped_cobra
    6. Posted by pumped_cobra Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:45 am EDT

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    GG couldn't finish in the Top 16 in F1 unless there were only 15 cars running at the end. He wouldn't make a dimple on Schumachers butt.
  7. 70daytonaorigowner
    7. Posted by 70daytonaorigowner Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:29 am EDT

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    Damn, I want that track for my F-1 Racing PC game or even Big Scale RC Racing! Ain't no way ANY NASCAR driver could race there without crashing at least twice a lap unless it was JR who would crash on every turn.
  8. badgr
    8. Posted by badgr Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:50 am EDT

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    thanks jay for enlightening folks.
    please continue letting the nascar fans know there is something beyond nascar.
    like the fact that there is racing beyond the lets-crown-the-series-champion-before-the-final-race sorta racing............................................................................................................................................................................................................i'm sorry, what were we talking about?
  9. meatwad the great and all powerful ruler of earth
    9. Posted by meatwad the great and all powerful ruler of earth Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:41 pm EDT

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    ok...i'll get grief for this, but i don't care....we should've leveled the middle east and made a GIANT free gas station (and, ok a race track) back in the early 90's, but does anybody listen to me? NO!!! send complaints to meatwad@getbent.com! lol!!!!
  10. 70daytonaorigowner
    10. Posted by 70daytonaorigowner Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:47 pm EDT

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    badgr
    NASCAR had declared JJ the champ after the 3rd race of the year with MM and JG in order.
    As far as my watching any more NASCAR races? NAW, I found it more exciting watching the squirrls run up and down the trees. At least I do not know who will wind up at the top first.
    Wonder what NASCAR would do if NO ONE or only a FEW diehard fans watched the race on TV tomorrow? Maybe NASCAR might get the idea that they screwed up BIG TIME if their rateings drop.
    Any Female fans in the central Florida want to help me wash and wax my RV tomorrow? Would be a lot more exciting that sitting in front of the boob tube knowing damned well who will win
  11. JohnP
    11. Posted by JohnP Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:15 am EST

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    Why can't they have all the world's main battle tanks in an F1 race? With live ammo after lap 10?
  12. sox3and8
    12. Posted by sox3and8 Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:45 am EST

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    while i was watching this race i suddenly became clear to me where all the money for this track really came from. we Americans should enjoy this track to the fullest after all WE paid for it due to our dependancy on foreign oil. did you notice the size of the luxury boats in the marina? the cars they showed in the parking lot? to hell with these oil producing money grubbing people, this just makes me sick and i wont buy fuel for my car from so called American companies that get their oil from the middle east. the rest of the country should do the same what is your excuse for buying gas from foreign countries??
  13. jake
    13. Posted by jake Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:44 pm EST

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    for 70daytonaorigowner, the guys in F1 would as well if it wasn't for traction control
  14. Cody/DieselPhotos
    14. Posted by Cody/DieselPhotos Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:13 pm EST

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    They don't Run Traction control anymore...

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