Man's racetrack driveway revealed on Google Maps
Click the image above for more pics of the at-home race track
Some motorsports fans fly a team flag just beneath the good 'ol red, white and blue, and the lucky/dedicated ones have a project car in the garage. One speed freak has taken his velocity fetish to the next level by foregoing the typical driveway for a front yard racetrack. We're not talking about a deformed circle drive, folks; this is a large course equipped with FIA curbs at every corner. The posh Florida home is right on the water, and features what appears to be a very large detached garage. We're not sure what he races here, but if you check out the lawn right next to the track, it looks like someone was doing donuts after winning the race. Now we know where we want to live when we grow up.
Gallery: Home Race Track
[Source: Motive via Jalopnik]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
letstakeawalk 3:36PM (2/21/2009)
Lord March approves...
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Jared 11:12PM (2/21/2009)
of course he lives in winter haven. A rich guy hiding on the outside of a hick town.
PJ 4:15PM (2/22/2009)
Judging by the black streaks at each apex, this toy is being put to good use.
Do want.
Brad 3:39PM (2/21/2009)
Anybody know where this is?
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Jeff R 4:00PM (2/21/2009)
W Lake Hamilton Dr, Winter Haven, Polk, Florida 33881
catgirlshyla 12:04AM (2/22/2009)
Anyone notice his neighbor's driveway is nearly straight?
Hmmmm.....Le Mans on one side, 1320 on the other. WHO WILL WIN?!?!?
gerrrg 3:45PM (2/21/2009)
I like that you have to drive the racetrack to get home, and not just a racetrack on the side.
Awesome goodness.
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Thomas Brown 5:34PM (2/21/2009)
The track is only about 1700 feet long, or about 1/3mi.
origyns 4:01PM (2/21/2009)
28º04'09.82N | 81º39'50.49''W
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Rick 4:05PM (2/21/2009)
Slow day for news at Autoblog.com.
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mm1259272 4:09PM (2/21/2009)
2660 West Lake Hamilton Drive. Winter Haven, FL
If anyone cares .
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Brent 7:04PM (2/21/2009)
Typing that address into http://maps.live.com/ will give a much better view than Google Earth.
DuntheMun 1:22PM (2/22/2009)
@Brent
No, It isn't better. Takes much longer to load. Not a great close view either.
ScuderiaFerrariF1 4:16PM (2/21/2009)
That's wicked!!!
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Hugh G 4:18PM (2/21/2009)
This guy is going to be pissed off once he finds out how fast this will spread around the web and he starts getting ricers in their Honda Civics showing up late at night to do laps.
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Matt 4:33PM (2/21/2009)
He's got a gate to keep out the riffraff.
Affalterbach 5:23PM (2/21/2009)
A couple of them will brag about how well they drove at a replica of the Nordschleife.
Yar 4:18PM (2/21/2009)
I guess this is newsworthy enough to provide the entire internet community with aerial photos and exact coordinates of someones private property that will undoubtedly be trespassed upon by overzealous teenagers in rice burners.
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origyns 4:23PM (2/21/2009)
I was able to get those coordinates in about 15 seconds of opening Google Earth, in this day and age nearly nothing is private any more when its able to be viewed publicly.
MikeofLA 4:23PM (2/21/2009)
This track looks a little small to be much repetitive fun with anything other then a couple go-carts, a case a beer and a large BB-Q cooking up something great... Sounds like a nice way to spend a weekend afternoon actually... I'm officially jealous
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