New US Race Track is the Ultimate Two-Wheeled Playground
The Flatrock Motorclub comprises a 3.5 mile, 23-turn layout that features a stunning 18-degree banked turn
A swanky new motorsport venue has opened its doors in Southwestern USA, and while we’ve only seen footage of cars taking on the 3.5 miles venue, it looks like it could be an extremely fun track to ride on two wheels.
Designed by famed (some might say infamous) track designer Herman Tilke, Flatrock Motorclub boasts a 3.5, 2.48 and 1.05-mile layout, and unlike many of Tilke’s F1-spec venues, this track features elevation changes - and lots of them!
The track has a delicious amount of fast and flowing corners, 127 feet of elevation change, 23 corners in its longest layout and a few Portimao-a-like blind crests thrown in for good measure. A couple of the corners look particularly interesting, including the righthander hairpin of turn one, which features a steep downhill braking zone and uphill exit, and the 18-degree banked turn 3 (lead image). The latter of these would be an extreme thing to chuck a big sports bike through and reminds us a little of the famous ‘Tarzan’ corner, the extremely banked turn one at the Dutch venue Zandvoort.
Aside from the track, the venue carries all the other trappings of a modern-day motorsport venue from across the pond, including boujee trackside villas, on-site lodges, and an outdoor amphitheatre for concerts and events. And while all of the photography and footage we can find from the venue relates to four-wheelers, a spokesperson for the venue has confirmed to Visordown that a second phase of track building is now ongoing. This will lead to a 2.7-mile F.I.M and FIA Grade II certified Grand Prix track, which would, according to the spokesperson “make two-wheeled racing entirely possible”, which is great news, of course.
Only a few onboard videos of the track exist, and sadly, none were filmed from a motorcycle POV. This one, though, does give a good idea of the layout and the elevation changes, although it seems to have been sped up to almost F1 speeds, which is a bit weird.
More information on the venue can be found on the official website.
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Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
