Race Tracks
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Virtual Seating Map Using MapCruncher and Virtual Earth
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A while back Microsoft released a program called MapCruncher – an easy way to georeference an image to be placed right on top of Virtual Earth Maps.
MapCruncher™ beta for Microsoft® Virtual Earth™ is a newly-released, innovative tool that allows anyone [...]
Playing With More 3D Flyovers: Texas Motor Speedway
This is by no means a professional job or the quality to expect on the site, but I was playing with some more 3D stuff in Virtual Earth. Why post it then?? Well, I was just having some fun and acting like a race car driver! It was done, collection saved so [...]
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Homestead-Miami Speedway Aerial View
Take a look at the sunny Homestead-Miami Speedway. Home of the IndyCar series racing and also the season finale of the NASCAR series.
Quick odd fact about the track:
Four lakes were created, providing more than 2.5 million cubic yards of lime rock fill to create the banking. Three of the four lakes are located on the [...]
Kansas Motor Speedway Aerial View
Located just outside and to the west of Kansas comes the Kansas Speedway in all it’s glory. This 1.5 mile oval is home to NASCAR, ARCA, USAC and IRL races.
Below are links to the Virtual Earth Maps for the Aerial View and the Bird’s Eye View - click the image for maps
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Watkins Glen International Aerial Photo
Another road coarse track here called Watkins Glen International. Photos don’t let you get in that close, and the Bird’s Eye View photos aren’t much to speak of either - But the track - it’s a good one, that’s for sure!!
The Glen reopened on July 7, 1984 (after going bankrupt in 1981), with Al [...]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aerial Photo
The Yard of Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Home of the Brickyard 400 and the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar races. Also this year is the home of the 2008 Red Bull Indianapolis GP - The first time motorcycles are going to be around the track. Check out the link below for Aerial Photos [...]
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Chicagoland Speedway Aerial Photo
Big track in the heart of the midwest - and right next to one of the largest cities in the country.
This magnificent speedway is the result of over five years of painstaking effort by Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Tony George, International Speedway Corporation Chief Executive Officer Bill France and nine local Joliet entrepreneurs: George Barr, [...]
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Aerial Photos
The aerial images around New Hampshire Motor Speedway aren’t the best, but you can at least get a feel for the track and the surroundings.
First Facts from the Official Site
The first superspeedway to be constructed in the United States since 1969
Largest Sports Facility in New England in terms of seating capacity
Site of the first single [...]
Infineon Raceway Aerial Photo
The first road coarse on this site - Infineon Raceway from an aerial view. Not only NASCAR, but there are a TON of other events there - NHRA, AMA and IndyCar. Also there are also some Bird’s Eye view photos available for the track as well, so check out those photos as well!
Infineon Raceway will [...]
Michigan International Speedway Aerial Photos
Well the aerials aren’t that good around Michigan International Speedway, but there are some good Bird’s Eye photos - even some with the drivers there testing again.
The track is nestled on more than 1,400-plus acres in the Irish Hills of southeastern Michigan. Groundbreaking took place on September 28, 1967. Over 2.5 million yards of dirt [...]
Pocono Raceway Aerial Photo
The 3 cornered racetrack…
Some of you have been our fans since 1968 but a lot of you have joined us along the way these past 32 years. We would just like to take this opportunity to inform you of where we have been and to thank you for making it possible for us to survive [...]
Dover International Speedway Aerial Photo
All you really need to know is that the track has the name of “The Monster Mile”
Affectionately known as the “Monster Mile,” Dover International Speedway is a one-mile, high-banked superspeedway in Dover, Del. Dover has been a fixture on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule since its inception in 1969 and will celebrate its 40th [...]
Lowe’s Motor Speedway Aerial Photo
Great aerial photos and Bird’s Eye views all around at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC.
Lowe’s Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959 by current chairman O. Bruton Smith. The late Curtis Turner, one of stock car racing’s earliest driving stars, was Smith’s business partner.
Visit the Official Site for more information - Click [...]
NASCAR Testing At Lowe’s Motor Speedway Aerial Photo
Looking at the Virtual Earth photography tonight getting some shots to post up for the location of the speedway - I found this!
When they were taking the Bird’s Eye Photos of the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte they caught it during some NASCAR testing. Looks like Gordon, Johnson and Dale Jr. (just a guess since the [...]
Texas Motor Speedway Aerial View
When they do it BIG, they do it BIG - The Texas Motor Speedway is BIG - Check it out from the aerial photo view and also the Bird’s Eye view. Don’t forget to check out some fun facts and history of the speedway!
Fun Facts about the Texas Motor Speedway (on the official site)
History of [...]
Darlington Raceway Aerial View
An aerial look from above at Darlington Raceway. This track is still going strong after over 50 years of racing at this location!!
In the fall of 1949, when a crisp breeze toyed with the loose soil of an old cotton field on the westside of rural Darlington, SC, Harold Brasington saw more than just dirt [...]
Richmond International Raceway Aerial View
What’s the only track that holds ‘under the lights’ only races? That’s right - Richmond International Raceway and here it is from an aerial photo view - also the Bird’s Eye view as well - check out all the burn outs that can be seen in those Bird’s Eye photos - cool huh!
One of the [...]
Thanks for those aerial shots of Augusta National Golf Course, they show a lot of detail, really useful! 
Thanks Malcolm - I'll add that to the post! 
If you like the superdome, feel free to check out the official site as well -- www.superdome.com. 
WOW! Seeing them upclose was nice but seeing the satellite view is very impressive. 
Great post, I really enjoyed it. I will have to bookmark this site for later. 
it's a P-3 Orion subchaser. 