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MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK
MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK NAMED “MOTORSPORT FACILITY OF THE YEAR” TODAY AT INTERNATIONAL GATHERING
TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (November 8, 2006) — "Miller Motorsports Park was named Motorsports Facility of the Year today by the Professional Motorsport World Expo at a gala event held in Cologne, Germany and attended by over 1,500 people.
Alan Wilson, CEO/General Manager and track designer, accepted the award at the gathering of racing professionals from all over the world. Miller Motorsports Park was on a short list for the prestigious award that included Las Vegas Motor Speedway (USA), Cranfield University (UK) and Paul Ricard HTTT (France)."
Carolyn Ashburn-Miller, MillerMotorsportsPark.com
ALAN WILSON
"...Alan
Wilson, the world's most prolific race track designer..."
Automobile,
November 2002
"...
Wilson may be the countries premier professional racing facility designer
..."
"...
Safety is a very big concern to Wilson. He specifies runoff areas and
gravel traps instead of barriers everywhere possible, and insists every
runoff be as smooth as a golf course fairway to reduce the chance of
rollover ..."
"...
Another characteristic of a Wilson track is an empty infield, which
saves the expense of bridges or tunnels as well as simplifying the infrastructure
..."
ARTIST
OF THE APEX - Autoweek January 20, 1997 - Article by Pete Lyons
“…Mr
Wilson is the acknowledged pre-eminent designer of tracks today, building
in safety features, like the runoff areas at Barber, that look like
sand traps on a golf course, and mixing curves, straights, angles and
flats to challenge drivers.”
“…Wilson
is the guy right now,” said Mr Raynal of AutoWeek magazine. “I
would say he is the Robert Trent Jones of tracks.”
Phil Patton – The New
York Times, April 11, 2003
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
"...
I gotta be honest, I love this track. I really dig it. I am elated with
it. (Track designer) Alan Wilson has done a magnificent job with this
race track - it's totally bitchin', it's safe and it's challenging.
There are high speed left hand corners we never see on any of the other
tracks we go to. I can get the bike to do such beautiful drifts through
there, just smooth controlled drifts that you can control with the steering.
This place, as far as I am concerned, is the new standard, it's the
full package ..."
Tom
Kipp - Yamaha factory rider - AMA Superbike Championships - Roadracing
World, September 1996
"...
My hat is off to the promoters, they obviously took motorcycles into
consideration when they designed this place ..."
Miguel Du Hamel - Honda factory
rider - AMA Superbike Champion
GINGERMAN RACEWAY
"...
This track is not only in a pleasant location, it is an awesome track
... the track provides a combination of high speed, link-them-together
turns and slide-it-sideways four wheel drifting ..."
Jim Waldeman - The Steering
Wheel (BMW Owners Magazine)
"...GingerMan
was the perfect setting for this kind of low-pressure, club orientated
mechanical showdown. Renowned circuit designer Alan Wilson made good
use of the gently undulating topography and kept focused on the twin
goals of challenge and safety when he did the original layout. And,
although there are no long straight-aways or mighty, high speed corners
that make your hands involuntarily tighten up on the wheel, it is a
devilishly complex and technical little circuit and a very difficulty
place to knit together a perfect lap. Let alone a bunch of them. Plus
there's a wonderful flow and rhythm to it once you've learned your way
around. Best of all (especially at an event like this) the penalty for
overcooking things is never much more than an embarrassing trip through
the weeds, as there is plenty of smooth, grassy runoff in all directions
to absorb overdoses of bravery or adrenaline ..."
Sports Car International -
Feb/Mar 1999
MINNEAPOLIS STREET TRACK
"...
Each road course has a unique personality. Wilson approaches his projects
with the concept of an artist, shaping and reshaping the twists and
turns until he is satisfied with the entire course ..."
John Gilbert - Minneapolis
Star Tribune
"...
The Trans-Am competitors who showed up in Minneapolis discovered that
the ... course was slightly improved over last year, when it was felt
it was among the best street circuits in the country ..."
On Track, July 1997
CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS PARK
"...
We picked Alan Wilson as our designer after debating and deciding that
we even needed one. We knew we had to have SCCA approval of the track
for safety, so it was best to design that in up front rather than after
the fact. As it's turned out, he's saved us what we paid him many times
over in picking the right vendors and the right layout ..."
Bob Humphreys - Track Owner
- Racer Magazine, August 1999
"...
I think Alan has a good vision that what the country needs is tracks
that work economically at the hobby level and can host one or two pro
events a year. That will build a grassroots road racing wave like there
is with the circle track guys. Hopefully, our track is another step
in that direction ..."
Racer Magazine, August 1999
DENVER INDYCAR STREET TRACK
"...
The inaugural (1990) Denver was the best organized (as well as the best
attended) first year race I have ever attended ..."
Carroll Smith - Racers Travel
Guide
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ( Chicane Re-Design)
"...It
was about the same under race conditions, except that it was a whole
lot safer..."
Jason Da Sva - AMA Rider
".It's
a lot smoother and a lot safer ... The approach is good, the exit's
good and I like the way it feels coming out..."
Matt Wait - AMA Rider
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
"...from
my perspective, after listening to Yate's comments following his sessions
on the track, the place could possibly become home to some of the best
road racing that we will see in North America - for cars as well as
bikes. It's the closest thing we have to any of those ass-kicking European
facilities we all watch on Speed - and in my unbiased opinion - it's
better..."
Landers Sevier - Roadracingworld
Magazine
"...The
new track is being built on a scale I had scarcely imagined. It's a
beautiful, wide, 2.4 mile circuit, that sweeps up-and downhill in a
natural amphitheater setting amid the pines, but with large grassy run-off
areas, full landscaping with shrubs and flowers, huge paved paddock
areas, a large lake and numerous access roads to hillside seating. When
it's done, it should look like a well-groomed combination of Watkins
Glen and the Salzburgring in Austria ... my own feeling is that it's
going to be one of the most beautiful racetracks in North America. Maybe
the most beautiful..."
Peter Egan - Road and Track
Magazine
“…People
who have been around racing all their lives will be in for a real surprise.
Make that a shock. They will need a few days to take it all in. I’ve
seen racetracks being built and renovated, but this place is in a league
all of its own.”
Jack Baldwin – Porsche
Panorama, May 2003
“…Construction
began three years ago. Barber signed up renowned racetrack designer
Alan Wilson to create a course that would attract the world’s
top motorcycle and car racing series”….
“…The overall attention to detail at Barber Motorsports
Park simply boggles the mind. Barber is one of those places you have
to see to believe…”
Larry Webster – Car
and Driver, June 2003
“…I
got here this morning and took a lap in my rental car – and was
ready to pull in and get on my bike…”
“… I ran as long as I could on my tires. They were shagged
but I still didn’t want to come in. I was having a heckuva time.
It was unbelievable. Thank God that we’ve got this racetrack…”,
said Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking.
Evan Williams – AMASuperbike.com,
April 2003
LE CIRCUIT MONT TREMBLANT - Total Circuit Re-design and Reconstruction
"...it's
really a stunning track. I'm never going to race in Europe ever again
because they spoil the track by putting in those second gear chicanes
everywhere. Here they have proper corners. It's amazing. We have fifth
and sixth gear corners; hammering around the corners. It's great!"
Andy Wallace - Winner Le Mans
24 Hour race
"...Tremblant
is a beautiful race track set in a spectacular mountain setting..They
have done a fantastic job in the run-off areas and gravel traps and
it looks to be not only fast but a safe place to really push a car..."
Mark Craig - Grand-Am Cup
Driver
BEAVERUN MOTORSPORTS COMPLEX
"...It's
fantastic. It's one of the best laid-out tracks I've ever ridden on,
and that's saying a lot..The course's twelve turns have a pleasant,
easy-read flow to them and the kinked straight-aways make for extremely
fast racing...They've created a world class facility here, and I'm really
impressed with how they've addressed the safety issues by moving the
guardrails and positioning the tire walls well out of the motorcycle
impact zone if you crash. It's pretty excellent..."
Mike Himmelsbach - Motorcycle
Champion - Roadracingworld Magazine
“…This
karting circuit, if it isn’t the best in America, is in the top
three or four”, Bobby Rahal said.
“…This is the level of quality we’re looking for in
our series because for us to produce the best young talent, we have
to race on the best circuits. Technically, this is a very difficult
circuit for these participants. A lot of the corners are very demanding,
and that’s what we’re looking for. As a competitor, you
love going to facilities that are done right the first time. This facility
is being done that way.”
Chris
Dolack – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 2003
SEARS POINT KART TRACK
"...This
is the best kart track I've ever driven on...It's width and layout...are
bound to produce some tight, close racing..."
Scott Speed - Karting Champion
"...Indeed
the karting track is world class, and I'm confident to say that people
will regard it as the best karting track in the United States..."
Renn Ortenburger - Ekartingnews
MID AMERICA MOTORPLEX
"...
I think the MAM layout is way cool ... this track falls to hand very
nicely with its several compound turn sequences and straights..."
"... this place has the best sight lines of any track I know...
From the tower you can see every inch of the layout..."
Rocky Entriken, Sportscar
- December 2002
“…We
should have an AMA National here!” said Kennedraggers.com Yamaha’s
Matt Wait. “I love this place. It’s the closest thing I’ve
ridden here in the States to a GP track, as far as grip, width, corners
that require corner speed, double-apex corners, it flows and there’s
tons of run-off room.”
RW – Roadracing World,
July 2003
ARIZONA MOTORSPORTS PARK
“…To
make a successful race track you need the right owner, one who will
meet the highest possible standards”, Wilson said.
A lot goes into the designing of a track: what does the owner want,
what kinds of events will be held there, what is the size of property,
what is the budget? Safety is one of the first concerns and a wide-open
track with few barriers was the goal. This Club Racing track was built
to meet professional standards.
Jean Munn – Sportscar,
May 2003
The
test marked the first time that Champ Cars have run at the facility,
and both Fernandez and Team Manager Gustavo del Camp had high praises
for the new race track, which was designed by Alan Wilson and opened
its doors on March 7, 2003.
“…This track is beautiful, they did a great job here”,
said Adrian Fernandez – car owner and driver.
“…It’s got a lot of good corners and some are the
likes we see at tracks on the CART schedule. Some are fast, some are
slow. That’s good for us to test. For SCCA racers, it’s
good because there’s quite a few opportunities for passing.”
Adrian Fernandez – Motorsport.com,
April 2003
“…Nothing
against the other two facilities in Phoenix, but this is a true road
course. It’s very, very nice. One of the most important things
for amateur racers, especially beginners, is to be able to race with
a lower level of anxiety, there’s plenty of generous runoff room”,
said Dan Webb of National Auto Sport Association.
“… Driver’s won’t have to worry about tearing
up the cars as much on this racetrack. That’s what we wanted to
achieve when Alan Wilson designed it for us”, said John Naughton,
General Manager.
Mark Armijo – The Arizona
Republic, April 2003