Street View of a Racetrack

1. JimRL
   August 12th, 2009 at 10:41 am

   Why not go all the way round the track! Did they get lost and realise they weren't on a public road and decided to U-turn.

   Seemed to keep up with the race drivers pretty well, haha.

2. Carolyn
   August 12th, 2009 at 11:04 am

   Very cool! I live down nearby, so I've always wondered what the track looks like.

   Just a minor correction: it's Monterey, with one r. Monterrey (with 2) is a city in Mexico.

3. Michael Wendell
   August 12th, 2009 at 11:22 am

   Well, definitely not 'during' a racce. My guess is that it was a staged drive-around by the Street View car on a track day, or during a break on a race weekend. Based on the number of people close to the track and corners, it's definitely not a 'hot track' situation. Additionally there's no way the Street View mobile would be able to keep up with the cars ahead of it in the shots (and the view is too high for it to be from a racecar).

4. Miss Cellania
   August 12th, 2009 at 11:25 am

   I wondered about that -whether it was staged, or possibly they rigged a race car with a panoramic camera. Staged makes more sense.

   Thanks, Carolyn, I'll fix that.

5. zavatone
   August 12th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

   DANG. That's a major flashback. Awesome use of street view.

6. Christophe
   August 12th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

   Makes me think of the Naked Gun movie beginning

7. desertpir8
   August 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am

   Am I the only one "driving" around the track while making race car noises?

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