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Locate Doan's Corner

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Chicago's Abandoned Racetrack Nobody Knows About - Inside Forgotten Meadowdale Raceway

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Proceed to Doan's Corner, a unique hairpin turn. Study the historical maps to understand its configuration, which featured two lanes allowing cars to be seen from both directions. It was an area where a fatality occurred during practice for the first race, due to racers misjudging the turn. The video also mentions a little 'mound' and concession stand here. Consider the safety implications of such a design.

Goal: Understand the unique design and historical significance of Doan's Corner.

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that it was bad and their dentists told them they went there and it was bad and just and of course the traffic was lined up you know forever to get in here and such where was the the one fatality on the track it was in D's Corner um which is that way we haven't been there yet have we okay no you you would think it would have happened on the Monza wall but from what I've heard it never it never did happen there they had like few cars go through the wall from what I've heard ended up on the other side on the other side of the racetrack but's corner is kind of a um a hair pin and that it and you'll see when we go by there like the two lanes are like this you know so you can see the cars coming both ways and then the dones corner there was like a little Mound there and like a concession in the middle but you kind of would swoop out come around and then swoop back in and go so it was it was a little tricky but they come down through they're flat out I think there was something still there that left there wasn't maybe a bridge but something didn't let it go down as much as it it is interesting but I mean you're taking that front St wide open you probably down through there wide open they're still I mean they're probably shutting down somewhere in this area cuz they're like freaking I mean they're they're probably going 160 mph back then even the stock car some of the sports cars I heard were doing like 180 or something like that before they shut down this uh little Monza from what I've heard back in the day drivers this is like this is the area where you really need to suck it up like it's a butt pucker deal cuz you're like a I mean you're probably still going pretty good they're probably they've been shutting you know they' probably been shutting down on the brakes this whole time we've been talking and still wo down and thrown into a bank you know downhill Corner probably carry a good

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