American Road Rally Association
FT. STOCKTON TO SANDERSON
COURSE NOTES
These course notes are
provided as a guide only.
ARRA makes no warranty as to their accuracy.
NORTH TO SOUTH
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Road closed at Mockingbird Lane |
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0.0 |
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Starting line - gate on left |
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0.9 |
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Right hand sweeper into long straight |
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2.2 |
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Rough spot |
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3.2 |
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Left hand sweeper into very long straight |
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7.7 |
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Six Shooter Draw Bridge |
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8.0 |
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Light right kink |
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9.8 |
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Pavement changes |
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10.6 |
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Through cut in crest on straight |
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11.9 |
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Left hand sweeper up hill thru cut and down to short straight |
Four lanes wide |
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12.8 |
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Right hand sweeper, down hill |
Three lanes back to two |
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SERIES |
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14.5 |
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Left hand sweeper, then uphill to |
Three lanes wide |
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15.0 |
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Blind right hand sweeper over crest into downhill straight |
Watch out! |
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16.1 |
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Right hand bend with upgrade to very short straight |
Rough spot |
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16.5 |
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Right hand kink |
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17.5 |
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Left hand corner up hill |
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17.9 |
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Blind left hand corner over hill into immediate,,, |
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18.1 |
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Right hand sweeper downhill into immediate,,, |
Caution |
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18.4 |
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Right hand bend downhill |
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19.0 |
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Blind entry into left hand sweeper downhill |
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19.8 |
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Soft left hand kink - downhill |
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MILE STRAIGHT |
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20.9 |
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Nineteen Draw Bridge with a blind rise |
Look ahead |
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21.9 |
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Slight right hand kink |
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22.2 |
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Right hand sweeper - slight uphill with Monument Draw Bridge at start |
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23.2 |
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Left hand bend - Mitchell Road on left |
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24.7 |
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Marsh Lea Ranch on left |
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25.6 |
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Right hand sweeper - slight upgrade |
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26.0 |
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Blind uphill into straightaway |
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27.1 |
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Cerf Ranch on left |
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27.6 |
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Blind right hand sweeper over crest - long |
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The next two corners are almost a continuous turn |
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29.2 |
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Left hand sweeper into a very short straight |
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29.6 |
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Left hand sweeper with elevation changes - Escondido Draw Bridge in corner |
Dip at end of bridge |
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30.4 |
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Blind crest in straight |
Look ahead - Tower Hill in distance |
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31.6 |
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Blind crest in straight - very quick to next turn |
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31.9 |
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Left hand sweeper thru cut. Blind exit down hill |
Look ahead - Tower Hill in distance |
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32.3 |
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Left hand corner down hill into immediate. . . |
Roadside park on left |
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32.6 |
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Right hand sweeper - into immediate... |
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32.9 |
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Left hand sweeper with blind exit with slight rise into straight |
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35.4 |
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Blind right hand sweeper into very short straight |
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35.9 |
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Left hand sweeper with blind exit |
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YF |
36.2 |
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YELLOW FLAG |
Rough bridge surface |
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36.6 |
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Big Canyon Bridge |
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36.9 |
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Right hand sweeper into immediate... |
Double Sweeper |
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37.2 |
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Right hand sweeper with blind exit |
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38.0 |
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Windmill on left |
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38.2 |
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Slight right bend |
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38.7 |
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Right hand sweeper down hill to short straight |
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39.3 |
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Right hand sweeper to short straight |
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YF |
39.5 |
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YELLOW FLAG |
Rough bridge surface |
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39.8 |
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Middle Fork Bridge |
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39.9 |
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Left hand bend to short straight |
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40.6 |
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Sign - Sanderson 20 miles on right |
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41.0 |
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Long right hand sweeper with uphill rise - almost double right |
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YF |
42.0 |
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YELLOW FLAG - |
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42.2 |
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Left hand sweeper - slight down hill |
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42.7 |
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Clark Place Draw Bridge Warning! Approaching Quick Blind Corners |
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43.7 |
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Long left hand sweeper up hill |
Three lanes wide |
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44.2 |
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Right hand sweeper through cut into... |
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44.4 |
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Blind left hand sweeper down hill |
Four lanes wide |
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44.9 |
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Left hand kink |
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45.1 |
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Long right hand sweeper - through cut |
Three lanes wide |
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45.6 |
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FM 2400 Junction on left |
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45.7 |
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Left hand sweeper up hill and over into... |
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45.9 |
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Right hand bend - slight |
Be prepared |
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46.3 |
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Right hand sweeper into short straight |
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47.0 |
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Left hand sweeper - long |
Three lanes at entrance narrows to two at exit |
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48.7 |
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Left hand bend |
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49.3 |
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Blind right hand sweeper down hill into long straight |
Look up |
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YF |
49.7 |
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YELLOW FLAG |
Rough bridge surface |
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49.9 |
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Terrell County Sign |
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50.1 |
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Downie Draw Bridge |
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50.8 |
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Sign - Sanderson 10 miles |
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51.2 |
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Long left hand sweeper uphill with a very late apex on exit |
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51.7 |
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Left hand sweeper, through cut, downhill - almost double left |
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52.1 |
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Left hand sweeper |
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52.4 |
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Right hand sweeper - downhill |
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52.6 |
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Left hand sweeper still downhill into... |
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53.1 |
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Right hand sweeper into very short straight |
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53.6 |
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Left hand sweeper |
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54.1 |
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Right hand bend |
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54.9 |
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Right hand kink |
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55.2 |
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Left hand sweeper into very short straight |
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55.8 |
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Long right hand sweeper |
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57.3 |
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Right hand sweeper - into immediate... |
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57.6 |
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Right hand sweeper |
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58.1 |
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Left hand sweeper - then head to the finish line |
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59.0 |
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FINISH LINE |
Very short Shutdown distance |
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Yellow Flag |
Slow Down |
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Red Flag - Cones and Waving |
70 MPH Max. |
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SANDERSON TO FT. STOCKTON
COURSE NOTES
SOUTH TO NORTH
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MILE |
ODOM. |
SPEED |
DESCRIPTION |
NOTES |
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0.0 |
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Starting line - South |
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0.6 |
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Right hand sweeper into very short straight |
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1.1 |
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Left hand sweeper goes into short straight |
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1.4 |
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Left hand sweeper uphill |
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2.7 |
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Left hand sweeper uphill |
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3.5 |
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Right hand sweeper into very short straight |
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3.9 |
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Left hand bend |
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4.6 |
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Left hand sweeper |
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5.0 |
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Right hand sweeper uphill into very short straight |
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YF |
5.2 |
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YELLOW FLAG - Difficult Series |
Use Caution! |
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5.6 |
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Left hand uphill into immediate... |
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5.8 |
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Long right hand sweeper uphill into immediate... |
Three lanes wide |
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6.3 |
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Left hand sweeper uphill to very short straight |
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6.7 |
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Right hand sweeper approaching double cut into immediate... |
Be careful! |
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7.1 |
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Blind right hand corner thru double cut |
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Caution: Begin steep downhill |
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7.4 |
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Right hand sweeper |
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YF |
8.1 |
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Yellow Flag |
Rough bridge surface |
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8.8 |
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Downie Draw Bridge |
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9.1 |
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Pecos County Line |
Pavement change |
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9.3 |
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Left hand sweeper uphill |
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10.0 |
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Right hand bend |
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10.9 |
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Ranch House on left |
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11.5 |
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Right hand sweeper uphill goes into three lanes |
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12.4 |
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Left hand sweeper to steep uphill with blind crest |
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12.9 |
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Slight left hand kink to immediate right hand sweeper |
Watch out! |
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13.3 |
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Highway FM 2400 on right |
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13.4 |
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Long left hand sweeper thru cut |
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13.8 |
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Slight right kink |
Three lanes wide |
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Three Turn Series |
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14.2 |
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Right hand sweeper thru cut downhill into |
Four lanes wide |
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14.5 |
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Left hand corner - then |
Three lanes wide at start |
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14.9 |
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Long right hand sweeper - downhill into straightaway |
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16.1 |
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Clark Place Draw Bridge |
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16.4 |
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Right hand sweeper uphill |
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17.5 |
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Blind left hand corner down hill - tight |
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YF |
18.8 |
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Yellow Flag |
Rough bridge surface |
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18.8 |
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Right hand sweeper |
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19.1 |
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Middle Fork Big Canyon Bridge |
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19.4 |
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Left hand sweeper to very short straight |
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19.9 |
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Left hand sweeper uphill |
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20.9 |
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Windmill on right |
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21.4 |
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Blind left hand sweeper at end of straight - to very short straight |
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21.8 |
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Left hand sweeper |
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YF |
21.9 |
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YELLOW FLAG |
Rough bridge surface |
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22.2 |
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Big Canyon Bridge |
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22.6 |
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Right hand sweeper - very long - then |
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23.2 |
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Left hand sweeper into straight |
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25.3 |
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Blind crest on straight |
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25.7 |
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Right hand sweeper |
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26.0 |
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Left hand corner uphill into immediate... |
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26.4 |
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Right hand sweeper - steep |
Three lanes wide |
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26.7 |
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Blind right hand - narrows thru cut on exit |
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27.9 |
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Blind crest on straight |
Four lanes wide |
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28.2 |
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Blind crest into narrowing road |
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28.6 |
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Back to two lanes |
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29.3 |
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Escondido Draw Bridge |
Dip on entrance |
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29.3 |
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Right hand sweeper |
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30.5 |
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Left hand corner uphill - may be a double left or decreasing radius on exit |
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30.9 |
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Left hand over hill |
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31.7 |
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Cert Ranch on right |
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32.9 |
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Left hand sweeper |
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34.2 |
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Marsh Lea Ranch on right |
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35.5 |
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Right hand bend |
Mitchell Road |
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36.5 |
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Left hand bend over Monument Draw Bridge into straight |
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36.9 |
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Slight left adjustment |
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38.0 |
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Nineteen Draw Bridge |
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38.5 |
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Bunger Cameron Ranch on right |
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38.9 |
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Right hand bend |
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39.6 |
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Right hand sweeper uphill - long |
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40.3 |
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Slight left hand bend |
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40.6 |
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Left hand sweeper short uphill into immediate... |
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40.9 |
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Blind right hane corner |
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41.2 |
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Right hand sweeper to short straight |
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42.2 |
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Left hand bend to very short straight |
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42.6 |
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Left hand sweeper up steep hill |
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43.4 |
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Left hand sweeper up and over hill - into immediate... |
Four lanes wide |
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44.0 |
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Right hand sweeper downhill |
Look up! |
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45.6 |
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Left hand sweeper - up steep hill |
Three lanes wide |
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46.4 |
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Blind right hand sweeper out of cut - long |
Four lanes wide |
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47.0 |
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Back to two lanes |
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48.1 |
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Blind crest on straight thru cut |
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50.7 |
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Blind left hand bend - easy |
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51.2 |
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Six Shooter Draw Straight |
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51.7 |
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Sign - Ft. Stockton 10 miles |
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55.2 |
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Right hand sweeper - slight uphill |
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56.6 |
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Rough spot |
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57.7 |
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Left hand sweeper into finish line corner heading home |
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59.0 |
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Finish Line - Congratulations! You have just finished the Big Bend Two Step! |
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Yellow Flag |
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Red Flag |
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At this time there are no mile markers on this highway. Additional landmarks have been included in these notes as reference points. |
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