The old one are my favorites, too. The UK has a long and storied history of auto speed at the Bonneville salt flats. Is not another big push for the land-speed record coming soon from the UK?
I live in the middle of NASCAR and road course country. Talledega is just down the road, as is the Barber Motorsports complex. My boys and I got to see an Indy car race on Barber's road course in April. Barber also has a world class motorcycle museum ...