Calabogie is a unique combination of speed and flowing corner combinations.

The track rewards smooth, patient driving and is designed to test the drivers concentration and car control skills throughout the entire lap. This corner by corner description is aimed at accelerating the learning for drivers who are new to the track – which is pretty much everybody right now!

The kink (T1) | Jacques (T2) | Gilles (T3) | Easy (T4)

Kink (T1) is a high speed left hander at the end of the front straight. Setting up all the way to the right, smooth braking just before turn in will allow the car to arc in to the apex and then drift back out to track right before bringing the car all the way track left for Jacques.

Jacques (T2) is a 113º right hander set amongst the trees whose entry flattens through the braking zone then slopes inwards at 3% through the apex before flattening out as the track climbs up to Gilles (T3). Jacques will require heavy braking but a relatively quick turn in and smooth exit in order to maximize speed up the hill to the blind apex of Gilles.

Gilles is approached along a short 75 meter long straight which banks 3% to the apex at the crest of the hill before flattening out on the exit. Exit speed from Gilles will be crucial as this leads through the fast left hander at Easy (T4) onto the long Rocky Road straight. Jacques and Gilles will be treated as a single combination curve by most drivers, with a blind turn in to the apex required for Gilles. The acceleration zone exiting Gilles is 125 meters long and will result in an entry speed to Easy that will make this left handed 30º kink challenging to high horsepower cars. The ability for drivers of these cars to get through Easy without lifting will be a major factor in maintaining high speeds along the Rocky Road.

Rocky Road | Sir John A. | Mulligans (T5) | Big Rock (T6) | Candy Mountains (T7)

At 485 meters before Sir John A. and 119 meters after, the Rocky Road, named for the extremely difficult terrain through which this section is cut, is the longest and fastest sector on the course. The slight kink at the 485 meter point should not pose any problems to drivers and was necessary to minimize construction costs at a particularly difficult build area. It makes the entry to Mulligans very interesting as the driver needs to keep the car straight through Sir John A., kissing the left side of the track on the way through to setting up for Mulligans.

The entry into Mulligans (T5) promises to be one of the more challenging features of CMP. This has a steep downhill drop through the braking zone into a 72º right hander whose cross grades increase along the 65m exit path all the way through the following two right handers. Consequently drivers can expect to face the challenge of severe braking from high speed along a downhill entry to an exit that will be faster than first anticipated, thanks to the assistance that the increasing camber will provide.

Big Rock (T6) is the first element of the Big Rock, Candy Mountain complex, whose name comes from the huge rock behind the Apex of Big Rock and the steep climb up to the top of the ridge that marks the beginning of the following straight. The drivers ability to maintain exit speed from Big Rock and through Candy Mountain corner will have a significant effect on ultimate speeds at the end of the 335 meter straight that follows. Big Rock corner is a 108º 5% cross cambered right hander which immediately opens out into a 42º uphill sweeper. This in turn connects over the crest of Candy Mountain along a 72m long straight into a fast downhill left hand sweep (T7) which is heavily cambered down to the apex to form a “chute” that will be both very exhilarating and will help stabilize the car under its full acceleration charge down to Temptation (T8). This 335 meter straight is downhill along most of its length and is followed by the complex that also serves as the connection links between the West and East sub-tracks. The key to Big Rock/Candy Mountain is allowing the car to track out about 2/3 coming out of Big Rock and then arcing it back to the right and then left in a sweeping ess that sets up for Candy Mountain without giving up momentum.

Temptation (T8) | Deliverance (T9a,b)

In long track format the Temptation complex may well be the most challenging sector of the entire track. A fast approach into a long, sweeping, left handed entry (63º, 100m radius) is followed by a drastically tightening apex sector (47º, 62 m) and an even tighter final radius (109º, 23m) left hander that will challenge braking ability and car balance over a long turn-in trajectory at a point when corner exit speed will be crucial because of the following long straight. Keeping the car to the right of mid track and allowing it to go all the way out to the right as the radius decreases to the turn in for the late apex is the key to carrying momentum through Temptation.

The exit back onto the main course from Temptation is designed to challenge maximum acceleration up the sharp uphill sector, because the track curves gently to the right which will have the effect of making the driver hold the car to a tighter acceleration line than he might otherwise want.

Crown (T10) | Brow (T11) | Beak (T12a,b) | Thoat (T13) | Hook (T14)

The “straight” from Temptation through Deliverance (T9a & b) to the Duck’s Head consists of two sweepers and linking straights, totaling some 560 meters in length and should be run at full speed along its entire length. Uphill at the beginning, the road flattens, climbs gently and then drops steeply down into the braking zone for the start of the Duck’s Head. The entry to Deliverance is blind, and the turn must be initiated before cresting the hill or track left will come up in a very big hurry. Let the car come all the way left out of 9b to set up for the Duck’s Head.

The Duck’s Head sequence of turns, so named for a strong duck’s head resemblance, is likely to be the most liked sector of the course. With six interconnected turns, steep downhill, uphill, downhill and uphill elevation changes and a course that runs through dense forest, this complex will bring smiles to driver’s faces. It starts with a downhill entrance to the Crown (T10), a tight cross cambered right hander, that immediately opens into the Brow (T11) a climbing and cambered right hander. These two turns are much faster than they first appear as the car does not need to track out completely in between the Crown and the Brow. From this the track climbs for 100 meters to the Beak (T12a & b) which is a 118º, 6% cambered heavy braking and potential overtaking point that immediately connects to a downhill right-left ess bend (T12b and the Throat, T13) that enters between two huge rocks and exits into a left hand sweep that gently rises to the Hook (T14), the final corner of the complex. Real patience in the Beak is required to not turn in too soon, as any early move will force the driver to give up the entry to the Throat and hence lose momentum in the short straight to the Hook.

The Hook is also memorable, because the driver emerges from the forest into a climbing left hander that goes from a tight entry to an opening exit climbing steeply to the Ridge, the highest point of the course. Done properly, the driver can carry a lot of speed out of the Throat, and then hard braking while setting up track right for another very late apex will deliver maximum exit speed onto the Ridge.

Ridge | Spoon (T15) | Left (T16)

The Ridge is a 229 meter straight that crests at about its 2/3rd mark and then drops down into the very fast, downhill sweeper named The Spoon (T15). The Spoon is a long concave turn to the right along which cars will carry maximum speed while constantly turning and dropping down to the apex from which the track immediately climbs steeply to 4Left. At this point the track leaves the woodlands and enters the old stone quarry area. The turn in to the Spoon is blind and fast, it may well be the most challenging corner on the track.

4 Left (T16) is a fast left hander located just over the crest of the hill, and while being able to be taken surprisingly fast will still require heavy braking along the uphill entry and a strong commitment from drivers whose approach to the sequence will be blind until the last moment of braking.

Wilson's | Quarry One (T17) | Watts Up (T18) | Wicked (T19) | Wilson's (T20)

A 177 meter long straight from 4 Left runs level for half its length before dropping into the entrance to the first of the two right handed quarry corners, Quarry One (T17) and Watts Up (T18), whose exit and entry points are linked by a short 20 meter straight making this a true combination curve. These corners will have no discernable cross grade and will exit immediately into Wicked and then Wilson’s. These are the right-left esses (Turns 19/20) that climb out of the quarry back onto the main straight. The two turns are linked by a 44 meter uphill sector and pose the final challenge to a fast lap. Quarry One is taken at midtrack in order to not tighten up too much for Watts Up. Watts Up and Wicked are then taken as a double apex right hander, and the driver must keep the car from tracking out too far to the left in order to set up for Wilson’s, the final left hander onto the front straight.