Although not as famous as its corner mates—the Corkscrew and the Andretti Hairpin—Turn 9 at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca is one of the most exciting corners in the country.
Its combination of on-camber, off-camber, decreasing radius, elevation change and limited visibility make it one of the most technical corners I have ever driven. It has taken me nearly 10 years to truly understand this corner in all of its complexity and, even now, I rarely get the “warm fuzzy” feeling a driver feels when he exits a corner, knowing it could not be done any better. With all of that said, and for all of those reasons, it is my favorite corner in North America.
