Clubloose 2 Shreds New Track at Quaker City Motorsports Complex

John, Justin and Kyle Hennig spent a day in November of 2025 testing potential layouts and seeing how different styles of cars would handle the track. John brought out his V8 350Z, Justin in his stock M52 E36, and Kyle drove his turbo M52 E36. A nice variety of powerplants helped them determine that this track was more than doable no matter what your build, but the determining factor comes down to driver skill.

For the first event the drivers list was capped at 50 drivers, and each driver had to submit an application before they were approved for the event. This ensured a high quality list of drivers that could showcase QCMP’s potential as a regular drifting location for the future, but also drivers that have the experience to handle just how technical QCMP is. The drivers were split into A and B run groups, not a designation on skill level but just a split down the middle to keep the track flowing freely. A Group took to the track first and I started scoping out the track. 

The first thing I noticed was the change in elevation. Not quite as extreme as something like USAIR, but the run up from grid to the first corner, and the back straight are steeper than they look in photos and videos. The track is a go-kart track first, it’s narrow but at 28ft across it's wide enough for cars to throw some decent angle on the sharper corners without dropping a tire off track (although that did happen quite a bit). There’s a nice variety of technical hairpins and short corners, a long sweeper in the back section of the track and a second straightaway into a hard left hander that made for fast entries and long hand brake drags. 

The most challenging part of this track is putting it all together. There was really only one line to run due to how narrow the track was, but also because you need to follow it correctly to be able to link the track fully. Coming in too hot to a corner will send you off track due to the track width, but also going too slow or scrubbing too much speed in a slower car you won’t be able to exit the corner properly and extend your drift so you can transition to the next corner. The first session of each group was pretty conservative as drivers started learning the track, but by the second time A group was on track the drivers were ripping like they’d been coming here for years.

The morning stayed pretty dry, but at about midday the gray clouds rolled in and we got a steady rain that kept the track properly wet into the afternoon. Despite the conditions, the track still had a surprising amount of grip and it didn’t completely turn into an ice rink like some tracks do. For me this was the perfect time to get lunch from the school bus converted into a taco truck called Poppy’s Tacos, a staple of the CL2 community. And I can see why, I highly recommend them.

The rain eventually moved on with a few showers here and there that kept the track patchy for a few sessions but for the last couple hours the track was dry and everyone was able to get as many laps as they wanted as long as they had tires. Daxton Scholl, of Drift Pizza, and his stock motor G35 got over 50 laps and did about 60 miles of just drifting. The event had the first cars on at about 10am, and ended about 7pm as the sun was going down so even without the rain there were 4-5 hours of seat time per group with the last couple sessions open to everyone for hot laps.