markmark26

I LOVE WGI.. highly recommended

ProCoach

Agree. WGI Harbor Hotel, Road Atlanta Chateau Elan, Road America Osthoff Reaort. VIR Berry Hill Reaort.

dgrobs

First or second with Watkins.

fatbillybob

What stuff is around WGI for wife/GF? Corning glass museum?

dan212

The falls.

markmark26

Watkins Glen State Park

Matt Romanowski

The Museum, State Park, wineries abound, boat tours of the lake, the lake dinner cruise, glass shops in Corning, and more around.

Slow RSA

If you're considering Road America, heavily consider the PCA Labor Day weekend. Outside of the obvious fun to be had on track, there is a police escorted parade into town where all the cars park in front of Siebkens for a large PCA dinner party. There is no shortage of good food and entertainment in Elkhart Lake in addition to it being such an epic track. For those reasons, you can even bring the family up and they will be sufficiently entertained while you're doing the track stuff.

Ted in Rochester

If you chose Watkins Glen (I would), you might consider PCA Niagara Region and Trackmasters. Both host 4 events a season. PCAN is a fairly traditional PCA DE format and Trackmasters is a more relaxed, lower car count format geared toward more experienced drivers. Trackmasters tends to sell out quickly so, if TM looks interesting I would go to their website ASAP and check it out.

love_2_race

All three are a must. Add VIR and Sebring to complete the top 5 list in the US.

Slow RSA

It's like buying a gun. When you are trying to decide between two of them, you ultimately ending up buying both. The three tracks you mentioned are the same, just plan on driving all three (definitely throw VIR into the mix, too). Whether you have to plan on one per year, or cram it all into one summer, I'd just plan on making all of them happen. For the milestone birthday, I'd consider Road America or WGI just based on the after-track festivities and periphery fun to be had. Not to knock Road Atlanta, but a lot of folks are local and head home to their families each night instead of having more restaurants/nightlife like Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen. A birthday bier at Siebkens or Seneca Lodge will be a good one or twelve, I can guarantee you that....

Matt Romanowski

I had about a decade run of spending my birthday with Metro PCA at Watkins Glen on track. The rest of the day didn't matter - it was always amazing! 10/10 Highly recommend.

Jared Rodeheaver

Not on your list but since Mid-O is your "local" don't pass up the chance to go to Pitt Race. It is a phenomenal track that is very underrated and it's on the way to the Glen

dgrobs

^^100% this^^

PITT ROCKS!!

Difool

Go to the WGI website and find the track rental schedule and you can probably string together a couple, or a few events if you like.

there are wineries on multiple lakes (not amazing but fun if you like that kind of thing). Corning museum is amazing. Ithaca is about 40 minutes away with a huge and popular farmers market right on the lake inlet on the weekend. Taughannock state park has the highest waterfall on the east coast. There are also great hikes and fun swimming in both Buttermilk and Treman state parks (if you have two cars you can park one at upper treman and then walk the gorge trail one way) outside of Ithaca. Tons of good eating in the town, Trumansburg, and Ithaca. At the track don’t forget to check out the roadside PriseBox BBQ if it’s open, right down the hill.