Thread: 5th Annual Spring 2012 Tail of the Dragon GTG - April 6, 7, 8
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To all you Dragon Slayers....
Set up you DVR to record on the Velocity channel at 6:30am (cst) Saturday March 17th.
The show is called "Vinsetta Garage" and they will be doing a story about the Tail of the Dragon.

SHOW INFO:
We’re on the road with Courtney Hansen and her copilot, Autoweek editor Natalie Neff, in a classic RV.
We wind our way down a concrete roller coaster on one of America’s curviest roads, the Tail of the Dragon.
We also visit some other unique stops and roadside oddities on our unusual odyssey spanning the United States.

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More here: Don't Say We Never Take You Anywhere? - Velocity

The Tail of the Dragon
Did you know the states of North Carolina and Tennessee are home to a world famous driving destination?
It’s a two-lane stretch of highway U.S. 129 so legendary that some people make a yearly event of touring it – The Dragon.
Along an 11-mile stretch of the Dragon in Tennessee, the road runs along the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That means no development and no crazy crossroads or driveways that interrupt the road. That’s a good thing because during this stretch there are something along the lines of 318 curves - just like a dragon's tail. If the local names for these roads are any indication – like Copperhead Corner or Brake and Bust Bend – it makes some great motoring.

The sites are gorgeous as well – overlooking the scenic Smoky Mountains. There are also some popular places to stop like the famous Tree of Shame.
Word to the wise though. Despite the wickedly alluring curves that just call out to be cornered – the speed limit was reduced to 30mph in 2005 and is pretty highly patrolled by the law.