Customer Reviews

On the Road with NASCAR : 2001 Road Atlas

However, this atlas suffers from a few problems. First, the instructions for finding the tracks aren't very good. Usually there'll be a regional cut-out with an arrow pointing out an unmarked spot in a general ara. If the maps can't be specific then text instructions would be helpful. They could cut and paste from the text instructions in the 2001 Nascar press guide.

Secondly, this is by far the poorest atlas of its format on the market. Any other large format road atlas -- National Geographic, American Map Corporation, and Rand McNally are all signficantly superior. While you can say a state map is a state map, it's hard to know what counts as a major attraction. In this atlas, you can't find the Hoover Dam, because it's nonexistent.

It's almost impossible to find anything from the metropolitan maps. No attention's been paid to what areas most people would want to see within a downtown area. The map of Honolulu is ridiculous -- it's features lots of unidentified lines going all over the place -- if a line's not identified it shouldn't be included. There are some very basic tenets of maps that the creators of this atlas haven't taken into consideration.

If NASCAR wants to continue with this, they would be better off trying to partner with an atlas company that has a better product. This atlas by The Lawrence Group is in need of such a major overhaul/makeover that I'd be astounded if many people gave the 2002 version a second chance.