New Jersey Motorsports Park — Thunderbolt (Chicane)
Millville, New Jersey · 3.50 km · 2.18 mi · clockwise
Thunderbolt is the longer road course at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. This guide covers the Thunderbolt with Chicane layout — the 12-turn configuration in which the Turn 3 sweeper gives way to a right-left-right chicane carded 3A, 3B, 3C — run clockwise over 3,502 m (2.18 mi) and fifteen modeled corners. The circuit is nearly flat: no corner changes height by more than 2.5 m (8 ft). The chicane holds the reference line to a 96 km/h (59 mph) minimum in 3B; the slowest point is Turn 10 at 80 km/h (50 mph), the fastest the flat-out Turn 12 kink at 200 km/h (124 mph). Simulated laps run from 1:25.3 (liter bike) to 1:28.3 (middleweight twin). Every figure here is a physics-simulation estimate, not measured data.
All figures: physics-simulation estimates · generated 2026-10-02 · methodology & assumptions
Track outline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
New Jersey Motorsports Park — Thunderbolt (Chicane) — quick facts
Motorcycle track guide · simulation estimates · 2026-10-02
- Layout: Thunderbolt with Chicane, 3,502 m (2.18 mi) modeled length, run clockwise
- 15 modeled corners over 12 numbered turns (3A/3B/3C chicane, 11A kink): 11 right, 4 left
- Simulated lap estimates: 1:25.3 (liter bike), 1:26.2 (supersport 600), 1:28.3 (middleweight twin)
- Simulated average lap speed: 141–146 km/h (88–91 mph) depending on class
- Slowest simulated point: Turn 10, 80 km/h (50 mph) at a 41.9 m effective radius, the tightest on the lap
- Fastest simulated point: Turn 12, a flat-out kink at 200 km/h (124 mph) on the 600 and liter bike
- Longest simulated brake zone: 183 m (600 ft) before Turn 1 on the liter bike (138 m on the 600, 99 m on the twin)
- Chicane radii: 3A right 63.3 m, 3B left 60.1 m, 3C right 141.2 m; 3B minimum 96 km/h (59 mph)
Turn 1
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 km/h84 mph | 104 km/h65 mph | 138 km/h86 mph | 138 m453 ft | 71 m234 ft | +0.1 m+0 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
The lap opens with a 132 m right at a 71.4 m effective radius, level within 0.1 m, and it carries the longest braking zone on the circuit: in the simulation the supersport 600 starts braking 138 m before the corner, the liter bike 183 m and the twin 99 m, all arriving at 136 km/h (84 mph). The minimum is 104 km/h (65 mph) in every class. The exit reads 138 km/h (86 mph) on the two larger bikes and 136 km/h (85 mph) on the twin — at or above the entry speed — and carries straight into Turn 2.
Turn 2
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 km/h91 mph | 125 km/h78 mph | 148 km/h92 mph | 12 m39 ft | 104 m340 ft | +2.5 m+8 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 3A
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 km/h83 mph | 98 km/h61 mph | 102 km/h63 mph | 45 m148 ft | 63 m208 ft | -0.4 m-1 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 3B
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 km/h75 mph | 96 km/h59 mph | 120 km/h74 mph | 6 m20 ft | 60 m197 ft | +0.7 m+2 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 3C
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 km/h91 mph | 146 km/h91 mph | 171 km/h106 mph | 0 m0 ft | 141 m463 ft | -0.2 m-1 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 4
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 km/h105 mph | 151 km/h94 mph | 159 km/h99 mph | 60 m197 ft | 150 m493 ft | -0.8 m-3 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 4 is a 114 m right at a 150.2 m effective radius, falling 0.8 m (3 ft), and the fastest braked corner on the lap. The simulation arrives at 169 km/h (105 mph) — the highest entry apart from the Turn 12 kink — and brakes 60 m out on the supersport 600, 78 m on the liter bike and 36 m on the twin, to a 151 km/h (94 mph) minimum. The exit is 159 km/h (99 mph) on the two larger bikes and 157 km/h (98 mph) on the twin, below the entry, because the brake zone for Turn 5 begins soon after.
Turn 5
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 km/h63 mph | 80 km/h50 mph | 130 km/h80 mph | 63 m207 ft | 42 m139 ft | -0.2 m-1 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
The first left-hander of the lap and, within a fraction of Turn 10, its second-slowest point. Turn 5 bends 117 m around a 42.3 m effective radius, essentially level at −0.2 m. The simulation brakes 63 m out on the supersport 600, 66 m on the liter bike and 57 m on the twin, from a 101 km/h (63 mph) entry to an 80 km/h (50 mph) minimum. The exit is 130 km/h (80 mph) on the two larger bikes and 125 km/h (78 mph) on the twin — the biggest exit gain of any corner here — the launch onto the run to Turn 6.
Turn 6
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 km/h95 mph | 127 km/h79 mph | 164 km/h102 mph | 54 m177 ft | 106 m349 ft | -2.1 m-7 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 7
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 km/h82 mph | 96 km/h59 mph | 122 km/h76 mph | 57 m187 ft | 60 m197 ft | -0.5 m-2 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 8
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 km/h76 mph | 122 km/h76 mph | 138 km/h86 mph | 27 m89 ft | 100 m329 ft | +0.6 m+2 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 9
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 km/h69 mph | 84 km/h52 mph | 89 km/h55 mph | 48 m157 ft | 47 m154 ft | +0.0 m+0 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 10
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 km/h58 mph | 80 km/h50 mph | 106 km/h66 mph | 15 m49 ft | 42 m137 ft | +1.4 m+5 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 11
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 km/h93 mph | 139 km/h86 mph | 146 km/h91 mph | 0 m0 ft | 127 m417 ft | +0.2 m+1 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 11A
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 km/h89 mph | 144 km/h89 mph | 146 km/h91 mph | 51 m167 ft | 237 m777 ft | +0.0 m+0 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed
Turn 12
| Entry | Min | Exit | Brake start | Eff. radius | Elev Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 km/h124 mph | 200 km/h124 mph | 200 km/h124 mph | 0 m0 ft | 275 m902 ft | +0.0 m+0 ft |
Supersport 600 preset · simulation estimates · liter-bike and 650-twin figures for every corner ship in the all-access pack · how these are computed