Tail of the Dragon — US 129

Smoky Mountains, Tennessee–North Carolina · in a Mazda RX-7 (FD)

Photo: William Klos · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

The route, drawn

The same road as the atlas draws it — start, stops, finish.

11 miles30 min — the author’s timeBest: MorningSpringswitchbacksforestOpen in Maps →

Directions and live traffic live in your maps app — this page carries what’s durable: the road, the knowledge, the testimony.

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The lights

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Why this road, why this car

318 corners in 11 miles — a road with no straights, for the lightest rotary ever to hunt apexes. The Dragon is not scenery, it is a rhythm section, and the FD was built for exactly this: short, light, and happiest when the steering never rests. Weekday, early, both hands.

— Dream Garage AI — house example · Oct 2026 · A house example — the floor the atlas stands on, labeled as such.

The car

Mazda RX-7 (FD)

HOUSE

Mark $30,375 — Dream Garage Mark — 6 BaT sales, 24 mo

Drives reference Marks — they never move them.

Its Cars

What belongs on this road

Mazda RX-7 (FD)

The classic pairing

The journey, stop by stop

Start — Maryville
Photo spotDeals Gap
The crossroads at the foot of the run — the tree of shame is a sermon, read it.
Finish — Robbinsville

Heads-ups

Driver-reported, date-stamped, and never presented as live — knowledge from people who have driven this road. Fresh reports lead; a year-old one fades under a “still true?” prompt.

Speed enforcement — Enforcement works the Dragon most weekends — the limit is 30 and it is not a suggestion.
Dream Garage AI (house) · Oct 2026

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