What surface is best for a track.
#1
What surface is best for a track.
What type of clay , what mixture. what do you consider a great race facility?
#7
Pond liner clay.....and calcium cloride
#8
Tech Regular
iTrader: (7)
im actually not a fan of hardpack "blue groove" tracks. I just like racing on loose tracks that make ya think about how fast you're going into a corner and will put ya in the sticks if ya go in too fast. I mean every track has its place but i see way too many tracks that have as much traction as a nice pavement track.
spray a chunck of land down with the "no grow" chemicals, build a nice track, and leave it at that. sure it may get a lil dusty, and you may not be able to do 75 into a corner and mash the brakes. But you will get to swing the tail end of your cars around and learn to drive where there are consequences if you drive like a lead footed moron!
spray a chunck of land down with the "no grow" chemicals, build a nice track, and leave it at that. sure it may get a lil dusty, and you may not be able to do 75 into a corner and mash the brakes. But you will get to swing the tail end of your cars around and learn to drive where there are consequences if you drive like a lead footed moron!
#9
I like loam the best, easy to work. Absorbs water quickly yet drys up quickly. My local track is ready to go 12 hours after rain, it could be just a drizzle or 4 inches. I like not having to use a jackhammer when you make changes to the track......BB
#10
I made a simple little track of my own, except the surface is just basic dirt. I just mowed/wacked/raked away the topsoil & exposed smooth earth. the topsoil i used to make the track outline, and after a year all the weeds & grass settled in it, making a nice visible outline.
#11
Thanks for the input that I recieved so far, Now what track features are your favorite. Off cambers, rumble strips, rythem section, On off table tops, Doubles, triples?
#12
Yes, all of that........BB
#13
Tech Master
iTrader: (5)
There is no one feature that is a favorite. It is the combination of features and corners that make the track. A cool feature(triple) on one track could just be okay on placed on a different track. What really makes a track cool are options. Things get boring fast when there is only one way to do them.
#14
Loamy and loose!
#15
astro turf and bricks.. like they do over seas