Originally Posted by
hoyt1967
We are getting a weekly winter on road racing session going, we have access to Fast track carpet, but I was wonder what works well for the track border (barrier) whatever the official term is. Something that can be taken apart easily and stored easily as we will have to tear down the track after we are done each time. Found this picture, was curious as to what you guys think will work well in our situation.
We just got all new barrier and went with 2-1/2 inch pvc downspout. Its flexible enough it doesn't break cars but durable enough that it doent break very easy. It's similar to click track but 1/2" bigger and 1/4 of the cost.
For corners I made some plywood corners that were adjustable so that when we change layouts we wont need to make anything new. For sweeping corners I took some thin plywood and cut 2"x8' strips. made a form at the radius I wanted and glued and stapled 4 strips together to slip inside the PVC that I'd made relief cuts in. Once the plywood is inside the PVC I screwed into the plywood with some screws and it held the shape of the plywood.
Our track is 96'x40'
As a bonus this was all paid for by local businesses sponsoring our onroad series. Huge thanks to them. Total cost was about $900 in materials.