HELP with materials for parking lot tracks.
#1
HELP with materials for parking lot tracks.
A small group of us in Shreveport meet in a parking lot and race around cones.
What do you guys use that is easy set up (25-30min) for track corners and straights. Wood, PVC ??? Transponders are not used.
Thanks.
What do you guys use that is easy set up (25-30min) for track corners and straights. Wood, PVC ??? Transponders are not used.
Thanks.
#2
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Originally Posted by bikedoctor
A small group of us in Shreveport meet in a parking lot and race around cones.
What do you guys use that is easy set up (25-30min) for track corners and straights. Wood, PVC ??? Transponders are not used.
Thanks.
What do you guys use that is easy set up (25-30min) for track corners and straights. Wood, PVC ??? Transponders are not used.
Thanks.
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bikedoctor
make sure to have a good outside wall wood,4in pvc for the infield check
with the fire deparment for old hoses they might want to get rid of most will give out old ones with holes use plowdiscs for corners and you will be set.also make the trip to Jackson soon as they have a great race program going.
make sure to have a good outside wall wood,4in pvc for the infield check
with the fire deparment for old hoses they might want to get rid of most will give out old ones with holes use plowdiscs for corners and you will be set.also make the trip to Jackson soon as they have a great race program going.
#4
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Over here in the UK at my local track we use hose or thick tubing about 2 or 3 inches thick.
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Originally Posted by bikedoctor
bvoltz. What is your set up time and can you post some picks of the track. I didnt see any on the website.
Here are some pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ellainec...31079519619810
http://picasaweb.google.com/ellainec...31517606284098
http://picasaweb.google.com/ellainec...31517606284098
http://picasaweb.google.com/ellainec...33733809409298
The rest of the pictures are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ellainec...ries2007May507
#8
I would say wood for the outside but 2 inch pvc for the inside walls.
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Originally Posted by bikedoctor
Wow, very nice for 2 hours of work. I like the suspended timing loop.
#11
our club has been there done that with the taped down loop.. the suspended one works better, you dont have to worry about peoples body dragging the ground and cutting the loop, it makes life easier.
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Originally Posted by geeunit1014
our club has been there done that with the taped down loop.. the suspended one works better, you dont have to worry about peoples body dragging the ground and cutting the loop, it makes life easier.
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Originally Posted by bvoltz
We are moving to a tapped down loop... They hit the scoring bridge no matter where you put it... 22awg wire will work fine, I have flat tape that we tried and it worked great, it is a bit pricy at 15.00 per race day.... 22awg should be a lot less cost...
as for the bridge you need to put some post up above about 4 feet and run a wire to hold the middle up It keeps it from saging
#14
We use noodles I got from the dollar store at a buck a piece:
http://www.nepoolstore.com/images/NT...e_captions.jpg
and 3/4 inch 10 foot lengths of PVC pipes.
the pipes slip into the noodles, and I use small sandbags to hold them down where needed. duct tape where needed to hold noodles to pipe where they get hit alot.
a 80x50 track can be setup in about 1/2 hour
Use a rolling garbage can to store the sandbags and wheel it around to drop or pickup sandbags.
Cheap, and efficient.
Won't work to keep vehicles from striking spectators though. A car can jump the outside edges...but that's not an issue for us.
http://www.nepoolstore.com/images/NT...e_captions.jpg
and 3/4 inch 10 foot lengths of PVC pipes.
the pipes slip into the noodles, and I use small sandbags to hold them down where needed. duct tape where needed to hold noodles to pipe where they get hit alot.
a 80x50 track can be setup in about 1/2 hour
Use a rolling garbage can to store the sandbags and wheel it around to drop or pickup sandbags.
Cheap, and efficient.
Won't work to keep vehicles from striking spectators though. A car can jump the outside edges...but that's not an issue for us.