Ok folks. we (our club) need your vast expertise. We do not know what happened this year but the traction is inconsistent and the layout has not changed all year.

Traction at the beginning of the run is awesome but at the 6 min mark it all goes south for everyone. no matter what tire you are running (I am using white others are using pink, magenta, Grey, yellow.) No Rear tire will last for the whole 8 min. It gets glossy on the surface.

The carpet has gotten quite black where the cars are running and if you put your hand down on the track it will come up black.

We are starting to get ready to put it away for the summer and want to "fix" the carpet so we do not have this issue again next year.

My question then (finally) What is causing the loss of traction and how can we fix it?

Thanks