Originally Posted by
stefan
Now here is a serious question:
I have lived in the US for a long time and raced on many different tracks and I have asked this question lots of time, w/o getting an answer.
Why are on road track in the States always built as a square and the lanes are divided by unmovable objects?
Especially in your country where you have so much room and where constructon work costs a fraction of what it costs over here, wouldn't it be easy to build a real track with lanes seperated by grass?
Most oval tracks I have seen are build this way.
Maybe somebody can give me an answer to this, since I am asked this question over very often.
Thx.
Actually the land and costs to build a track here is much higher than you may suspect. Land is getting to be at an all time premimum now, and with the on-road scene dying in so many areas,the economy not doing well, costs to run a nice facility, it is just not a sound investment. I live in So Ca. and this is where many of the manufactures are located, and when a couple of the local tracks closed down, everyone thought one of the RC manufactures would step up and build a nice track.
But with the costs of the land,building costs, and monthly costs it just does not add up. So to answer your question, it really boils down to how much land is available for a track,costs, and willingness for someone to take a chance and invest high dollars on a hobby that it at best losing ground every month. If one of the manufactures were to step up and actually build a track as you described with the grass infields, they would have to locate it towards the high desert area to keep the costs down. Then you would have the question of who would drive that distance to be able to practice, or attend some races