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Old 11-06-2024 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by petersen114
I don’t understand what people have against indoor clay.
I'd love to have the clay tracks from 10 years ago before everyone started turning clay into tire eating concrete with crap like glue.

I could run the same set of tires for weeks at a time because there was no wear on wet indoor clay.

IMO the perfect solution would be running clay slicks on carpet - you get the driving feel of high grip clay, the long tire life of the clay tracks of a decade ago, and the run-to-run consistency you get with a carpet track. Best of everything.
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Old 11-06-2024 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RC10Nick
I'd love to have the clay tracks from 10 years ago before everyone started turning clay into tire eating concrete with crap like glue.
pre tire sauce. pre build in the corners. pre leaf blowing the track after every heat.
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Old 11-06-2024 | 01:25 PM
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That is an awesome looking track!
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Old 11-06-2024 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by OffRoadJunkie
That is an awesome looking track!
you should have seen there on road track. but they closed in 2013.
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Old 11-06-2024 | 02:53 PM
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Most of the clay track I’ve seen are like this. Don’t miss it one bit
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Old 11-06-2024 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Billy Kelly

Most of the clay track I’ve seen are like this. Don’t miss it one bit
That is basically what we have locally, sealed with glue......it is a slick and sauce situation..... it is what it is. At least it is a track that is active and holds a good amount of events and draws a decent number of entires on race days which is really what matters.

I would love some of the wet clay tracks they have down South, but we will take what we can get.
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Old 11-06-2024 | 04:05 PM
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Dirt tracks are meant to have unpredictable traction. That's what makes off road racing so much more challenging.
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Old 11-06-2024 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by OffRoadJunkie
Dirt tracks are meant to have unpredictable traction. That's what makes off road racing so much more challenging.
I’ve seen the pictures of those 1/8 track. Really starting to look really smooth.

Never ran dirt. But they would seem to be different types of surfaces
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Old 11-06-2024 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by OffRoadJunkie
Dirt tracks are meant to have unpredictable traction. That's what makes off road racing so much more challenging.
I agree, but when there is one single option......you dance their dance......
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Old 11-06-2024 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by River19
I agree, but when there is one single option......you dance their dance......
Or they stay home and complain. There’s probably 2 dozen or more I used to race with that just stopped once the clay track closed.
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Old 11-07-2024 | 01:22 AM
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I saw this popping up from my FB remembering.


Today there is no update about this project to find
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Old 11-07-2024 | 02:04 AM
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Surely it can't be beyond the wit of man to invent green, long pile astro with poor/unpredictable grip at an affordable price....
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Old 11-07-2024 | 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Sir 51D3WAYS
Surely it can't be beyond the wit of man to invent green, long pile astro with poor/unpredictable grip at an affordable price....

Turf tracks are still few and far between. I do believe that clay/dirt racers would like it over carpet. But still have to get them to try it. I would say that the middle right picture, Toy Box has the lowest grip of these.
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Old 11-07-2024 | 07:10 AM
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I think for a lot of us, from a geography standpoint we don't have the luxury of complaining about what we HAVE currently as IMHO most are just happy to have a location to race at all and as I said whatever surface or classes they run become the dance we dance........

If someone changed the clay to turf......I would just adjust to turf.

What annoys me is the constant fluctuations in classes and class structure. When I invest a good amount of $ into a platform, parts, tires, springs, batteries, gears, etc. I get annoyed when suddenly that has to be moth balled because someone decides to "change direction".......
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Old 11-07-2024 | 07:27 AM
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It all goes back to the rule makers at ROAR and IFMAR. And the racers who want their buggies to grip an corner like touring cars. They should just drive touring cars.


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