arob 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Just curious. How would you get a three groove 3/8 mile asphalt track? Gradual banking? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickHolt 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 I have what I think will be a pretty good design. - 3/8-mile at the center, slightly less on the inside, slightly more on the very outside. - turns and straights 60 feet wide. - concrete rumble strips all the way through the bottom of both turns - straights slightly lower in elevation than the turns so it's a slight uphill entry to the turns - graduated banking in the turns from 5 degrees at the bottom to +/- 14 degrees near the top. That makes the surface slightly concave and makes all portions of the track more or less equal in terms of banking verses distance around - both straights have graduated banking from three degrees to five degrees and gently transition to the appropriate corner banking on both ends - exits to two and four are slightly different from each other: turn two has a gentle transition to the straight while the exit to turn four is more abrupt. This puts the team's suspension tuner to work. - no walls all the war around. A 30-foot paved slope of negative 15 degrees encircles the entire track. On the front straight there will be a SAFER Barrier wall from 50-feet before the apex of turn four all the way down the front straight along with an industrial-grade catch fence. - pits will be located outside the track with track entry on the back side just before the banking transition of turn three. The rest is simply a matter of logistics and the surrounding topography, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickracer 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Welllllllllll Get cracking!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiTech 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 nick has to much time on his hands /butttt I like the track when do we race ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RodneyRodriguez 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 you had em Nick till you said NASCAR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickHolt 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 you had em Nick till you said NASCAR. LOL .... Not "NASCAR",,,,, "NASCAR-style" !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RodneyRodriguez 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 Oh ok! Then it's a good idea! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiTech 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 who the heck wants nascar style ...we want local style ... nascar is on its way out .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickHolt 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 who the heck wants nascar style ...we want local style ... nascar is on its way out .. I just want a 3/8-mile asphalt oval in the Austin-San Antonio vicinity. If anyone with enough resources would like to discuss such a track, give me shout! Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiTech 0 Report post Posted August 15, 2017 when I win the lotto .give me a call .sorry it might be a cold day in somewhere before that happens ....I too would love another great track built and done in such a way no other track can touch it and ran In a manner that racers and fans alike cant wait for the next race ..I am in the belief nothing is dead till you give up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slideways27 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2017 Just call it a safer barrier, that way you won't have to use the N word lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HiTech 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) chase field ..nutten to do with nascar right ..I like nicks design .. Edited August 16, 2017 by HiTech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickHolt 0 Report post Posted August 16, 2017 Just call it a safer barrier, that way you won't have to use the N word lol Good thinking, sliedways27. I edited it to read "SAFER Barrier" and "industrial-grade" catch fence. Are we all good now? LOL Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites