How do you pave a track so steep you can't walk up the banking? Very carefully, with the proper equipment and with a lot of thought in advance mixed with some creative jury-rigging.
Paving Daytona
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, Nov 29 2010 06:31 PM
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 06:31 PM
This isn't a 1:1 Ride or about 1:1 Racing, it's about a 1:1 track.
How do you pave a track so steep you can't walk up the banking? Very carefully, with the proper equipment and with a lot of thought in advance mixed with some creative jury-rigging.
How do you pave a track so steep you can't walk up the banking? Very carefully, with the proper equipment and with a lot of thought in advance mixed with some creative jury-rigging.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 06:36 PM
Wow... did you check this on Snopes.com... LOL... great pics.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 06:40 PM
Unless it is Photoshopped, I recognize the place. No need for Snopes...
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 07:13 PM
This is real alright, they have been redoing this like every five or six years.
What's amazing about that track is how narrow it is...
What's amazing about that track is how narrow it is...
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 08:03 PM
I saw that fans can purchase a "chunk" of the old pavement as a keepsake.
Only in America.
Only in America.
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 08:26 PM
The Fairgrounds track in Nashville,TN, had 35 degree banks I believe for the 1969 through 1972 seasons. They also used a bulldozer to hold the paving machine.
Something they overlooked was the oil running away from the pickup on the engine of the paver. They had to invent a dry sump oil system for the paving engine. It's hard to think of everything!
Something they overlooked was the oil running away from the pickup on the engine of the paver. They had to invent a dry sump oil system for the paving engine. It's hard to think of everything!
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 11:30 PM
That repaving project is a LOT more interesting than most of the stock car races down there now.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 11:45 PM
Nope Daytona has ONLY been repaved twice in almost 60 years...This is real alright, they have been redoing this like every 5 or 6 years. What's amazing about that track is how narrow it is...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - For only the second time in its history, Daytona International Speedway is being repaved.
The mammoth project began on Monday, July 5, following the Coke Zero 400 Weekend Powered By Coca-Cola and has a targeted completion date of Jan. 1, 2011.
Daytona International Speedway's entire 2.5-mile tri-oval will be repaved as well as the skid pads, apron, and pit road. Concrete will be used for the pit stalls. All of the existing asphalt will be removed down to the original 52-year-old lime rock base, which will be leveled and then paving will begin.
Here’s a look at some of the numbers behind the project:
Employees: At a minimum, there will be 30 workers and at a maximum 100.
Asphalt: 50,000 tons
Light poles: In order to pave the daunting high banks, crews will have to remove 57 light poles from the upper rim road adjacent to the wall in Turns 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Catch fence: In order to pave the high banks, crews will remove a total of 5,948 linear feet of catch fence posts, cables, and fence fabric from the exterior wall in Turns 1, 2, 3, and 4.
SAFER barrier: 8,300 linear feet of SAFER barrier will be removed before paving begins
Trucks: 50 truck loads of concrete for pit road
How much paving?: There will be about 1,435,000 square feet of paving, that is about 33 acres
The type of asphalt being used to repave Daytona International Speedway will be a a polymer modified asphalt with an elevated softening point. It’s sophisticated, high-quality asphalt that withstands the stresses of racing.
There will be no changes to Daytona International Speedway other than a new smooth racing surface. The repaving of Daytona International Speedway will remain true to Bill France Sr.’s original vision, layout and geometry of this legendary track back in the late 1950s.
