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Grand Champion Poster
Posted 08 March 2020 - 02:54 PM
Thanks to the generosity and foresight of a small group of local racers, Wellington (and indeed New Zealand), is soon to get a brand new 8-lane flat track which will meet international standards.
The track was constructed in Latvia by Janis Nabokins, is 46.1 meters (151.2463 feet) in length and is made from a plywood substrate with a textured polyurethane finish that has been painted in a similar colour to our existing track.
See you guys soon 
Posted 08 March 2020 - 02:58 PM
Pass the dramamine. 
Tricky for sure.
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
Posting Leader
Posted 08 March 2020 - 03:29 PM
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 08 March 2020 - 04:16 PM
Tim is right... Tricky indeed, but that is what keeps it interesting. I bet that multi-element turn after the bridge trips up a lot of people. 
It this a commercial enterprise or a club track?
While no one likes a grammar-Nazi, I am a significant figure Nazi, and 46.1 meters equals 151 feet.
151.2467 feet is equal to 46.10000 meters. Just sayin'. 
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 08 March 2020 - 04:33 PM
I like it! 
Great track for a 24-hour race.
Jim "Butch" Dunaway
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Grand Champion Poster
Posted 08 March 2020 - 04:51 PM
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It this a commercial enterprise or a club track?
While no one likes a grammar-Nazi, I am a significant figure Nazi, and 46.1 meters equals 151 feet.
151.2467 feet is equal to 46.10000 meters. Just sayin'.
It is a club track.
Haven't you answered your own question with your own answer, in relation to the track's length?
Here is the conversion chart I used:
Old Engineer
Posted 08 March 2020 - 05:01 PM
Wow. Trickier than an English Black!
Congrats on your purchase.
Steve Lang
Posting Leader
Posted 08 March 2020 - 05:23 PM
I could never make a lap on it, but it's great you guys are getting it.
Matt Bishop
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 08 March 2020 - 07:41 PM
Hey, Zip... I am a big fan of club tracks. Where I live they have a far greater life expectancy than commercial tracks.
off-topic:
As for your conversion table, it would only get half credit on a test question in the chemistry classes that I took at OSU. An answer can have no more degrees of precision than the least accurate measurement. Now if your track is exactly 46.1 meters, sure, use as many decimal places as you please. (Forgive me. I'm just a little obsessive.)
Anyway, congratulations on the new track. It looks like greats fun.
Old 'N Slow
Posted 09 March 2020 - 09:11 AM
Great-looking track, would love to race on that!
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 09 March 2020 - 10:12 AM
It needs more legs on it. 
Jim "Butch" Dunaway
I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do it's because I missed my exit.
All my life I've strived to keep from becoming a millionaire, so far I've succeeded.
There are three kinds of people in the world, those that are good at math and those that aren't.
No matter how big of a hammer you use, you can't pound common sense into stupid people, believe me, I've tried.
Keeper Of Odd Knowledge
Posted 09 March 2020 - 11:05 AM
Janis has been a busy boy, he has also constructed and shipped to Speedzone NJ the flat track that will be used for the 2021 ISRA worlds.
Cheers
Bill Botjer
Faster then, wiser now.
The most dangerous form of ignorance is not knowing that you don't know anything!
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
Posting Leader
Posted 09 March 2020 - 11:38 AM
Lordy! That is one nice flat track! Sort of reminds me of the "Beast" that used to be at The Cave Raceway a couple years back. Congrats to the New Zealand racers for getting a great track.
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 09 March 2020 - 01:03 PM
Lovely bit of joinery,,,,maybe I will have the pleasure of driving on it later in the year?
John Warren
Slot cars are my preferred reality
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 09 March 2020 - 08:31 PM
We need a LOT more of that type of track in the US!
Ecurie Martini
Posted 10 March 2020 - 01:02 AM
Beautiful track - must be a sizable club to be able to afford and justify an eight lane track.
On that number, I have often thought that a useful track for a typical club would be 5 lanes. This would offer the opportunity to run 1/32 cars in 5's and have a 3 lane 1/24 track.
EM
