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mike3fan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: Bristol repaving |
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Here's a cool pic of the progress of the repaving from Bristol,pretty far along if you ask me,I have tickets to the fall race and certainly hope the racing is better after they are done that it has been lately there.
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Mr. Ford95
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Won't take'em too long to pour it all. What NASCAR needs to do for the night race is to make everyone run the middle groove or high groove in practice to work a 2nd line in. They did that at Richmond the first race after repaving it a couple of years ago and the 2nd groove was there by lap 200. |
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Jackrabbit379
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| I was gonna say, it aint but a half mile of asphalt. :P |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Jackrabbit379 wrote: I was gonna say, it aint but a half mile of asphalt. :P
or in this case concrete 8) |
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Mr. Ford95
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| They will just get a big ol' laser screed up there and put down an easy 400 yards a day. Once they start laying the concrete, won't take them but a month to finish it if the weather is good thru-out. Then got to redo the walls and your all set. What they should put in is that new concrete, Pervious Concrete. Allows water to pass right thru it and keeps the track completely dry. Won't have to use jet blowers on it. It can take up to 288 inches of rain per hour and is being used at some truck terminals now to see how it holds up. One has been in place for 7 years without a problem. They would only have to stop the race because the drivers can't see out the windshield's. |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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That banking is just rediculious!
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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construction cam
http://instacam.aws.com/showcam.asp?id=KTRI&size=L |
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Hat Rak
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Any hope of them adding that roof they were talking about a ways back? |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hat Rak wrote: Any hope of them adding that roof they were talking about a ways back?
I think that was more of an idea from the people that were gonna build that track near Pittsburgh,never liked the idea anyway.The banking at Bristol is taking shape,you can actually see the way it concaves(?) in the middle,should be damn interesting.
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. Ford95
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:31 am Post subject: |
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| Roof will not be added for any track. Too many other problems will arise. Ever been to a Monster Truck that was indoors?? You usually come out sick because of the exhaust fumes not being bale to escape. And noise, the announcers on the radio and TV will not be able to announce over the noise. |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| I've went to sprint car and stock car races inside a convention center,the noise wasn't really a problem(18cars vs. 43) but the fumes were defintely a problem. |
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Mr. Ford95
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to go to a local track here in VA that ran 20-25 cars every week. Those things are dead silent compared to Cup cars. You can actually talk to the person next you in a normal voice and they can hear you perfectly all night long. Cup cars are loud, real loud. Bristol is already loud enough that ear plugs only help a little bit, adding a roof would be a bad idea. |
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mike3fan
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Sprints on asphalt are pretty damn close to cup cars,but I agree 43 cup cars at bristol will give ya a headache at the end of the night. |
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Mr. Ford95
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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I hate having that headache from the noise. :D All depends on the stands at each track as far as the noise level. I bet Indy's front stretch is much louder than Bristol.
If you want to put a roof up, make the stands real gradual and leave a large gap between the top of the stands and the roof to allow fresh air in. Something like a tent with everything under it. |
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