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Through a variety of treatments and by dragging the new asphalt with blasting mats, Kentucky Speedway officials will try to accelerate the seasoning of their racing surface so it will never drive like a “new track.”
“You know how an Interstate highway looks right after it’s been repaved?” Simendinger asked. “That’s exactly what we don’t want. We want our track to look scuffed up, like it has some wear on it.”
While giving up the bumps, Kentucky Speedway officials hope they have found another way to create a unique track that will yield good racing.
In Turns 1 and 2, the banking is being enhanced from 14 degrees to 17 and the track narrowed by some 20 feet. Meanwhile, Turns 3 and 4 will retain the current 14-degree banking. That will create two distinct sets of turns.
Drivers have long found the entry to Turn 3 at Kentucky to be tricky. Now, the idea is that coming off Turn 2 at greater speed (because of the increased banking) will force drivers to have to make testing decisions on what line to run into Turn 3 and whether and when to brake.
“Will they have to get on the brakes?” Simendinger said. “That, actually, is what we want. Because that’s what could set up passing and some great racing.”
http://www.kentucky.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/kentucky-speedway/article74548137.html
Through a variety of treatments and by dragging the new asphalt with blasting mats, Kentucky Speedway officials will try to accelerate the seasoning of their racing surface so it will never drive like a “new track.”
“You know how an Interstate highway looks right after it’s been repaved?” Simendinger asked. “That’s exactly what we don’t want. We want our track to look scuffed up, like it has some wear on it.”
While giving up the bumps, Kentucky Speedway officials hope they have found another way to create a unique track that will yield good racing.
In Turns 1 and 2, the banking is being enhanced from 14 degrees to 17 and the track narrowed by some 20 feet. Meanwhile, Turns 3 and 4 will retain the current 14-degree banking. That will create two distinct sets of turns.
Drivers have long found the entry to Turn 3 at Kentucky to be tricky. Now, the idea is that coming off Turn 2 at greater speed (because of the increased banking) will force drivers to have to make testing decisions on what line to run into Turn 3 and whether and when to brake.
“Will they have to get on the brakes?” Simendinger said. “That, actually, is what we want. Because that’s what could set up passing and some great racing.”
http://www.kentucky.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/kentucky-speedway/article74548137.html
