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stridsberry
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I'm always hearing people say how much they like some tracks, and dislike others - either because of their length, shape, or something else in the design. So here's your chance to have a little fun and design the track that you think would make for the best Winston Cup race. Important things to consider:
1. How long is the track?
2. What shape?
3. Where would it be located? (optional)
4. Concrete or asphalt?
5. How much banking?
6. How would pit road be squezzed in?
And anything else you can think of.
My perfect track would be a somewhat odd distance. I think Richmond is a good length for a short track, but I want to have something a little different, so I would make it 2/3 of a mile long - 3,520 ft. As for shape, I'm going to take a page from the past and make it look somewhat like an egg. Turns 1 & 2 will be 1000 ft. long, 3 & 4 will be 800 ft. long, and the straightaways will be 860 ft. long.
Location? I don't know for sure. Preferably an area that doesn't have a major track for the top series', so I'm just going to say Minnesota for now. Maybe I'll change it later.
This will be an asphalt track, because I don't like how, on the concrete tracks, the rubber builds up on the surface and screws up the cars. Let the track create its own natural bumps. The banking is going to be what every track should have - compound banking (or in technical terms, concave up). Each turn would start at 16 degrees on the white line, and exponentially increase up to 18 degrees against the wall. This should create somewhat of an outside groove right from the start, and it will be even better once the track starts losing grip.
I'm also going to have a nice, abrasive asphalt. Not so much as at Rockingham or Darlington, but enough so that tires are still reasonably important. Pit road will be in an unusual location - the backstretch. There'll be an access road starting just past the flagstand - whcih will be around the 500 ft. point of the frontstretch - going onto a pit road that starts in turn 2, and ends between turns 3 and 4.
Race length will be 450 laps, or 300 miles. Nice odd lap distance to go with the odd length. Everyone come on out to the Twin City 450 at the Minneapolis Motor Speedway in Minneapolis, Minnesota, okay?
1. How long is the track?
2. What shape?
3. Where would it be located? (optional)
4. Concrete or asphalt?
5. How much banking?
6. How would pit road be squezzed in?
And anything else you can think of.
My perfect track would be a somewhat odd distance. I think Richmond is a good length for a short track, but I want to have something a little different, so I would make it 2/3 of a mile long - 3,520 ft. As for shape, I'm going to take a page from the past and make it look somewhat like an egg. Turns 1 & 2 will be 1000 ft. long, 3 & 4 will be 800 ft. long, and the straightaways will be 860 ft. long.
Location? I don't know for sure. Preferably an area that doesn't have a major track for the top series', so I'm just going to say Minnesota for now. Maybe I'll change it later.
This will be an asphalt track, because I don't like how, on the concrete tracks, the rubber builds up on the surface and screws up the cars. Let the track create its own natural bumps. The banking is going to be what every track should have - compound banking (or in technical terms, concave up). Each turn would start at 16 degrees on the white line, and exponentially increase up to 18 degrees against the wall. This should create somewhat of an outside groove right from the start, and it will be even better once the track starts losing grip.
I'm also going to have a nice, abrasive asphalt. Not so much as at Rockingham or Darlington, but enough so that tires are still reasonably important. Pit road will be in an unusual location - the backstretch. There'll be an access road starting just past the flagstand - whcih will be around the 500 ft. point of the frontstretch - going onto a pit road that starts in turn 2, and ends between turns 3 and 4.
Race length will be 450 laps, or 300 miles. Nice odd lap distance to go with the odd length. Everyone come on out to the Twin City 450 at the Minneapolis Motor Speedway in Minneapolis, Minnesota, okay?
