Kansas - Time to resurface..... Already?

[dpkimmel2001]

Wow, that pave job didn't last long!

It looks like very soon it will be good-bye “tar of death” at Kansas Speedway and hello progressive banking.

Darren Cook, vice president of operations at the speedway, told RacinToday Tuesday that the surface of the 1.5-mile Kansas track has aged to the point where it is just a matter of time before it will need to be replaced and that that time is drawing near.

And when it is replaced, Cook said, the current banking of 15 degrees in the corners, 10.4 degrees in the front stretch and five degrees in the back stretch will likely give way to the type of graduated banking that has been so successful at places like Homestead-Miami Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kansas Speedway was completed in time for the 2001 season of racing. The surface at the track was pronounced back then to be high tech and state of the art.

Since then, it has hosted 10 seasons of Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Trucks, ARCA and Indy Racing League events.

And it has also undergone something which few other tracks hosting major events have undergone – brutal Heartland weather conditions that aggressively attack asphalt surfaces.

Full article here.....

 

[MoMike]

Wow, that pave job didn't last long!


And it has also undergone something which few other tracks hosting major events have undergone – brutal Heartland weather conditions that aggressively attack asphalt surfaces.

Sounds like a prime candidate for concrete.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

And it has also undergone something which few other tracks hosting major events have undergone – brutal Heartland weather conditions that aggressively attack asphalt surfaces.

Thanks for reminding me. It's not like I heard it 100 times this past Sunday.

 

[kkfan91]

Wow, that pave job didn't last long!


And it has also undergone something which few other tracks hosting major events have undergone – brutal Heartland weather conditions that aggressively attack asphalt surfaces.

Sounds like a prime candidate for concrete.

Sounds like concrete to me too.

 

[steveluvs3]

but it's still smooth as glass, no bumps, dips, potholes

 

[kkfan91]

but it's still smooth as glass, no bumps, dips, potholes

bumps and dips make things interesting

 

[GREAT AMERICAN RACE FAN]

So you telling me the conditions are worse at Kansas than Chicago and New Hampshire? Do they need to be repaved?

 

[MoMike]

So you telling me the conditions are worse at Kansas than Chicago and New Hampshire? Do they need to be repaved?

I'm just speculating, but I believe the intense heat may play as big a part as the harsh winters do there. Chicago gets some heat, as does Michigan, and NH doesn't get near the heat. Just a guess.
MoMike

 

[mike honcho]

Texas is on it's 3rd track surface already.I think and we get some HEAT.

 

[chromehorn]

So you telling me the conditions are worse at Kansas than Chicago and New Hampshire? Do they need to be repaved?

My understanding from a racing fan I know who is in the paving business is that if it wasn't done right to begin with it could deteriorate real quick, plus like Momike and mikehocho stated, heat plays a big factor and the last couple of summers have been brutal.

 

[mike honcho]

This last surface here has lasted the longest,I think.If I remember correctly this last surface is a mixture of black top and granite.Plus it's got some pretty good bumps in it also.

 

[mike honcho]

My understanding from a racing fan I know who is in the paving business is that if it wasn't done right to begin with it could deteriorate real quick, plus like Momike and mikehocho stated, heat plays a big factor and the last couple of summers have been brutal.

The heat here buckles concrete streets and sidewalks.So I can just imagine what it does to the black top.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

I'm wondering if PennDot, (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation), originally paved that track in Kansas? It had about the same lifespan as our local roads do.

 

[Mopardh9]

Not only does it see exteme heat in summer, it can sometimes get down in the single digits for short time spans in the winter too. That really raises havoc with asphalt.

 

[steveluvs3]

like i said I live 15 min from track and this story is a shock to me cause this track does not have any flaws in it. I think they just want a excuse to put progressive banking in it.

 

[Mopardh9]

like i said I live 15 min from track and this story is a shock to me cause this track does not have any flaws in it. I think they just want a excuse to put progressive banking in it.

Hmmm now that could be, then it will be like Vegas, which is pretty good right now from what I've heard. Haven't seen a race there since they re-did it but my buddy tells me there is some awesome racing now that it is progressive banking.