Pete McKay
03-13-2008, 05:24 PM
Well, it's a mixture of really fast corners and shorter straights but with a Humpy Wheeler sort of feel. Here is the latest proposed layout for the Sequoia Fairgrounds track
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z262/FresnoPete/fairgrounds.jpg
I decided that instead of dirt it would be a paved track, the outer 4 lanes would be the main track. This is where the Outlaw Sprinters will return in the fall of 2008, and where the Fairgrounds Class of T-Jets will run. The inner 4 lanes, which is about half the distance of the outer track, is where the TJ Super 1600's, the VW bodied, skinny tired cars will run. Sort of a Dwarf Car layout. The drivers stations will be layed out so that lane 1 on the big track and the inner track are at the same location.
I've also tossed away the idea of using styrofoam sheeting to sink the track, instead I'm going to find a material in a 4X8 sheet that is the same thickness as Tomy track and sink it into that. All the wiring will run in routed channels between the two sheets, and I'm hoping it won't need to be framed.
I'm still going to wait until I move to break ground, that's not to say I won't lay this out for testing in the mean time. It's not going to be a huge project like Laguna Seca was but it will take longer to finish it up.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z262/FresnoPete/fairgrounds.jpg
I decided that instead of dirt it would be a paved track, the outer 4 lanes would be the main track. This is where the Outlaw Sprinters will return in the fall of 2008, and where the Fairgrounds Class of T-Jets will run. The inner 4 lanes, which is about half the distance of the outer track, is where the TJ Super 1600's, the VW bodied, skinny tired cars will run. Sort of a Dwarf Car layout. The drivers stations will be layed out so that lane 1 on the big track and the inner track are at the same location.
I've also tossed away the idea of using styrofoam sheeting to sink the track, instead I'm going to find a material in a 4X8 sheet that is the same thickness as Tomy track and sink it into that. All the wiring will run in routed channels between the two sheets, and I'm hoping it won't need to be framed.
I'm still going to wait until I move to break ground, that's not to say I won't lay this out for testing in the mean time. It's not going to be a huge project like Laguna Seca was but it will take longer to finish it up.