I first met Butch Dunaway (HRW forum member "Pappy") several years ago at the Michigan 24 Hour Endurance Race and have raced with him several times since. Even though Butch is from Ohio, I count him as a good friend - he is an outstanding racer who also excels at building routed tracks. Butch is a bit uncomfortable posting pictures so I volunteered to help him out. Butch has provided descriptions and accompanying pictures to document many of the steps in his current track build. Note the track build is still underway so I'll update this thread as Butch works his way through the build. Here we go...
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Every project starts with a plan. Here's the drawing for the track I'm building. It's going to be a six lane Hillclimb with a footprint of 12' x 30'. Average lap length about 105'. The track surface will be 30" wide, 6" outer gutter, 4" lane spacing and 4" inside gutter. The track will be on a pedestal base on fifteen casters. It will be powered by a 50 amp variable voltage power pack up to 15 volts. The lap counter will be a LapMaster. I designed it to have a technical section with ess's and couple of little kinks. Then a section with larger sweeping turns and on to a 20' long top straightaway into a 9' diameter turn leading back downhill to the drivers stations.
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Every project starts with a plan. Here's the drawing for the track I'm building. It's going to be a six lane Hillclimb with a footprint of 12' x 30'. Average lap length about 105'. The track surface will be 30" wide, 6" outer gutter, 4" lane spacing and 4" inside gutter. The track will be on a pedestal base on fifteen casters. It will be powered by a 50 amp variable voltage power pack up to 15 volts. The lap counter will be a LapMaster. I designed it to have a technical section with ess's and couple of little kinks. Then a section with larger sweeping turns and on to a 20' long top straightaway into a 9' diameter turn leading back downhill to the drivers stations.
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