The problem with Levigation....
The newly, and soon to be repaved levigated version of Lowes Motor Speedway has a serious flaw in its design. Unlike what the diamond gooving has done to smooth places like Dover and Indianapolis, the asphalt surface at Charlotte isn't matched up to create the speeds the cars are running on the surface.
Levigation cut bunches of small grooves in the racetrack, which effectively creates a much larger surface area for a tire to contact. Well, there isn't a problem with that, because the racetrack has a huge amount of grip in the corners. Evidenced by speeds that broke the old track record by 5 miles an hour. The problems lie in when you make a car lose a little grip, start sliding, and lose that grip in the racetrack.
The edge between going fast and wrecking is so fine now, that you can't hardly slip up and survive. Combine that with a harder compound tire to handle the speeds and seems to have a penchant for blistering creates trememdous problems
Its such a problem that you see like what we saw last night in 14 yellows and 22 yellows in the 600 mile race in May.
And to think that Humpy Wheeler was going to pave the racetrack for this year, but didn't want to because they were installing safer barriers. I'm sure he wishes he would have paved the speedway before this season, instead of paving it before next seasons activities.
Oh well, better luck next year Humpy.....
Levigation cut bunches of small grooves in the racetrack, which effectively creates a much larger surface area for a tire to contact. Well, there isn't a problem with that, because the racetrack has a huge amount of grip in the corners. Evidenced by speeds that broke the old track record by 5 miles an hour. The problems lie in when you make a car lose a little grip, start sliding, and lose that grip in the racetrack.
The edge between going fast and wrecking is so fine now, that you can't hardly slip up and survive. Combine that with a harder compound tire to handle the speeds and seems to have a penchant for blistering creates trememdous problems
Its such a problem that you see like what we saw last night in 14 yellows and 22 yellows in the 600 mile race in May.
And to think that Humpy Wheeler was going to pave the racetrack for this year, but didn't want to because they were installing safer barriers. I'm sure he wishes he would have paved the speedway before this season, instead of paving it before next seasons activities.
Oh well, better luck next year Humpy.....
posted by Destructo Bill at
3:39 PM
2 Comments:
Bill is so smart he explained that to me and i actually understood ;) after about an hour.... but i got it! :D lol Lets just hope we get some improvement in this track for next year, this wreck fest is getting to be a pain....
By
CanadianMikeyFan15, at 6:18 PM, October 15, 2005
whaddya expect from a dude named "humpy" LMAOOOOOOO
By
Chazman, at 12:16 AM, October 17, 2005
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