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I'm having a hard time believing how this is good for the track. Maybe while the plates are flat, it helps peel up old rubber and resurfaces the tarmac as they say. But as soon as someone gets hit at the wrong angle and their plate gets tilted, it's rut city.
So long every Honda Accord and Nissan Sentra ever made...
maschinenbau said:I'm having a hard time believing how this is good for the track. Maybe while the plates are flat, it helps peel up old rubber and resurfaces the tarmac as they say. But as soon as someone gets hit at the wrong angle and their plate gets tilted, it's rut city.
I'm not sure they are too concerned about track maintenance at places that run events like these. I've competed a few times in schoolbus figure-8 races at Orlando Speedworld, and the track is an absolute mess by the end of the Crash-A-Rama event. The trailer races seem to be the most damaging to the track---- those guys are insane! Lots of gouging, things catching on fire / wheels with no tires digging into the pavement---- -it's brutal.
In reply to Joe Gearin :
When I wrote this article the organizers did make a point to say that the plates are good for the track. As for when something goes terribly wrong or a plate gets bent, I'm sure that would hurt the track.
Thanks for digging this article up Ed, looks even more fun than the wheels I found on Craigslist let on.
Looks like a ton of fun!
This thread is useless without video!
I've done this in parking lots in the odd corolla. Never thought about having other cars around though. The want is strong to try this out.
SVreX said:This thread is useless without video!
Orange is the new Flat Black
I got you! Look how packed those stands are. Some people are pretty darned good at it.
They did an episode on this on "Car vs. America". It was pretty hysterical.
Ed Higginbotham said:SVreX said:This thread is useless without video!
Orange is the new Flat Black
I got you! Look how packed those stands are. Some people are pretty darned good at it.
That's awesome- it looks like the Sawzall Olympics!
Skid plate? Here’s what we call skid plates
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