Turn 1 / 2 Update???

[OreoGaborio]

Is new pavement require "curing" time? Is new pavement oily? Anybody know about this stuff?

no, it won't be greasy or oily, but it will be "green"... meaning there won't be much rubber in it yet

This means it there MIGHT be a little less grip than the surrounding pavement.... Or, because the pavement is so fresh & "jagged", it could have a ton of grip & just get grippier once we put some rubber on the racing line.

[jtaylor719]

Penguin Pro School will be there tomorrow and Wed - maybe someone (instructors?) will post up pics / conditions. Supposed to get wet this week, so I hope it's OK.

[SVRACER01]

the BMTD is after the classic so common sense should assume that we will be running the new pavement.
new pavement slippery or not? who knows....no one seems to mind the dirt track in T3.

[NoPants]

oh my gawd will there be power this weekend?!?!

[Hardcore]

where's the fuckin pics!!!!!

doesn't anybody up there in cowhampshire have a camera!

[GixerJockey]

oh my gawd will there be power this weekend?!?!

[butcher bergs]

Is new pavement require "curing" time? Is new pavement oily? Anybody know about this stuff?

Depends on the application. As far as our useage is concerned, no. If it were a driveway or parking lot where things were sitting on it for extended periods of time then, yes.

Brand new pavement is noticably oily for the first few hours but that seeps back into the pavement once it starts to cool. It does, however, get brought back up to the surface when there's "weather" and this can occur for weeks on end.

As with any new surface, just feel it out and progress from there.

[scottieducati]

So are pics coming today?? Isn't Penguin going on?? Would love to see what the new hottness is all about...

[Hoss]

I hope they pave some bumps in the new section. What the hell would people do with smooth pavement?


"My suspension is acting funny in the new section!"


"Thats because it's smooth...dumbass"

[scottieducati]

Sounds like a PK ism...

[a13x]

Will be up at the track in a few hours. Will update then. Probably by 8pm or so.

[TheIglu]

I can't wait to see what they did with turn 2!

[OreoGaborio]

Just saw this on the NEAR_EX500 list:

Just got off the phone with Dana Temple, who unfortunately spent so much time repairing bikes that he only got a half-dozen hot laps. The Penguin 2-Day Pro School apparently had about 50 attendee's, every rental bike taken .... a few crashes, some of 'em twice!

Turn 1 is a LOT deeper -- "It feels like you got the gas held open for another 4 minutes, then you find you STILL backed off too early." (OK, Dana is prone to a bit of exaggeration, but it gets the point across. ;-)

Then it comes back harder, to get back to 1A -- he described it as essentially a decreasing-radius left sweeper that tights up to become a 90-degree left at the end.

That means the old "pre-turn" doesn't really work, because if you turn in too early (and cut down closer to the end of the pit wall) you'd wind up carrying too much speed and drift out to the right too far before you even got to the apex of that 90-degree left.

T1A is MUCH sharper ... you come into it headed more towards the North Garages than the prior layout. (Which had an entry line that aimed you pretty much straight east.)

So you're pointed north, you have to come all the way back to T2, then get back out to T3. He said Jeff says the winning bet is to still aim HARD to T2, (instead of swinging out to the right) because you don't want to get passed on the inside and balked out to 3.

The surface itself? "It's like silk ... it so smooth that it's hard to feel what the tires are doing, how much grip it has."

See you all soon. Should you choose to accept the mission, this email will become fish & chip paper as soon as someone posts the first vids.

B.J.

[brewmaster]

Just saw this on the NEAR_EX500 list:

Ohhh Boy Ohh Boy...... can't wait!

[Pittenger5]

So Ill assume theres no more chicanes?

[butcher bergs]

So pissed I won't be out there!

Thanks for the post, Pete.

[Kurlon]

Yeah, but what about the infield, is there still grass for camping? : )

[KB]

Is there power?

Power? FTW!

KB

[BMFR6]

Is there power?

Power? FTW!

KB

nope. they had to shut down the plumbing as well.

[Doc]

So Ill assume theres no more chicanes?

Fuck those Chicanes!

[jtaylor719]

Sounds like I can shut the gas off at the 4 board now instead of start/finish!
Can't wait to ride it...only one more day at work and 7 days vacation!

[Pittenger5]

Fuck those Chicanes!

Go back to your home on whore island

[lrrs699]

what happened to our insiders with the track pics???

[KB]

nope. they had to shut down the plumbing as well.

I guess I'll just have to shit in a bucket then.

KB

[KB]

what happened to our insiders with the track pics???

Yeah WTF noe pictures??? Paging A13X

KB