Down Hill Tracks

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Jim, that was a nice thing about Eagle Motorplex in Ashcroft BC, the downhill staging lanes meant no starting the car or pushing it, once you got into the lanes. Bremerton does run downhill , but I think not until after the finish line.

Spokane and Boise also.

[Bob Mulry]

Coming back from INDY in 2004 we raced at Tri-State in Earlville.

I was going to visit my brother in Janesville, Wisconsin so I showed up a few days early to see about dropping our trailer. The rest of the crew headed out to the Field of Dreams.

I was met by the owner and invited it to drop the trailer and he gave me a guided tour in his Caprice with his puppy sitting on the back of the front seat.

What he told me was that the track was all concrete, family was in the business, Laser leveled and downhill 13' because NHRA gives you 1% (13.2') before a correction and sand blasted to rough it up. Still driving, we went up the shut off, down the return road and stopped in the level pit area. There was an uphill area to get to the staging lanes, because they ran downhill to the water boxes.

This is what you get when a plan for a racetrack comes together and it didn't hurt that they are a family of racers..

I love that place.....

[Chipper Chapman]

Miramichi Dragway (New Brunswick Canada) really dives off around the 1/8, sitting on starting line you can't see finish line. Not sure what the elevation difference is from starting line to finish, just know its fast, a little better than Napierville.

[Dave Noll]

@ Renegade in central WA the track is within a foot but the shutdown area drops 6 ft. (By google earth)

The16 ft rise in the shutdown area @ Pacific I didn't really notice racing there, but watching the national event held there, on tv, the top end camera made it way more evident visually.

[older racer]

boise, seattle, Medford, vegas, are not level!!

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by older racer

boise, seattle, Medford, vegas, are not level!!

I know the shutdown at Medford is uphill a fair bit, but is the 1/4 mile level? I certainly liked the downhill return road there, nice being able to coast back to the pits with the engine off, especially when it over 110 degrees in the summer!

[Dave Noll]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

I know the shutdown at Medford is uphill a fair bit, but is the 1/4 mile level? I certainly liked the downhill return road there, nice being able to coast back to the pits with the engine off, especially when it over 110 degrees in the summer!

Using google earth again, I see roughly 6 feet in variation in the track and the shutdown rises 130 ft.

[Brian Oakes]

Chris, we checked Miramichi last year, was at finish line 8' (i think) now until you turn off gauge just said cliff ahead lol and Bob you are correct Charlotte is max, 13.2 feet, 1% that NHRA allows.

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

I know the shutdown at Medford is uphill a fair bit, but is the 1/4 mile level? I certainly liked the downhill return road there, nice being able to coast back to the pits with the engine off, especially when it over 110 degrees in the summer!

You might like the downhill return road at Medford but you better have headlights for night racing, it slaloms through the trees and it slopes off quickly if you happen to get off the pavement, very easy to high center with bad results. Also, there is a huge deer population at the top end, lots of collisions over the years. I remember a female motorcycle racer hit one at the top end and ended up with a broken arm.

[theman440]

If you stand at the starting line at Fontana and watch the car go down the track it will actually disappear kinda like a over the horizon type deal. the 1/4 is uphill and shutdown is downhill?