Down Hill Tracks

[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?