VIR is adding more track

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:29 pm

I'm pretty sure pro series would look down on that pretty hard.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

Work at VIR has been completed; however, I can't see anything on virnow.com, so it might be better to refer to the Facebook page.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:53 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

Work at VIR has been completed; however, I can't see anything on virnow.com, so it might be better to refer to the Facebook page.

I have been following it on Facebook. I can say one thing, from the pics I have seen, VIR paid to have it done RIGHT (versus Summit Point). It should be as smooth as you can expect from asphalt. I saw no corners cut, all the right equipment and prep.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:09 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

I can say one thing, from the pics I have seen, VIR paid to have it done RIGHT (versus Summit Point).

I'm sure we'll get to pay our part, don't worry.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:44 pm

Don't know about the pay considerations. But, by widening the track where they did, they have effectively cut down run off distance to the walls and Armco. So now you have an increase in speed and a decrease in runoff, you figure it out!!! And as far as drainage goes none of those turns puddle water badly. Hog pen, back straight at the chicane are the areas that puddle and flood the worst, and I didn't see or hear of any grading going on there. Sure hope they did !!

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:42 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

I can say one thing, from the pics I have seen, VIR paid to have it done RIGHT (versus Summit Point).

I'm sure we'll get to pay our part, don't worry.

You love to bitch about that but they aren't forcing you to attend.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:56 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

I can say one thing, from the pics I have seen, VIR paid to have it done RIGHT (versus Summit Point).

I'm sure we'll get to pay our part, don't worry.

You love to bitch about that but they aren't forcing you to attend.

You are missing the point Ryan ............. VK loves to bitch......... :lol:

So in looking on Facebook it would appear that they have turned T-11 into a banked turn into Oak Tree. Am I seeing that correctly?

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:49 am

Which picture are you looking at? I don't think they changed T11 at all.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

Bernie Baake wrote:

Don't know about the pay considerations. But, by widening the track where they did, they have effectively cut down run off distance to the walls and Armco. So now you have an increase in speed and a decrease in runoff, you figure it out!!!

I think if you were going to go off at those places (T3, T10, etc), you were already botching the hell out of a turn. I'm not sure if adding 5-10mph in those low/medium speed sections is going to shrink the margin of error in a real significant way.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:33 pm

Your right Andrew, NO one EVER goes off in T1,T3,T4 or T10. My bust..............Not.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

I meant that if you were going off at those turns and were going to hit the armco, you were going to do that whether or not 6' of extra pavement was there or not.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:43 am

Fairly sure there is now a farkturd more inside line for Miata and other such low hanging fruity cars .....

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