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12-30-2019, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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Anyone heard anything on how the COTA resurfacing is going?
Just picked up my car from Soulspeed and was speaking to the team there and they said that as of 2 weeks ago when they were there with Edge Addicts, no work had started. Little concerning in that Chin has an event 4 weeks from this coming weekend.
And from what I understand, the amount of smoothing they need to do to get rid of the bumps on T1, Straight before T12 and the T18/19 complex - is a LOT of work. Like tearing out the concrete and redoing the entire surface. Seems grinding down - which they did before and destroyed the paint on many a car - will not work at this point. Can say that latter set of bumps almost spun me a couple of times, enough to where I started taking the F1 line (way outside which is not optimal for a non-F1/high downforce car) to avoid them. Anyone have any insight here on what's happening at COTA re: resurfacing? |
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I don't, however, if history tells us something is that large projects are always delayed....
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01-03-2020, 02:34 PM | #3 |
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Posted this over on Rennlist and got a reply saying that the track was now closed and they were starting to tear up the surface...so guess we'll see if they finish in time!
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01-03-2020, 03:34 PM | #4 |
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Are you a member of the Texas HPDE/Track/etc Facebook group? Somebody posted the same question about it over there and someone in there linked to a post on GP Americas page with photos (see HERE). Quite a bit has been torn up to be resurfaced and they are redoing some of the parking too. CHIN's event is the first one there this year I think so I guess we'll see. It doesn't look like the work they are doing is as extensive as was originally talked about. Just seems like they're grinding and re-doing the top layer, not whole sections with drainage etc like we all thought
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Partial repaving should be complete by the end of next week, weather permitting |
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01-09-2020, 07:39 PM | #6 |
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I love the partial, and then I think about I-10 with uneven lanes during repaving.
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There are some good pics of the work on the thread I started over at Rennlist now...
https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...l#post16343712 |
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01-15-2020, 12:31 PM | #8 |
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Some friends of mine shared this image in our group chat today. Looks pretty much done.
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/orVwaLN
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There in two weeks, will report back on condition |
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All of our "favorite" bumps in 1, 10, 18 and all down the back stretch are now a thing of the past. |
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I won’t know when to really brake at max into turn 1 without the hump.
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Was out yesterday as well, there's still a nice dip into 1 for your braking , but the rest is smooth. They resurfaced more that I was expecting. Carousel didn't have the grip I was used to... But other than that it was very nice
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It was 1000x better than with Chin back in August.
Slick to start Saturday morning, yes. But by Sunday afternoon couldn't tell any difference in grip levels between non-resurfaced and resurfaced. The big question is how long will this last. Was a little over a year after the grinding that the bumps came back...hope it lasts longer this time! |
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