Pacific Raceway Paving

[suzrm121]

Anyone have an update on the off season Paving at Pacific Raceway? Turn 7 through the Kink?

[gcoffin]

Have not heard but I do recall parts of the track sounded like I was driving a snowplow with the blade down on wet pavement instead of an FC.

[marchsv]

The rumor is that only turn ten got regrated and paved.

[scorp997]

only ten?? if you were only going to work on one corner, anyone who's driven the track would say it has to be turn 8!!

[HayesCages]

The rumor was they were going to pave 7-10. After reading the latest SOVREN Bulletin Board message they've put off all paving on 7-9 until a "later" date. 10 is done at this time though.

See here: http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/vbb/sho...830#post294830

Lawrence

[gcoffin]

Turn 10 was re-paved to eliminate that nasty drainage problem when wet.......know the puddle just stays there ........

[Albatross]

When looking at the chart of the proposed changes to be made on the road course, turn 8 will no longer be a 180 degree change of course flowing towards turn 9. It will be made straight at the now normal apex and head westerly a short distance before turning to the south (new turn 9) to pick up the straight as we know it with a new turn 10) So, I expect that management would be reluctant to place new pavement where it will be dug up perhaps within a year or so. The King County Council has approved the $60 million improvements which we will eventually benefit from I hope. However there will no longer be the long straight which many of us use for the draft. The west end of that straight will be changed also.