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I have been to LRP multiple times since the project started...the land that they moved to create the new uphill corner is amazing. Dumping all the fill into the huge gully outside the lefthander. Hope it drains well.......

Will be there Saturday if anyone wants pictures of a certain area...
 
just saw a map of the new optional track layout...

now I see why the entrance got moved they way it did. there will be track where the "guard shack" used to be!!

Just saw it all yesterday... all I can say is wow!!! I just hope all this fast work is done well:blink:
 
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Taken last Saturday. Lots of work being done especially for a Saturday. The entrance is dramatically different - doesn't look like Lime Rock. I drove right by the security shed.
 
One thing that bugs me.....look at picture 44. It's looking west, toward the esses, with Big Bend in the frame, being paved (That parts good!) But, along the left, about 5 feet from the edge of the track, appears to be a tire wall. One of the good things about Big Bend is the amount of "Recovery space" you have outside the turn before you hit anything. Now, it appears, a little slide puts you into the wall. Why would they do that?? It seems really backwards.

I'd rather they had a grass strip outside the turn that's 6 or 10 feet wide, then a paved area. heck, paint the pavement green and put lots of gritty sand in the paint to help spinning cars slow down. Looks 'natural', yet doesn't damage cars. win-win.

If that wall had been there when this happened, I'd have a lot more bodywork to do...
 
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lateapex911 said:
One thing that bugs me.....look at picture 44. It's looking west, toward the esses, with Big Bend in the frame, being paved (That parts good!) But, along the left, about 5 feet from the edge of the track, appears to be a tire wall. One of the good things about Big Bend is the amount of "Recovery space" you have outside the turn before you hit anything. Now, it appears, a little slide puts you into the wall. Why would they do that?? It seems really backwards.

I'd rather they had a grass strip outside the turn that's 6 or 10 feet wide, then a paved are. heck, paint the pavement green and put lots of gritty sand in the paint to help spinning cars slow down. Looks 'natural', yet doesn't damage cars. win-win.

If that wall had been there when this happened, I'd have a lot more bodywork to do...
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That's only there temporarily; I'm not sure why it was moved, but it may have been to level off that "recovery space" out towards the scoreboard. The tires will certainly be moved back.
 
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