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Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou
Now with traction, who knows what's best. If the sun isn't out do a longer burn-out Â*8) to increase your traction on a cool track surface.
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track surface is a hard thing to figure out what is "perfect". not only do you have to compensate for what teh actual track surface is(concrete, asphalt, how much rubber) but you also have to take into account what kind of earth that bit of pavement is sitting on(clay, sand, packed soil, gravel, bed rock).
different bases will trap moisture at different rates. anyone ever notice that atco seems to dry off after rain fast as hell? that is because the track sits on a fairly soft sand that pulls out moisture right away. maple grove is teh opposite end of teh spectrum sitting on a hard rock surface with a fairly thin layer of soil over it, that place dews up and takes a while to dry off after even a minor shower.
you also have to compensate for how much sun is hitting a particular surface compared to the outside air temp. as teh track surface gets colder the grain of teh pavement will start to close up and traction goes down. if teh surface gets too hot oils will start to leach out of the surface and there goes traction again.
anyone confused yet? lol
later
tim