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#20
Grattan Raceway has a 3- Year Resurfacing Plan
How come no one posted this here already! Or I'm pulling a Red Rider?
Grattan Raceway
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Love you too HG2!
Awesome..... just before the winter..... give it plenty of time for a Michigan Winter to heave that surface......
Just kidding... nice to see.
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Sweet, considering the only part of that track where the track surface really bothered me was turn 3.
This will have me down to 3 minutes flat, for sure!
Oh and speaking of Grattan, look at what I found in my desk the other day...
TurkeyDay 09 022.jpg
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Didn't know about it.  Sure looks smooth with the repave, but the bumps will still be there since it doesn't look like they milled the old surface. It looks like they just applied an asphalt topcoat, which can be slick. Hope the cars don't destroy it before our MCADX event...maybe we should move it to May this year! 
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 Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue
With good pavement I can likely break 170 on the straight next year 
Pfft, 170... *yawn*
260 is where it's at!
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Awww....they just ruined the character of the track.
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Originally Posted by Richard636
Pfft, 170... *yawn*
260 is where it's at!
 that is only 161.6 mph to those of us who measure correctly...pshhh
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I didn't see them paving any of the surfaces "I" need...
The new pavement it's going to be the cherry on top.
"If you're going to be on top, you better be prepared for the inevitable criticism.
Goes for everything from sports to politics to sex."
Seamus.
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CAN CRUSHER
Originally Posted by ONEvcs
I didn't see them paving any of the surfaces "I" need...
The new pavement it's going to be the cherry on top.
I didn't think you could pave over tire walls
Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally Posted by evl_twn
I didn't think you could pave over tire walls
That's a good thing, ain't it? Might be painful otherwise. 
"If you're going to be on top, you better be prepared for the inevitable criticism.
Goes for everything from sports to politics to sex."
Seamus.
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posing for the camera
I am so totally going into Juan's Gravel Trap off of 1.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
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Originally Posted by Ape-X
that is only 161.6 mph to those of us who measure correctly...pshhh
LOL... yea yea yea...
I have my speedo taped over, I was just talking outta my ass.
For the most part though, I was gettin a decent drive onto the strait.
I was actually slower on Northern's 1KRR than my Gixxer6. Prolly has alot to do with my comfort level on my own bike. And i was scared shitless that the rear on Northerns 1K would wash away from under me if I got on the gas too hard. With the 600 i could just crack the trottle open through the last turn.
Ohh man, it's going to be a long winter...
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Originally Posted by TornadoB8
Awww....they just ruined the character of the track.
1:25 here we come! 
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#20
Screw that! 1:24 here we come!
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Screw that, 1:17 here I was two years ago...
"If you're going to be on top, you better be prepared for the inevitable criticism.
Goes for everything from sports to politics to sex."
Seamus.
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no worries Rich636, was just talkin smack as well. :O)
JetB: remind me to chase you around then....I am up for dropping 3-4seconds
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March nor'easters bring April...flooding...
Let's hope they didn't use the company that repaved Summit Point Main. Those of you on the east coast will get that!
Very cool!! So, when are the McAdx days this year? I must start planning. Gonna be a long winter, the antifreeze is already back in the track bike.
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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posing for the camera
Originally Posted by HondaGalToo
Let's hope they didn't use the company that repaved Summit Point Main. Those of you on the east coast will get that!
Very cool!! So, when are the McAdx days this year? I must start planning. Gonna be a long winter, the antifreeze is already back in the track bike.
it must be winter, you've switched from a bike avatar back to the Eagle.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
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March nor'easters bring April...flooding...
Originally Posted by CBR929RE
it must be winter, you've switched from a bike avatar back to the Eagle.
Yup, that's a sign of cold weather, for sure!
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Wake me up...save me from the nothing I've become
Wow~@!...
What can I say other than ... Frank, I need to know when to get the root beer.
Yummy!
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No Hammer this year :(
Last edited by 08silvercbr; 11-10-2009 at 08:27 PM.
Do sober what you said what you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway
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Originally Posted by 08silvercbr
Damn it slow down. I haven't caught your old time yet.
C'mon...you need to set your sights for 180 mph now.
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No Hammer this year :(
Originally Posted by RedRider
C'mon...you need to set your sights for 180 mph now.
Yeah if I wanna hit that burm at the end and jump Lessiter Rd.. I need a disposible bike if I'm gonna talk such nonsense. 
Do sober what you said what you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway
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No worries richard I was almost as fast on hammers 600 as I am on the bike I've been riding for 4 years... in one session. 600's are where it's at for sure. I gotta grow a set over the winter. and lose 20 lbs. hahaha
See you at GRATTAN
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P90X RAGE!
Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue
I was interested in that they listed it as three phases. That almost seemed like a total repave even though that one section was just done (and nice) 
Phase 1: Straight - Turn 3
Phase 2: Turn 4 - Straight
Phase 3: Paddock area
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No Hammer this year :(
So I wonder how much of this was a result of STT being the soul track day provider. Wonder how that panned out then.
Do sober what you said what you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway
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posing for the camera
Originally Posted by 08silvercbr
Now that's much more realistic 
Damn it slow down. I haven't caught your old time yet.
I thought they already had a plan. Pave new 10' sections at a time.. each year. No more cracks for break markers
if you don't want cracks go to another track. The weather and ground there are a problem. Also they aren't using one of those Roadtec machines that make for no cross seams so wherever one truckload of asphalt ends and another beings will be a spot where the nice winter snow melting then freezing again will make for cracks.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
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Originally Posted by nhfirefighter13
Phase 3: Paddock area
From what I've heard, they will pave right above all the bird nest..... 
Last edited by Jetbdude; 11-10-2009 at 08:39 PM.
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