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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave- View Post
    I dont get what they're talking about there, does that mean it runs in a figure 8?
    Nothing much gets past you ... eh ... !!!

    Oh ... that's a yes ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    Nothing much gets past you ... eh ... !!!

    Oh ... that's a yes ...
    OH I SEE IT NOW!

    for some reason looking at it ^that way up made my brain had a race track that led to a head on collision firey death finish line.

    probably not what the planners had in mind.

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    "View of the track from the museum at the top of the spectator embankment."

    If it's primarily a test track....why does it have a spectator embankment? -_-

    the plot thickens!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave- View Post

    If it's primarily a test track....why does it have a spectator embankment? -_-

    the plot thickens!
    For taking all those perfectly in focus "leaked" photos of new vehciles that do not yet exist andd companies deny all knowledge of. I mean DAAAAH

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pumba View Post
    For taking all those perfectly in focus "leaked" photos of new vehciles that do not yet exist andd companies deny all knowledge of. I mean DAAAAH
    I suspect the real reason is because there will actually be some racing there, I'm not expecting a covered grandstand with car parking for 20,000 people....

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    The moulds for the concrete track barriers have just arrived.

    I hope that's just the bracing and there's something a bit more absorbent....


    Tyres for safety barriers...

    nnnmmmmmmm....

    I'll take tyres over concrete....buuuuut

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave- View Post
    I'll take tyres over concrete....buuuuut
    By the time the tyres are filled with dirt they're just about as solid anyway
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave- View Post
    If it's primarily a test track....why does it have a spectator embankment? -_-

    the plot thickens!
    Maybe because the oval part of the track at the other end of the circuit will be primarily be the test part.
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    Let's hope it doesn't turn out like HD and only have a half finished circuit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    By the time the tyres are filled with dirt they're just about as solid anyway
    they're called safety barriers.....but who's safety are they protecting?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave- View Post
    they're called safety barriers.....but who's safety are they protecting?
    Spectators of course...kill a spectator and you may lose the track....kill a competitor and oh dear, how sad, carry on....

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil3nt View Post
    Let's hope it doesn't turn out like HD and only have a half finished circuit.
    Looks farkin cool. Typical, they can build an awesome track in the middle of 'nowhere' yet in the largest city in the country we have a half finished abortion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DEATH_INC. View Post
    Looks farkin cool. Typical, they can build an awesome track in the middle of 'nowhere' yet in the largest city in the country we have a half finished abortion.
    Go the South!
    Where IN this (which) city is this track .... ???

    The Cromwell track will have it's own cafe ... and two pubs, and a few bars/cafe's within 3 km's from trackside ... Can the same be said at HD ... ??? (not to mention 35 minutes from an international airport) And 30 minutes from my place

    And the center of NZ's best known tourist mecca ... 45 minutes away. Middle of nowhere indeed ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by DEATH_INC. View Post
    Looks farkin cool. Typical, they can build an awesome track in the middle of 'nowhere' yet in the largest city in the country we have a half finished abortion.
    Go the South!
    this one aint finished yet either mate! big plans could still run out of money for all the details!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tigertim20 View Post
    this one aint finished yet either mate! big plans could still run out of money for all the details!
    I see the progress on the track every day. It is not being done "on a budget" ... it's a very busy place, tree planting is in full progress. The track is being rolled prior to sealing in november ....
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    It is not being done "on a budget" ... .
    thats exactly the kind of attitude that often contributes to a running out of finance to bring every detail to reality!

    But I sincerely hope that doesnt happen!

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