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Post by Cooper on Jan 1, 2006 22:50:34 GMT
Thought this would be best to ask the britisch guys....
I'm maybe going to build a 'small' track in my backyard, on grass, but how do I insure it stays grass and doens't become dirt? Do I have to replant all the time? or alot of water? or seed or ?
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Post by chris burgess on Jan 2, 2006 10:21:58 GMT
well, the way that we have done this at Southport (www.srcc.co.uk) is to plant the grass seed, and then put a plastic mesh over the grass seed and pin the mesh down.
That way, when the grass grows, it grows through the mesh and the cars are effectively running on the mesh. But this still needs to be done every couple of years as the level of the land rises and the mesh dissappears below the surface.
Failing that, get yourself some astoturf from the local sports club when they get new astroturf and use that instead.
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Post by Cooper on Jan 2, 2006 11:39:47 GMT
also a good idea, but don't want to destroy the grass, with astroturf it will be destroyed also... still got a couple of months to think about it... It's not that it will be used regulary, just when I don't have time to go to the local track but still want to practice for 1 or 2 hours  how do you make the jumps and -jump landing spots- ? |
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Post by chris burgess on Jan 2, 2006 14:50:18 GMT
the jumps are generally astroturf.
srcc used to have a grass jump, but the landing spots became big holes after a while!
Most grass tracks in the UK seem to becoming predominantly astroturf, to reduce the wear on the track, and that inturn reduces the maintenance, which saves the club money!
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Post by Northy on Jan 2, 2006 17:06:05 GMT
But tends to cost a fortune in tyres.....  |
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Post by Cooper on Jan 2, 2006 17:50:55 GMT
But tends to cost a fortune in tyres..... yep, at our track it's the same, but for me as a novice I run them as long as possible, first I need to run laps without any faults  |
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