A friend of mine sent me some pics today of Daytona International Speedway when it was getting paved. I'm not sure where they came from, but I figured I would show them to anyone interested.......









pretty neat pics, I hope these haven't been posted before, if so, sorry..

Actually, I just did a search and looks like it may have been mentioned before, but since it took me some time do make this thread, here goes.....

 

If Daytona was a highway it would take 4 years to pave

 

In Pennsylvania, maybe longer......

 

As I am in this industry, I kinda followed along on that. Those came from daytona's website, they were posting it as it was going along. Let me tell you, theres alot more to it than the average Joe thinks. I understand what they are doing in these shots. Believe me jobs could be done much faster but there are alot of variables such as how wet the stone and sand are that is being used to make it and the guidelines and specifications set by the feds and each state.

 

thanks for the explanation, wonder if it should be on the top 10 hardest jobs list?

 

Never thought about the challenges of paving on a Bank like that.

 

I thought they made pretty good time. Seems like quite a complicated task

 

What kind of effects will the oils have on the cars since it's so freshly paved???

 

Most likely track will have more grip, tht is why they had to change restrictor plate to slow them down. Should also get better tire wear and should see more smoke when spinning. Not when smoke spins HA

 

They were saying the tires weren't wearing much at all, so we may see more 2 tire or no tire stops too