My key design principles were:
- track at waist height
- two lane track that doesn't require marshals i.e. all track must be within an arm's reach so the racers can re-slot their own cars
- variety of types of corners
- preferably some variation in height
- room for a pit lane
I found a site with some great advice on track design and different types of corners e.g. carousels, hairpins, 180 degree turns, and sweeping turns. So I wanted as interesting a track as possible, whilst fitting on two 4 feet wide tables positioned in an L-shape.
This is the design I want to build...
As you can see, the track needs elevation to let the long straight (which will be the start-finish straight) run under three parts of the track. The alternative would be elevating the long straight but a sloping start-finish start feels wrong. The other alternative would be to avoid any elevated track altogether. Andy (builder of the much-missed Minchinhampton GP track) has cautioned me about the challenge of effective track joints on slopes, so I have also designed the following track which will fit on exactly the same pair of tables - so if my preferred design is a disaster, I have a fallback option.
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