LPS turn 3 & 4

robert gatten · 7/26/15, 12:33 PM

A few weeks ago I noticed that turns 3 & 4 have been getting wider. Now it runs about halfway over to the sign boards. No longer is there a good cushion and a drop off point. most drivers, in all divisions, that venture to the top wind up losing places as the bottom is much shorter way around. LPS had become my favorite track to attend but now with this extra wide turn I believe it has taken away some competitiveness and forced racing on the bottom. It may be just me, but I much preferred the race track when the north end was about the same width as the south end.

JMA1181 · 7/26/15, 6:46 PM

KT didn't run the bottom last night and won. Terre Haute is much longer around the top and Farney won up there?

Slider20 · 7/26/15, 7:14 PM

It takes a lot more horse to make it work now...

robert gatten · 7/26/15, 7:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMA1181

KT didn't run the bottom last night and won. Terre Haute is much longer around the top and Farney won up there?

I'm not saying you can't run the top and win. At most tracks the top is the fast way around. THAT doesn't have one end wider than the other as is the case now at LPS. Just don't see the need to take a great race track and start changing the configuration.

robert gatten · 7/27/15, 7:01 PM

guess it puts more track in front of shortbus.

D.O. · 7/27/15, 8:21 PM

I think the reason the top is closer to the top is because the racers use running off the backstretch more and more moves everything up on that end. The wall on main stretch doesn't allow a wide arc into 1. Just thinking

SHORTBUS · 7/27/15, 8:41 PM

If there not raising hell about the big cushion,now its to wide.never happy i guess lol

robert gatten · 7/27/15, 9:27 PM

Just think it wasn't that high before, why now ? I am not complaining as I love the whole experience at LPS, just wondering why the change. OH and I love a big cushion.

chastaj · 7/27/15, 10:21 PM

The overall track is larger than it use to be. Go watch some of those Racin with DO videos from the 90s, and see how far from the billboards 3&4 were vs now. I bet it's a good 1/16 mile longer than it was back then.

robert gatten · 7/28/15, 4:52 PM

At least 1/16th and growing. This turn is now about as wide as The Burg !

7/26/15, 7:14 PM	#3
Slider20 Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 199	It takes a lot more horse to make it work now...

7/27/15, 7:01 PM	#5 Re: LPS turn 3 & 4
robert gatten Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,130	guess it puts more track in front of shortbus.

7/27/15, 9:27 PM	#8 Re: LPS turn 3 & 4
robert gatten Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,130	Just think it wasn't that high before, why now ? I am not complaining as I love the whole experience at LPS, just wondering why the change. OH and I love a big cushion.

7/27/15, 10:21 PM	#9
chastaj Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 245	The overall track is larger than it use to be. Go watch some of those Racin with DO videos from the 90s, and see how far from the billboards 3&4 were vs now. I bet it's a good 1/16 mile longer than it was back then.

7/28/15, 4:52 PM	#10 Re: LPS turn 3 & 4
robert gatten Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,130	At least 1/16th and growing. This turn is now about as wide as The Burg !