Track Prep
 

Why do some tracks run track prep equipment in the opposite of racing direction?

Re: Track Prep
 

Good question, I’ve wondered about that myself.

The old school theory was that running in the same direction as racing reinforced or enhanced the existing ruts. If you worked the track backwards, you broke up that pattern and it made for a better surface. Kinda the same reason I don’t cut my lawn in the same grid pattern year after year.

We even wheel packed the track backwards (clockwise) back in the day (when race cars were responsible for running the track in…). Packing it backwards also kept anyone from trying to hot lap on a soft track, making matters worse.

You did good, PitDad, I think!
We'll see.

Re: Track Prep
 

Originally Posted by The Old Coyote:
Why do some tracks run track prep equipment in the opposite of racing direction?

Because

Anyone else besides me, remember when old bedspring were about as good as you could get, I had to type that, no look up, and it worked, used oil, calcium chloride, liquid soap in that order is what I remember.!
Course the water bed put an end to bedsprings