Track Barriers

[BarkingSpyder]

(1) Recently, Rich suggested that some kind of barrier be added to the back straight (aka: T-4) to prevent cars from flying over the edge onto the floor. It is the only part of the track without a wall or fence and if you have enough speed coming out of the esses it is easy to fly off the back. A few people have been able to crash into the trees/bushes but that does not cover the hump of T-4 which can act as a launching pad. When this area really comes into play is when a car has hopped into another lane, or been re-slotted into the wrong lane and is not controlled by its original driver.
— Russel has suggested a vinyl barrier, basically made from a moulding strip used to join commercial walls to hard floors.
— I have some Scalextric fencing exactly like we have on the track already.

(2) Stephen is concerned about the fencing at T-5 because it is very common for cars in the green-lane to smack the fence with their left rear quarter as they head for the hairpin at T-6. We seem to see that in every race.

I suggest that we discuss these changes in a future club meeting – even if it is on a non-standard date.

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