Designing Tracks, Use Math!

I'll admit; as a track organizer I've failed to bring the heat. Session after session, we end up with kidney variations - and while they're a crowd pleaser... what's the point of a portable track that always looks the same?

So a quick trip to Staples and $6 later I was set - College Graph paper, compass, ruler and some other bits... I started with the kidney shape we've run for years now, then started building out. Some layouts favor maximum use of space, some favor interesting turn radius, while others are clones of known tracks.

The graph paper works well here - each square being 1sq foot. To layout a track; start in a corner and walk out to the first location, drop a cone and start building from there. These tracks are all 20x30ft in size. If you have other size requests, lmk in the comments!

Feel free to use any of these with your club; all we ask is a shoutout for RCRK!



Left - double three way action
Right - Ebisu Clone?

Right - all compass angles
Left - tried to maximize use of space

Left - MC Escher attempt
Right - Chance Circuit Clone... dimensions are a bit off still

 

Japan Links for the Seasoned Traveler

Tokyo RC links have found a permanent home on the sidebar. While the Akihabara shops have been well archived, I wasn't able to find much on RC drift tracks. So I started searching, with the aid of my college なかま１　book.

I'm up to 3 drift tracks within an hour of Shibuya, my preferred base camp of operations... if you know of other tracks, let me know!