RC Unveils new Daytona SX Track

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Edited Date/Time 1/16/2015 3:49pm
Running it clockwise this year. Article from our local paper. Frankly, I long for a track designed by Gary Bailey, but I'm sure it will be fine.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20150113/SPORTS/150119756/100…


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SwapperMX 1/14/2015 3:47am
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Finish line strategically placed due to the typically longer races ?? Will only see 19 and 1/4 laps in the 450 main. Is always a great race, but that track design doesn't excite me.
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dabi 1/14/2015 4:22am
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This design could have been better.. but still, i'll settle myself behind my computer on raceday.
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tomm55x 1/14/2015 4:43am
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I always like watching the 1980's Daytona races, where they crossed over asphalt and everything, those were neat, as the original poster said, the Gary bailey designed tracks, he made use of everything he could.
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bama205 1/14/2015 4:53am
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Only 6 corners?

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pdub187 1/14/2015 5:22am
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I hope the racing is better than the track layout suggests it will be. It's hard to make passes without corners.
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jasonward73 1/14/2015 6:14am
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The whole front straight should be 4 separate whoop sections with each individual set of whoops being a different size/pattern. That would be interesting.
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Crash82 1/14/2015 6:27am
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tomm55x wrote:
I always like watching the 1980's Daytona races, where they crossed over asphalt and everything, those were neat, as the original poster said, the Gary bailey...
I always like watching the 1980's Daytona races, where they crossed over asphalt and everything, those were neat, as the original poster said, the Gary bailey designed tracks, he made use of everything he could.
I was there in 1979, Broc Glover did a face plant on a table on the far far left of the track in practice. I remember he had on a Jofa type mouth guard and it was full of dirt.
One Last Comeback 1/14/2015 6:49am
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Wow, it's basically a circle that loops back on itself one time. I agree there doesn't seem to be many place to pass. That whole lower section looks like follow the leader.
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jasonward73 wrote:
The whole front straight should be 4 separate whoop sections with each individual set of whoops being a different size/pattern. That would be interesting.
YES!

I was wondering where the heck the whoops went. I like your idea, the whole front straight after the finish line should be whoops.
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tomm55x 1/14/2015 7:03am
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tomm55x wrote:
I always like watching the 1980's Daytona races, where they crossed over asphalt and everything, those were neat, as the original poster said, the Gary bailey...
I always like watching the 1980's Daytona races, where they crossed over asphalt and everything, those were neat, as the original poster said, the Gary bailey designed tracks, he made use of everything he could.
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I was there in 1979, Broc Glover did a face plant on a table on the far far left of the track in practice. I remember...
I was there in 1979, Broc Glover did a face plant on a table on the far far left of the track in practice. I remember he had on a Jofa type mouth guard and it was full of dirt.
I bet he was happy to be using a mouth guard that day! How about the Johnny O leap, that was awesome too!
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Jeff alessi 1/14/2015 7:11am
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I wish they could bring back the rough 90s tracks that Stanton and mc use to race on, that was real Daytona. This track needs help.
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Zracer 1/14/2015 7:49am
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This is not a good Daytona layout. Not even close.
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McDuff 1/14/2015 8:13am
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That must've taken an entire 5 minutes to design.
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Tbteam 1/14/2015 9:40am
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When I saw this at 6am, the first thing that I noticed was the small number of turns and the lack of "obstacles". I'm hoping that when the dozers start moving dirt that some things will be added.

I'm looking at about 35 years of attending this event. You can't really blame RC for the containment of the track inside the DIS tri-oval. That's a speedway thing. What bums me out is the fact that the Daytona round has become much more vanilla and similar to other rounds on the series, instead of the "Holy Shit, Look at that Track!!!" reaction that we, as fans, used to experience when we first saw it.

Take note, however, that they used the entire tri-oval this year, which is a change from last year when they trimmed off the far right and left corners.

Regardless, as other have said, I'll be there again, enjoying myself, but thinking of years gone by that truly made this race the most exciting race in the series by far.

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mx510 1/14/2015 10:14am
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I would love to see an over under added to this.
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KMC440 1/14/2015 10:23am
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Boooooooooooo !!!!!

Who signed off on this turd ? Sorry but that really looks like shit. Go get Pastrami please!!!!
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hvaughn88 1/14/2015 10:27am
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With a track like this that appears to be pretty wide open, will we see the strong Yamaha motors running out front? Long straights, minimal turns. Just spit-ballin' here.
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McDuff 1/14/2015 10:50am
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I'd like to see an over a gator pit.
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Motodave15 1/14/2015 11:09am
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They better not groom the track at all after the afternoon practices
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WFO! 1/14/2015 6:31pm
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Could be worse.

Anybody remember early 80's Daytona?

Riding across the pavement in spots to crossover to the next track section?

1983 Daytona Supercross Final - home footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFRSkzKpNE

Go to 1:15 and pick up there....hannah in the lead sliding all over the pavement at 1:25
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WFO! wrote:
Could be worse. Anybody remember early 80's Daytona? Riding across the pavement in spots to crossover to the next track section? 1983 Daytona Supercross Final -...
Could be worse.

Anybody remember early 80's Daytona?

Riding across the pavement in spots to crossover to the next track section?

1983 Daytona Supercross Final - home footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFRSkzKpNE

Go to 1:15 and pick up there....hannah in the lead sliding all over the pavement at 1:25
Looks pretty cool to me. Cool
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Tbteam 1/14/2015 6:56pm
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WFO! wrote:
Could be worse. Anybody remember early 80's Daytona? Riding across the pavement in spots to crossover to the next track section? 1983 Daytona Supercross Final -...
Could be worse.

Anybody remember early 80's Daytona?

Riding across the pavement in spots to crossover to the next track section?

1983 Daytona Supercross Final - home footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFRSkzKpNE

Go to 1:15 and pick up there....hannah in the lead sliding all over the pavement at 1:25
So, you think this was bad?

Seriously.
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ga_pike 1/14/2015 6:59pm
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I wonder if the design is "dialed back" to suit the amateur racing? I mean, I know they can and will still dumb it down some, but could that have influenced the design?

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