Video from a keychain cam on my hat
Found this piece of land just down the road so I said wtf.... a shovel and 2 hrs work later.....
http://vimeo.com/21357911
Backyard Tracks Lets See Them!!!
- mrlexan
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Re: Backyard Tracks Lets See Them!!!
Brandon needs to show pic of the starting gate. Coolest start I have seen.
I am not here cause I am playing photographer and on my mountain bike.
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- Brandon G
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This gate has a electrical/pneumatic shot pin that holds the cars in the up position. I wired it to energize on the start tone. Valve actuates, pulls the shot pin, and the gate drops the cars on the ramp. Manually reset by lifting the lever on the side. I knew LOTS of guys that HATED start gates before they used this one. You could pin the throttle just before the gate dropped, the ramp prevented the cars from getting squirrely and shot them right onto the straight. The 180 feet to the berm was an all out drag race, always made it entertaining. I used to do a $10 holeshot award in the mains.
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Re: Backyard Tracks Lets See Them!!!
Now that's friggin cool! I haven't built a backyard track yet but built three tracks in Iraq. They ended up looking like something from a backyard. Two off-road tracks and one 90% complete high bank dirt oval. I'm sure units that came in behind us were like WTH did these guys do all day!
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