For the diehard NASCAR fans, In NASCAR Race Track we know that the sounds and roar of the engines and the air as these NASCARS race by is something you cannot get at home, even with a large screen plasma HDTV. The vibrational energy at a NASCAR Race event is unbelievable and we should use this energy to light up the NASCAR Race Track utilizing this energy. How so you ask?
By lining the NASCAR race track walls with special sheets and placing these large 4' X 8' sandwich sheets with a taunt film on the vibrational side and small copper lined tubes; hundreds of these tubes running perpendicular to the sheets, with magnets inside bouncing back and forth. These magnets will charge a capacitor and be hooked up to an LED lighting system using fiber optics or reflectors, each one hooked up to a .2 to .5 watt light. With hundreds of thousands of lights hooked up in a composite format it will light up the NASCAR race track without the light pollution associated with streetlights, stadium lights or in large cities.
Currently this technology is being used in those little flashlights you see advertised on television that you shake and they light, but you never need batteries. This idea of lighting up the NASCAR race track is using that technology on a larger scale with miniaturized parts making up the guts between the sandwich sheets. Let there be light, thru vibrational energy and there was.
Track Shape: Quad-Oval Track Distance: 1.54 miles Banking/Turns: 24° Racing Surface: 55-60 ft wide Longest Stretch: 2,332 ft Fastest Lap: 28.074 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Atlanta Motor Speedway
Located on 870 acres of land, NASCAR Race Track Atlanta Motor Speedway is just 30 minutes south of its namesake city. It was built in 1959 and 1960, and held its first race - the Dixie 200 - on July 31, 1960. It was purchased by new ownership in 1990, and a series of major renovations have changed the speedway into a modern, multipurpose venue. It hosts two NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races every year. These are the largest sporting events in the state of Georgia.
Track Shape: Oval Track Distance: 0.533 miles Banking/Turns: 36° Racing Surface: 40 ft wide Longest Stretch: 650 ft Fastest Lap: 14.908 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Bristol Motor Speedway
Almost a perfect half-mile, NASCAR Race Track Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the shortest tracks in NASCAR. It was built in 1960 on what was once an old dairy farm. The idea behind the abbreviated layout was to lend the track a more intimate feel than conventional speedways. The track's turns are banked at 36°, the steepest angles in official stock car racing. In 1992, it became the first track on the circuit to be surfaced entirely in concrete. Today, it has the capacity to hold more than 160,000 spectators, up from 18,000 when it first opened.
Track Shape: Egg-Shaped Oval Track Distance: 1.366 miles Banking/Turns: 23° and 25° Racing Surface: 62-90 ft wide Longest Stretch: 1,229 ft Fastest Lap: 28.295 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Darlington Raceway
With its distinctive egg-shaped design, NASCAR Race Track Darlington Raceway is considered the toughest track in NASCAR. It was built in 1949, at the dawn of the sport, on an old peanut farm in rural South Carolina . Though Darlington was originally designed as an oval-shaped track, the west end was narrowed during construction so as not to interfere with a nearby minnow pond. The first Southern 500 was held at the track on Labor Day 1950. It was a roaring success, drawing crowds more than twice as large as expected. Today, both the track and the race are among the NASCAR elite.
Track Shape: Tri-Oval Track Distance: 2.5 miles Banking/Turns: 31° Racing Surface: 40 ft wide Longest Stretch: 3,000 ft Fastest Lap: 42.783 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
NASCAR Race Track Daytona 500 is one of the most well-known sporting events in the world. It has been held at the Daytona International Speedway since the track first opened in 1959. The speedway replaced the old beach and road courses of the 1940s and 1950s, on which professional stock car racing first got started. More racing events are held at Daytona than any other track in the United States . A recently added tourist facility called Daytona USA offers visitors a chance to learn about NASCAR and "The World's Greatest Race."
Track Shape: Oval Track Distance: 1.5 miles Banking/Turns: 20° Racing Surface: 55-80 ft wide Longest Stretch: 1,760 ft Fastest Lap: 29.816 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Often called the most beautiful sports facility in America , NASCAR Race Track Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of the youngest NASCAR Race tracks on the NASCAR circuit. It was built in 1993 and 1994 to help revitalize the region south of Miami in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. The facility, with its lively Art Deco architecture, opened in November 1995 to a sellout crowd of 60,000 racing fans. Originally a quad-oval design with short chutes between the turns, the track was recently converted into a true oval with continuous turns, a design that encourages more competitive racing.
Track Shape: Quad-Oval Track Distance: 1.5 miles Banking/Turns: 24° Longest Stretch: 1,952.8 ft Fastest Lap: 29.027 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Lowe's Motor Speedway
Located on 2,000-plus acres in Concord , N.C. , NASCAR Race Track Lowe's Motor Speedway is the largest sports facility in the Southeast. It can accommodate over 215,000 spectators, and even has year-round living accommodations (52 condominiums) above Turn One. It was designed and built in 1959 and held its first race ¿ the World 600 ¿ the following year. In 1992, with the addition of a 1,200-fixture permanent lighting system, the speedway became the first NASCAR Race Track to host night racing.
Track Shape: Tri-Oval Track Distance: 2.0 miles Banking/Turns: 18° Racing Surface: 45-73 ft wide Longest Stretch: 2,242 ft Fastest Lap: 37.667 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
The largest sports arena in the state, NASCAR Race Track Michigan International Speedway is one of the premier NASCAR Race Track on the NASCAR circuit. Its wide, high-banking turns allow NASCAR drivers to race three and four abreast around the 2-mile track. It was designed and built in 1967 by Charles Moneypenny, the same man who designed the Daytona International Speedway. In 1995, the track was resurfaced with a polymer-enhanced asphalt specifically formulated for high-banked racing and to withstand long, cold Michigan winters.
Track Shape: Oval Track Distance: 1.058 miles Banking/Turns: 12° Longest Stretch: 1,500 ft Fastest Lap: 28.835 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - New Hampshire International Speedway
Opened in 1990, NASCAR Race Track New Hampshire International Speedway hosts the two largest spectator sporting events in New England . Over 101,000 guests attend the New England 300 and the Sylvania 300, both part of the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, each year. People travel from Boston , which is an hour away, and Portland , Maine , and Providence , R.I. , which are both two hours away, to watch stock car racing. Even Canadians come down to watch the excitement of this uniquely American sport.
Track Shape: Oval Track Distance: 1.017 miles Banking/Turns: 22° and 25° Racing Surface: 50-55 ft wide Longest Stretch: 1,367 ft Fastest Lap: 23.167 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - North Carolina Speedway
Located in the very heart of stock car country, NASCAR Race Track North Carolina Speedway is an important stop on the NASCAR circuit. A joint venture between Darlington Raceway builder Harold Brasington and landowner Bill Land, the NASCAR Race Track first opened to the public on Oct. 31, 1965. Originally the speedway was a perfect mile, but with flat turns, which slowed down the racing. In 1969, the NASCAR Race Track was extended by 90 feet and the turns were banked, allowing racers to reach higher speeds.
Track Shape: Tri-Oval Track Distance: 2.66 miles Banking/Turns: 33° Racing Surface: 48 ft wide Longest Stretch: 4,000 ft Fastest Lap: 44.998 seconds
NASCAR Race Track - Talladega Superspeedway
The undisputed king of stock car tracks, NASCAR Race Track Talladega Superspeedway was designed to be the largest, fastest and most competitive motor sports facility in the world. It holds the fastest qualifying mark in NASCAR race history ¿ 212.809 mph, set by Bill Elliott in April 1987. It also holds the record for the fastest 500-mile Winston Cup race, set in May 1997 by Mark Martin in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 18 seconds. The facility opened in September 1969, cost over $4 million to build and seats 143,000 spectators.
