I was out for a nice drive in the countryside this evening looking at all of the open farmland and a thought occured to me, this would be a great place to put a small road coarse up! Have any of you here ever seen someone with a racetrack in their back yard? I can't imagine it would be super expensive (right around six figures total maybe?), but someone with some earthmoving equipment could theoretically move and prepare a surface to be asphalted and viola, they'd have their own backyard road coarse. Anyone see anything like this in person, or on the web? I did a quick search and didn't find much, but maybe I was using the wrong search terms.
Anyone hear of a backyard road coarse?
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Cars as well, not just karts. They have lapping days, and auto-x's there as well.
Figure a residential drive is about a grand for gravel and asphalt. (say 50 ft long. 2.0 miles is 10,560 ft or 211.2 driveways thus $211,200 for gravel and asphalt. This figure does not include turn-in, apex, and track-out strips, elevation grading, drainage grading, pits, parking lot etc. So figure double, or about $500k for a good one. I think if you rent a back-hoe, and/or bobcat, and do your own prep work, and shorten it to 1.5 miles, I think $250 could do it. I would think a gravel, and asphalt discount would also apply, due to the volume purchased.
Figure a residential drive is about a grand for gravel and asphalt. (say 50 ft long. 2.0 miles is 10,560 ft or 211.2 driveways thus $211,200 for gravel and asphalt. This figure does not include turn-in, apex, and track-out strips, elevation grading, drainage grading, pits, parking lot etc. So figure double, or about $500k for a good one. I think if you rent a back-hoe, and/or bobcat, and do your own prep work, and shorten it to 1.5 miles, I think $250 could do it. I would think a gravel, and asphalt discount would also apply, due to the volume purchased.
I've thought about that idea. I'm probably 7-8 years from any property purchasing but I would definately consider picking up a larger patch of land outside of town and building a small oval track for testing cars. I'd pretty much like to retire and work on cars before I'm too old to shift.
I have had this thought in the back of my mind for several years. You know how there are "fly-in" communities, where private pilots can land their airplanes and live in homes with hanger facilities? How about a race track community, with an association-owned race track. A 200 home site community, with a shared expense of the track. The capitalized cost of building the track is loaded into the cost of the houses/lots up front. The maintenance is figured in the annual dues no different than the many golf communities. Everyone would have to sign a waiver of liability, and certain precautions have to be taken to keep the kids safe.
The homes can be arranged around the track for premium "track-front" sites.
Limited access to the track via a clubhouse entry only with attendents to monitor and stage the track users.
Let's get some ideas on this concept!
The homes can be arranged around the track for premium "track-front" sites.
Limited access to the track via a clubhouse entry only with attendents to monitor and stage the track users.
Let's get some ideas on this concept!
Re: Anyone hear of a backyard road course?
I've seen homes w/ backyard tracks and road racing condo/coop communities advertised in AutoWeek. I will look through whatever back issues I have to see if any info is available.
I've seen homes w/ backyard tracks and road racing condo/coop communities advertised in AutoWeek. I will look through whatever back issues I have to see if any info is available.
RP-Motorsports (Here is local shiftercart/autocross/lapping track near my place.) Where in Wisconsin is this track? I have a shifter kart that I just use for fun and practice. I enjoy going to different kart tracks for practice days. Is this the new one near Green Bay?
Thanks Wswen
Thanks Wswen
I am looking at a 13 acres pieces of land here in PA. I thought about putting a track around the periphery of the land for go-karts.
Wonder if my wife will let me. :biggrin:
Wonder if my wife will let me. :biggrin:
I know some of the pro Japanese Drifters built a personal track for them to use. I can't remember his name, but they call him the "Teddy Bear". ????
Check this out http://www.tgprace.com/ Fun track, but looks like someone's backyard.
wswen said:
Yes just west of Green Bay, and just north of Appleton/Fox cities
http://www.usainternationalraceway.com/
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