Edmonton a free-wheeling circuit.

[devilmaster]

http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_Story.asp?ID=126666


EDMONTON (CP) - A city-centre airport being quickly converted to a 3.1-kilometre street race circuit is promising a free-wheeling inaugural Grand Prix of Edmonton.

"Anything can happen based on this kind of track," said Greg Macdonald, president and general manager of the new stop on the Champ Car World Series schedule. "Here, you won't win the race in qualifying."

[nrc]

It will be interesting to see how it works out. The map I saw made the back section that's not on runways look pretty busy and narrow and the course isn't that long overall.

[2DB]

NRC,

Any chance of posting that map for all to view?

Kelvis

[Gnam]

http://www.champcarworldseries.com/images/tracks/t_Edmonton_240.gif


big *** map (http://www.edmontonchampcar.com/v2/downloads/trackFactsMap.pdf)

[KLang]

Here (http://www.edmontonchampcar.com/v2/downloads/trackFactsMap.pdf) is a PDF version from the race website.

[nrc]

That's it. Of course the perspective of the map doesn't necessarily show the actual width of the course back in those area's but it's certainly busy.

[NismoZ]

So, thats about 1.9 mi?...any speculation on lap speed yet? Sure hope it's in triple digits.

[Ankf00]

is there some kind of law that says anything greater than 2mi must be nuked from the sched? wtf?!

[Don Quixote]

Looks like the pit row empties back onto the track in the braking zone for turn 1 at the end of the long straight. Seems like a recipe for disaster, but what do I know? :saywhat:

[The Doctor]

Looks like the pit row empties back onto the track in the braking zone for turn 1 at the end of the long straight. Seems like a recipe for disaster, but what do I know? :saywhat:

Same type of pit exit as Cleveland. Left-right chicane onto front straight, pits parallel off to the left.

[Ed_Severson]

Same type of pit exit as Cleveland. Left-right chicane onto front straight, pits parallel off to the left.

Hell, half the circuit looks like a carbon copy of Cleveland.

If it results in competitive racing, fine by me, but why not just race at Cleveland twice?

[Winston Wolfe]

if I were to attend the race, I would make plans to be in the "Candaian Corner Beer Garden" down at the end of the Main straight....

What a recipe : Cars, beer, Beer Garden, Canada, Sun, Race cars, girls, beer and Canadian beer..... "Mmmmmm, beer !" (Homer J. Simpson) :thumbup:

[cameraman]

There is quite a bit of room at Edmonton.

The start finish straight between turns 14 and 1 and the bit between turns 10 an 11 are on runway 12 which is 200' wide. The bit between turns 9 and 10 is on taxiway Delta, which is also 200' wide but unlike the rest of the track the center 100' looks to be asphalt. The narrowest part seems to be between turns 2 and 7 which runs the length of Bush Pilot Road. The bit between 12 and 13 and the pits are on taxiway Alpha which is 100' wide. Between turns 1 and 2 and between 7, 8 to 9 looks to be about 75' to 100' wide. The crossover (X-Ray) that is the 11-12 complex looks a bit narrow at the apex. Their is no shortage of concrete for them to play around with.

There is no way to make the course any longer without shutting down runway 16 and they can not do that.

[cameraman]

If it results in competitive racing, fine by me, but why not just race at Cleveland twice?

Maybe because the promotors, sponsors and fans are in Edmonton...

[nrc]

Thanks cameraman, that's helpful. Is Bush Pilot Road just two lanes?

Here's a Google Map that shows the airport. Unfortunately they don't have a good magnification of the area on the satellite view.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.572052,-113.523746&spn=0.020691,0.030018&hl=en

Slightly better satellite image from terraserver:
http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=-113.52421903136361&cpy=53.572338453530904&res=8&provider_id=320&t=pan

[nrc]

By way of contrast, this is what you get for Burke Lake Front in Cleveland. You can see the racing line.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.518321,-81.680560&spn=0.014548,0.016286&t=k&hl=en

Let's take up a collection and buy Canada a satellite. :p

[Ed_Severson]

Maybe because the promotors, sponsors and fans are in Edmonton...

That's why God invented the airplane. :gomer:

[Ankf00]

never thought of the Wright bros as god... Von Braun, sure, them? not so much :gomer:

[cameraman]

That's why God invented the airplane. :gomer:

Here ya go...

Outbound Flight Thu, Jul 14
Air Canada 8011 * / 157 * *
10:50am Depart - Indianapolis (IND)
6:17pm Arrive - Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
1Stop - Change Planes in Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

Return Flight Mon, Jul 18
Air Canada 158 * * * / 8010 * * * *
12:25am Depart -Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
10:23am Arrive -Indianapolis (IND)
1Stop - Change Planes in Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

[Winston Wolfe]

Here ya go...

Outbound Flight Thu, Jul 14
Air Canada 8011 * / 157 * *
10:50am Depart - Indianapolis (IND)
6:17pm Arrive - Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
1Stop - Change Planes in Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

Return Flight Mon, Jul 18
Air Canada 158 * * * / 8010 * * * *
12:25am Depart -Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
10:23am Arrive -Indianapolis (IND)
1Stop - Change Planes in Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport (YYZ)


(thread hijack)

I just noticed the airport code for toronto is YYZ.....

Any coincidence or relation to the Rush song - YYZ ????

Anyone.... anyone..... Bueller ??

[Chief]

(thread hijack)Any coincidence or relation to the Rush song - YYZ ?????
Absolutely.

"YYZ," the title of a 1981 song from Rush's "Moving Pictures" is the transmitter code for Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. In a 1990 edition of the band's newsletter, drummer Neil Peart said the song is "loosely based on airport-associated images. Exotic destinations, painful partings, happy landings, that sort of thing." Peart plays the Morse code for "YYZ" at the beginning of the song. In 1982, "YYZ" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental.

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