Racing Can Be Costly

Racing is and can be dangerous, but only as dangerous as you make it, regardless of the track or other drivers you are racing.

In the lower mainland we have a local racetrack called http://missionraceway.com/ and it’s as well maintained any others, regardless of where your travels take you.

It is the home to numerous racers in BC and along the Pacific Northwest and features races in the Top Alcohol Funny Car, Pro Mod, Pro Street, Jet Dragster and Top Fuel Harley to name a few. Drivers get their cars delivered to this location to keep them in top shape, either by a service like https://carsrelo.com/ or by an in-house team, depending on their budget.

While racing at Daytona this past weekend Kyle Busch had a head on crash into a http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/?homepage=true concrete wall, which is the topic of conversation since the accident.

This is only one of many incidents that drivers face throughout their career and for Kyle Busch he’s lucky he only suffered a broken left foot, which was his second surgery in five days following the crash.

Busch had surgery to repair a compound fracture of his lower right leg Saturday night in the hours that followed the crash in the Xfinity Series race.

The surgery itself was on the left foot and was performed by Ortho Carolina Dr. Robert Anderson, who interesting enough is also a team doctor for the http://www.panthers.com/ of the NFL.

Anderson had earlier performed surgery on Busch’s left foot in December/14 to relieve recurring inflammation.

Busch remains in a Charlotte area hospital recovering from the surgery, according to a team news release. How many months he will be out of the car is still to be determined.

While Busch is out he was replaced by Matt Crafton for the Daytona 500. and alternate driver David Ragan will replace Busch for the next several weeks, while he is recovering.

Story book facts for Daytona Speedway:

Track
2.5-mile trioval superspeedway
40 feet wide with 12- to 30-foot apron

Turns
Banking: 31 degrees
Length: 3,000 feet
Radius: 1,000 feet

Trioval
Banking: 18 degrees (at start/finish line)

Front-stretch
Chute length: 1,900 feet (from turn to middle of trioval)
Total length: 3,800 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only

Backstretch
Length: 3,000 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only

Pit Road
Length: 1,600 feet
Width: 60 feet

Garage Area
Sprint Cup Garages: space for 74 cars
Nationwide Series Garages: space for 74 cars
Alternate garage pad: spaces for 54 18-wheelers

Road Course
3.56 miles for sports cars, 3.51 miles for motorcycles and 2.9 miles for motorcycles (incorporates trioval superspeedway and non-banked infield section) Infield course and chicane range from 30 to 50 feet wide

Speedway Facility
Total acreage: 480 acres
Infield: 180 acres (includes 29-acre Lake Lloyd)