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New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Premier Karting Facility begins preparation for WSK World Championships
The staff of F1 New Jersey is proud to announce the beginnings of preparations and track modifications for the July World Series Karting event. The track modifications will not only benefit the upcoming international event, but it will improve the track greatly for all future events. The steps being made within the next fews weeks will improve track conditions, cut down on kart maintenance, and provide even more configurations. The current F1 New Jersey Tempest track is 1.03 miles and has 21 turns. With the new modifications, none of these turns will be entirely removed. The track is being added to on both the Avenger and Liberator sides, leaving the current configurations available for use whenever necessary.
For those familiar with the current track, the chicane on the Avenger side (Turn 7 & 8) will become part of the back straight. This will allow for significant passing opportunities leading into the infamous "Boston Massacre" where the elevation changes and tight right hand turn will slow competitors down. The fast speeds will come with the improvements being made after this section; modifications will be made to the first series of chicanes on the Liberator side of the track (Turn 15 & 16). This will allow for increased speeds as well as more passing opportunities leading into the hard 90 degree left hander that is being created. Turns 17 & 18, the uphill chicane on the Liberator side, will be transformed into a straight uphill run to allow for side-by-side driving coming onto the front straight approaching the new start/finish line.
Modifications began Thursday, May 6th, 2010. F1 New Jersey staff has been hard at work with painting curbs and creating marshall stands. Marshall stands are compiled of a series of tires bolted together surrounding a podium for the flaggers to stand on. This will provide flaggers with additional safety. These stands will be portable so that once they are placed for the WSK event, they can be repositioned for any other club or regional event that F1 New Jersey will hold. The traditional curbing is being revamped with both red and white paint to create for amazing turn identification.
As of Monday May 10th, 2010, the new sections of the track have been dug and prepared for asphalting. Curbing has been painted on the Avenger side of the track and two marshall stands have been fully formed and the remaining eight stands have been prepared for assembly. The upcoming Championship Karting Series Race will take place on the Avenger configuration. The May 16th race will not include any of the new modified turns.
Here are some pictures of our progress
New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Premier Karting Facility
begins preparation for WSK World Championships
The staff of F1 New Jersey is proud to announce the beginnings of preparations and track modifications for the July World Series Karting event. The track modifications will not only benefit the upcoming international event, but it will improve the track greatly for all future events. The steps being made within the next fews weeks will improve track conditions, cut down on kart maintenance, and provide even more configurations. The current F1 New Jersey Tempest track is 1.03 miles and has 21 turns. With the new modifications, none of these turns will be entirely removed. The track is being added to on both the Avenger and Liberator sides, leaving the current configurations available for use whenever necessary.
For those familiar with the current track, the chicane on the Avenger side (Turn 7 & 8) will become part of the back straight. This will allow for significant passing opportunities leading into the infamous “Boston Massacre” where the elevation changes and tight right hand turn will slow competitors down. The fast speeds will come with the improvements being made after this section; modifications will be made to the first series of chicanes on the Liberator side of the track (Turn 15 & 16). This will allow for increased speeds as well as more passing opportunities leading into the hard 90 degree left hander that is being created. Turns 17 & 18, the uphill chicane on the Liberator side, will be transformed into a straight uphill run to allow for side-by-side driving coming onto the front straight approaching the new start/finish line.
Modifications began Thursday, May 6th, 2010. F1 New Jersey staff has been hard at work with painting curbs and creating marshall stands. Marshall stands are compiled of a series of tires bolted together surrounding a podium for the flaggers to stand on. This will provide flaggers with additional safety. These stands will be portable so that once they are placed for the WSK event, they can be repositioned for any other club or regional event that F1 New Jersey will hold. The traditional curbing is being revamped with both red and white paint to create for amazing turn identification.
As of Monday May 10th, 2010, the new sections of the track have been dug and prepared for asphalting. Curbing has been painted on the Avenger side of the track and two marshall stands have been fully formed and the remaining eight stands have been prepared for assembly. The upcoming Championship Karting Series Race will take place on the Avenger configuration. The May 16th race will not include any of the new modified turns.
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