Canaan New Section

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hroundy
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Canaan New Section

Post by hroundy » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:11 pm

I was at Canaan today and took a video of the reconfigured track. The new section was paved last week. The banked turn from the old oval is gone has been changed to a banked dog leg right followed by a new straight. There is a new banked 180 right followed by a 180 left to get out of this new section which has a significant camber change similar to turn 5 at Thompson. They will be back filling and landscaping in the next several days. It seems to be 1.3 to 1.4 miles long.

There is a lot of dirt on the track today. Dave was in the process of sweeping it when I arrived. Yesterday there was an X-Games test and they made a mess of the place. Here is the video, I was going at very moderate speeds.

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Re: Canaan New Section

Post by djsteviec » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:24 pm

This actually looks pretty cool. When i had seen the initial pictures of this track and heard about it, it seemed pretty lame. It has come along though.
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Re: Canaan New Section

Post by jvangelder » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:48 pm

Steve, the track in its prior config was actually very fun, video's and pictures didn't do it justice. Thanks for the video Howard, I look forward to going back next year

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Re: Canaan New Section

Post by hroundy » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:30 pm

The track is in Canaan NH about 20 east of Lebanon ( where I89 crosses into VT). Should be an easy trip for you north on I91 then south east on I89. Here is a map:
https://goo.gl/maps/XoV9doL6ZjK2

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Re: Canaan New Section

Post by jeffw » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:58 pm

I visited Canaan today. Here's 1 quick lap:

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