Home Made Global Rallycross Track

[Sith Lord]

I'll put some finished pics in the "Rally Tracks" thread, but being a work in progress at the moment, I thought I'd start a thread.

After moving into our newly built home last year, I had quite a large nature strip (between road and house) to landscape. It's about 14.5 metres by 7.5 metres. Not huge, but enough to play with.



After most of the yards landscaping was done, I was left with a mess of old soil, rocks, weeds, etc. A couple of hours with the rake and I had a blank canvas.



This was my basic plan, after looking at various global rallycross and X-Games tracks:



And after sweeping the surface with a broom, this is my plan:


You can see the loose rocks towards the top/left of the picture. It's sweeping up ok. More:



And that's where I'm at...

[CrawlinMike]

That looks like very narrow lanes to try n race on. May be an issue. Good initiative man.

[CheapTwin]

Can't You use the walkway as part of the track ?

[pixelnate]

Originally Posted by CheapTwin

Can't You use the walkway as part of the track ?

That's a good idea. Aren't GRX tracks run on mixed surfaces? That would allow for wider lanes which would encourage passing. And with some clever planting it would make the track look more 'garden-y' which would help keep the HOA off your back.


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[binaryterror]

GRC tracks in the US are mainly on tarmac. In the UK and rest of the world it is a pretty even mix, if not a little dirt/grass biased.

US tracks are done on race tracks, while many UK rally cross is run on dedicated rally cross tracks.

[CheapTwin]

also If the lane is too narrow for side by side racing and passing try a ROC lay out.

Race Of Champions

[Sith Lord]

I think all of your comments is stuff I was thinking of - sorry, in my opening post I said X-Games. It was the Race of Champions that I had googled. Hence the 2 straights side by side and the cross over jump in the middle. So the theory is that 2 cars might start on each straight next to each other so their effectively race on different parts of the track - just like ROC. Maybe I need to change my thread title to "ROC track"

My initial plan was to make the track 1.5metres wide, but I just couldn't get any detail into the layout, so scaled it down to 1m wide. Still alot better than the 50cm the European guys run on, running behind their cars... The grids on the paper drawing are 0.50m squares.

After doing my sweeping with the broom, I thought about the pathway too. As you say, GRC is on mixed surfaces. The dirt is just swept at the moment, so can easily be changed. Probably no reason why I can't use the concrete driveway either. That's another 5m across!

[Sith Lord]

Finished all the sweeping and raking of the track. For the moment I've decided to keep the track within the confines of the dirt - not going onto the path/driveway. But there is currently no boundary, so I can run wide.





A couple of jumps along the two main straights


The cross over section. Maybe a jump here later too


Had my first outing with a Short Course Buggy. It was way too big and powerful for the track. I should be able to get the rally car out there sometime soon. The track is still very bumpy and rocky in some spots so not ideal just yet.

[JpSonoma]

I wish I had you as a neighbor, I'd love to have a rally track like that.
Looks good so far.

[Sith Lord]

Minor update. The grass is growing in the infield sections and lane dividers. Will help keep the lanes in tact when the kids (and me) constantly drive over them!

[Sith Lord]

Originally Posted by rally racer #75

I think there are too many turns. But who cares! Its awesome!

Um, have you looked at any ROC, GRC tracks or WRC stages lately. One good thing about rally cars - they go straight, up, down AND around corners.

But thanks

[rally racer #75]

Originally Posted by Sith Lord

Um, have you looked at any ROC, GRC tracks or WRC stages lately. One good thing about rally cars - they go straight, up, down AND around corners.

But thanks

Yes I watch grc and wrc every day. not only wrc, but also rally America, too. and normally grc track have around 8, 9, 10 mostly (not including joker)
also you are welcome.

[Sith Lord]

Considering I didn't put the extra kink in the top right of my sketched diagram, I'd say I'm pretty much spot on.

[th67ss]

That's insane they can do that indoors like that.

Like your track too!

[rally racer #75]

Originally Posted by Sith Lord

Considering I didn't put the extra kink in the top right of my sketched diagram, I'd say I'm pretty much spot on.

is that a audi r8? also what is the tracks name?

[pixelnate]

Originally Posted by Sith Lord

Considering I didn't put the extra kink in the top right of my sketched diagram, I'd say I'm pretty much spot on.

That's ROC, not GRC, isn't it? So, of course those would be R8s.


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[Sith Lord]

Correct on all counts

Pretty sure this particular one is from the RoC in Germany 2011.

[soulhugger]

Nice track Sith Lord, but it is no match for Yoda!!! lol