Hi Ted Just an F.Y.I... In both Auto and Horse racing (oval and tri-oval) it's called... Front straight, turn 1, turn 2 back straight, turn 3 and turn 4. As in you turn into 1, then, you turn out of 2\u2026 Sometimes there is a short straight between 1 and 2 (like the Indianapolis Speedway). And sometimes not, like Talladega. (please refer to the track maps for the names of the turns) In horse racing the "Clubhouse Turn" is the first turn in (90 deg) after the front straight. So\u2026 From what I gather from your post, it is different in velo terms\u2026 Thank you for setting all of us right!
Don Williams Woodinville Washington USA
BTW using the caps is like yelling at people...
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > BUT, there are only TWO TURNS on a bicycle track/velodrome,
> > PERIOD!
> > Turn one and turn two. GET IT? GOOD!!!
> > From the starting line on the home stretch you are
> > going INTO the first turn, then going OUT of the first turn
> > into the back stretch!!!
> > Then from the back stretch you go into the SECOND turn,
> > then you come out of the SECOND turn and go into the home
> > stretch toward the S/F line. AND THAT'S IT!!!
>
> Ted,
> That is how I learned it as a youth - and how I still visualize it.
But over the last few years, people have taken to "dissecting" the two tur
ns, I suppose in order to distinguish between the entrances and exits. Hen
ce, what was once knows as "the entrance to Turn 1" is simply Turn 1; and
what was once called "the exit of Turn 1" is now called "Turn 2".
> I think this is the result of people visualizing velodromes as if they
were built from snap-together track, like they would use for slot cars and
model railroads. Actually, is it possible that velodrome constructors alw
ays broke down the track in this manner, and eventually their parlance reac
hed the track racing "masses"?
> Cheers (?)
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)