Grass on a dirt track?

[Rajflyboy]

Announcers at Charlotte said they grow/keep grass on the track during off-season. They said it adds good nutrients into the soil. A few months back I was driving by and actually saw the grass on the track. Hmmm,

[Dlmfan123]

Eldora used to do that too

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

There's some driver that are still on grass!

[Morgs153]

I had read that in the old days it was not uncommon to seed down a track in the fall with a cover crop of some sort of grass, oats, or similar in order to hold the track through the winter. In Spring it prevented runoff and erosion and when it was worked in it created organic matter to help hold moisture. Some fairgrounds tracks even spread manure from the barns at the fair directly onto the tracks for the same reason.

[Rajflyboy]

Who knew this worked

[Rajflyboy]

There's some driver that are still on grass!I’m sure oregano is used for driver enhancement

[bleedblue55]

Winter wheat, my Dad planted it every fall and tilled it under every spring.

[Rajflyboy]

Must work good

[Shiny Side Up 18]

From December 2015.

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[Rajflyboy]

Looks like a baseball field. Thanks for posting.

[ZERO25]

With that good a success with the cover crop, they should look at planting winter vegetables on it! Lease that out to a local farmer and make a few bucks and get the cover crop for free!

[Rajflyboy]

With that good a success with the cover crop, they should look at planting winter vegetables on it! Lease that out to a local farmer and make a few bucks and get the cover crop for free!FunnyThey really should go down road and get some red clay

[Raceready]

FunnyThey really should go down road and get some red clayWonder if they would put Astro turf on to cover it in between events ?

[Rajflyboy]

Wonder if they would put Astro turf on to cover it in between events ?Probably. Might put asphalt down by accident

[Raceready]

Probably. Might put asphalt down by accidentAsphalt ? ? Isn't that is what it is when 1 might have hemorrhoids ?

[Rajflyboy]

Asphalt = dirt tracks when NASCAR folks prepare the track

[Raceready]

With that good a success with the cover crop, they should look at planting winter vegetables on it! Lease that out to a local farmer and make a few bucks and get the cover crop for free!Great idea ! Perhaps they could get with that watermelon guy in Nasky and then plant it with melons. Then when it comes time to race they could run them over with a roller and then WALLA : the track is watered already ! !

[purvis]

I know the lab results are beyond reproach (eye roll) but maybe they should send samples of the seed & fertilizeer used along with the tire samples.

[Rajflyboy]

I know the lab results are beyond reproach (eye roll) but maybe they should send samples of the seed & fertilizeer used along with the tire samples.Love this. 👍

[Raceready]

The way that all of these states are legalizing Marijuana they could grow that there and use the profits for proper maintenance of the facility ?

[Highside Hustler25]

With that good a success with the cover crop, they should look at planting winter vegetables on it! Lease that out to a local farmer and make a few bucks and get the cover crop for free!

Good thinkin. They could plant potatoes. How bout some field corn?

[Rajflyboy]

Good thinkin. They could plant potatoes. How bout some field corn?They gots “NASCAR Money” and don’t need to

[ZERO25]

Good thinkin. They could plant potatoes. How bout some field corn?

Potatoes maybe, field corn def not! Not enough acreage!

It would be prime for a tobacco allotment or may be even sweet corn!

[Raceready]

How about planting some cherries so that that boy from Illinois can come pick them clean? ?

[Rajflyboy]

How about planting some cherries so that that boy from Illinois can come pick them clean? ?I think you meant the driver of the 6 car

[3 wide]

A Lott of tracks use to that but wheat works better it holds the moisture better.

[over4T]

Ask any farmer about it. Dirt with almost anything grown over it is much better than being naked.

[Raceready]

I think you meant the driver of the 6 carI think that he may be groomed to win that big old million for the media attention it will draw. That car will as fast as greased lightning ...

[Rajflyboy]

I think fan boy Larson said that he was NOT going to run the million

[Raceready]

I think fan boy Larson said that he was NOT going to run the millionHe should since he didn't get that big old MILLION last night at that Texas Track. Now Blaney has a nest egg to fall back on to maybe keep Sharon Speedway going for a while ? ?

[dirtSLMracing]

He should since he didn't that big old MILLION last night at that Texas Track. Now Blaney has a nest egg to fall back on to maybe keep Sharon Speedway going for a while ? ?

I am amazed at the number of people that believe the driver that wins the Nascar All Star race gets the million dollars.

[ZERO25]

I am amazed at the number of people that believe the driver that wins the Nascar All Star race gets the million dollars.

Im sure there are all kinda clauses in their contracts for bonuses beside their salaries. It wouldnt surprise me if some got all the winnings in certain events!

[Rajflyboy]

I am amazed at the number of people that believe the driver that wins the Nascar All Star race gets the million dollars.It is amazing people don’t know how the cash is split up.

[Raceready]

I think that everyone should agree with this ^ ^ ^ ^

[Barbecueboy]

Most people don’t know how the cash is split up……just that it is some kinda way, probably, as far as we know.

[Raceready]

I think everyone should agree with this ^ ^ ^ ^

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[IL LM Fan]

When Crown Point closed, the story going around was that the buyer wanted to put a restaurant there, but was denied due to soil contamination. They likely can't just plant items for human consumption, on a racetrack in the off season.

[Morgs153]

Potatoes? No way. Spuds need loose sandy soil. Clay is way too heavy to grow decent spuds.

Corn? Nope. Corn is nitrogen intensive to get a decent yield. Too high on input costs and you don't want that much stubble and stover to try and incorporate into the surface.

Now soybeans, maybe. Soybeans are relatively easy and they put nitrogen back into the soil. Deer love them too so if the climate supports it, you might get a good food plot out of it. Set up a hunting stand up in the tower. Off season dual use of the race track.

No, stick with grasses. For a cover crop you can just use a broadcast spread and disk it in and you're done. Easy to till in once spring arrives.