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.

[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 clay

Wonder 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 accident

Asphalt ? ? Isn't that is what it is when 1 might have hemorrhoids ?