Originally Posted by
Dark Horse
str, I can't quite picture the process you were referring to yet. Are you saying that the track has a slight slope towards the rail? So when the track is graded the loose soil moves towards the rail. Now, when it's at the rail, does that mean the layer near the rail is looser and thicker, and therefore slower? And then, if they pack that layer down, does it then become faster near the rail? Or does the rail get faster, because they can't let the soil build up there, so they have to rake it back, exposing the harder soil underneath?
Also, just as a ballpark figure, what percentage of races do you estimate are decided by track bias?