The small track is actually 2 mirror image tracks so you can race 4 against or 2 sets of 2 against. It is a 4' x8' plywoodand is on wheels with handles for portability. It has four transformers and 4 stations one on each side. The individual transformers keep your car from speeding up when someone else falls off the track. People on the same track are next to each other (end and side). It is great if you want to take a track to a party and also it rolls under the big track when not in use. If we have people over we let the kids play on the little track so the BIG kids can play on the big track. Each lane is 36.75 feet long and the straight is 12' 3" long including the loop. 

The big track is a blast. Both lanes have a completely different rhythm, but are very even. If you are good, you can do a lap from a standing start on either track in 15 seconds +. It has a regulated power supply and several jumpers to keep the voltage relatively constant around the track no matter the load. It took me a lot of trial and error to find this layout, but we have many very close races with cars swapping positions around the track and often gaining or losing only an inch or so in an entire lap. Most races are won because someone makes a mistake, either falling off or losing a lot of time. If both racers are good, sometimes 5 laps are run within inches (3 and 5 are our normal race length). Very exciting. I spent over 2 years of tweaking to get it even and challenging and just hard enough. Most people can start lapping relatively fast, around 17 secondswithin 10 minutes. Dropping another second and a half can take quite a while, but I can usually give a slightly faster racer a slightly slower car and get a good race. The blue track is probably a little harder to get the last tenth of a second out of, but once you figure it out, it is just as easy to do the same time. Amazingly, 2 cars can lap the track at top speed and trade the lead several times and only hit on the crossover tracks on average once every 5 or so laps. The different parts of the track seem to put one car ahead at the crossovers if everyone is going as fast as possible. The wrecks probably occur because someone is losing time. Below are the general specs for the big track: 

171 PIECES OF TRACK (SOME OF THE 9" AND 6" STRAIGHTS COULD BE REPLACED WITH 15") 

26.5' STRAIGHT AWAY 

128.5 TOTAL FEET OF TRACK 

6 CROSSOVERS 

3 15" WIGGLE TRACKS 

1 SQUEEZE TRACK 

2 LAP COUNTER TRACKS-ONE BY EACH RACER ON OPPOSITE SIDES AND SHIFTED TOWARD OPPOSITE ENDS 

4 6" BANKED CURVES 

58 REGULAR CURVES 

110 STRAIGHTS 42 OF THEM IN THE 26.5' STRAIGHT 

3 LOOP THE LOOPS IN THE LONG STRAIGHT GIVING THE 26.5' CONTINUOUS STRAIGHT

 

 

 

166 feet per lane/4 lane lock and joiner. 114 feet per lane on the "race" course. Junction tracks open up to the "city" portion for the total track length. Timing system is LED tower with LapMaster timing. Fastest lap times are in the 20 second range for T-jets on the "race" course, Wizzards will do in the 7's.