02-24-2017, 07:44 PM
Camden Ohio - G+J Raceway Banking 1971
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03-04-2017, 08:31 PM
I asked Lynn Haddock which Monza track had the most banking and size.
His reply: 1. 1st! Most extreme - G&J Kartway, Camden, Ohio 2. 2nd - Dart Kart Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio 3. 3rd - least extreme - Adkins Raceway Park, Port Washington, Ohio I've raced on Dart Kart Speedway in 1965 and was out of racing I believe when Camden built their Monza turn. (added 3-25-2017, G&J constructed Monza in 1968).
03-05-2017, 08:22 AM
(03-04-2017, 08:31 PM)Scott elkes Wrote: I asked Lynn Haddock which Monza track had the most banking and size. Why are there so few if any banked "Monza" type turns in kart tracks? Are they just too difficult to drive in a kart?
03-05-2017, 08:10 PM
I've had the pleasure of driving this track in both configurations.
I am from Hamilton Ohio, about 20 minutes away from Camden. A friend of mine, 'Sir Charles' (only residents of Hamilton would know him), let me drive his mini-cooper there in 1972. As I recall, the front wheel drive and attendant linkage made it hard to catch a gear and I didn't do very well, but it was fun.
03-05-2017, 09:38 PM
03-06-2017, 07:55 AM
I never ran the Camden Monza, but did have the pleasure of both Dart Kart Speedway and Adkins(at the time its was Port Washington),,,,,even got to do a flying 360 off Dart Kart......
gw
03-06-2017, 06:20 PM
(03-05-2017, 08:22 AM)Sterling Brundick Wrote:Hi Sterling, Two parts to this answer.(03-04-2017, 08:31 PM)Scott elkes Wrote: I asked Lynn Haddock which Monza track had the most banking and size. 1 - I raced Dart Kart Speedway in 1965. It was just a lot of fun, can't describe it. It was a dangerous turn. Know of people getting hurt and karts destroyed. Like Gary W. I experienced a shot off the Monza rotating 360s in the air and down the embankment. Stayed right side up--no damage to kart or me but collected a lot of dirt. Dart Kart Speedway shutdown at the end of 1969 I believe. Plant expansions caused the demise of that track. 2 - Ironic, I asked the same question to Lynn Haddock. Monza turns were very tough on the driver's ribs from the sidewinder karts bucket seat side supports. I think Camden Monza was removed mid/late 1970s.
03-06-2017, 09:06 PM
Never drove any of those. I did run a track in the early '60's called Dizzyland. Modified large oval with a switchback on one straight. It was fast but if you weren't on a really fast kart you still used just the bottom part. On a dual you could run up the banking part way and shoot down. Dangerous is the real answer. We run modern oval karts on and fast 17* banked oval. If you for some reason run or get run off the end at speed you will be 15 feet in the air for 40 feet. I saw one driver break the top bar off the chain link fence 40' off the track. Not good. Just a note. Many drivers try to save a lost kart. If I'm leaving the track I will spin the kart out (to get rid of almost all speed) and leave backwards but never launched forward.
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