As a retired certified paving inspector here in the Daytona area, I must say this is one amazing feat. Whoever this contractor was did an outstanding job!
My grandfather raced on one of the first races on Daytona beach and won and also had a friend that raced in the first boat race in the infield this is awesome to see anything from history thanks for this
The first time I watched this was right before the July race a few months ago. It was my first NASCAR race ever. Man when I saw those cars leave pit road and go on the track for the first time, that was the happiest time of my life. Whenever I watch this video it brings me right back to that moment before the green flag. Its strange how powerful nostalgia can be. Man I wish I could go back. Thanks for uploading this!
Need to hire this crew to pave the nation's interstates. If they can lay down blacktop on a 31 degree bank and make it stick for cars traveling 200 mph plus, then they can definitely out do the idiots patching the highways these days.
It's not just idiots just counties and states taking the lowest bid and getting cheaper material. There are very good products out there but they don't spend the tax money on it because they want quantity not quality
Do you guys know how much paving Daytona would cost now. I have few friend that work on pavement and boy there companies do take advantage of the city by charging exaggerated fees
@420 Friendly they cant afford these guys, lane construction Corp did this job they have some of the best engineers in the business, only a few companies in the country can do a 31 degree bank with that precision and in a short time frame seriously impressive feat right here
Most amazing paving setup and installation I have ever seen in my life. The angles are much steeper that you think. Awesome planning and execution by the paving company that performed this momentous task.
The paving machine used at Daytona was an ABG 525 tracked Paver which is capable of paving up to 16 metres wide and could empty the contents a 40 tonne dump truck in a few minutes, manufactured in Hamelin in Germany and now part of the Volvo Group. I worked as a sales and technical adviser in Ireland during the nineties selling both Blaw Knox and later ABG pavers which helped construct the country's first motorways, l always loved meeting customer and crews and being on site when work was at full flow. Unfortunately l lost my job when the recession in the nineties put an end to all major road construction for many years. Today I have my own cleaning company but when l pass roadworks l think about the good old days travelling around Ireland and meeting great people
What an awesome race track. They would never build something like this today. People in the 50's were badass fearless about cars. Make a track where you don't have to brake, just push your foot to the floor and go as fast as you can.
I told a guy at my work today that they must have used cables to support the equipment going around the high banking. He said that standard paving equipment could handle the job. I told him I bet there is some video on TH-cam showing this project. So thanks for the nice video. I see they used cables for some small equipment and big support arms for the big pavers.
That’s not dirt under it that’s stone they would have to dig a good ways down to the dirt lol the stone they put under it has to be so many feet deep to hold what’s gonna be driven on it
looking good man, we had a tour of the stadia in 1993 and couldnt believe how steep the banks are, pictures dont normaly show it but seeing you working on it certanly does. Good vid, good job
Excellent video!!....always wondered how the asphalt resurfacing were done on the high-embankments of the track!! Old-school theory I guess, It's just awesome!!
@slimG2082 As a fellow paver i have to agree. My father knew one of the guys who helped pave Daytona in '78. He said it was beyond impressive and also got the opportunity to walk the track too!
god damn, that smooth ass paving is some sweet craftsmanship. I would just love to drive on that all day, then lie on the banking with a cold beer while the sun was settin'
Thanks for the great video. I live in NH and we were recently talking about this job (paving Datona)how it accomplished etc, A lot of thought went into setting up the job , the operators, engineers, and laborers are some of the best in the biz, some people think it's easy till they try it ! and yes, I do Like Nascar !!!
Wow, that's impressive. It would take an incredibly coordinated large team to pull that off. I imagine that you would constantly have to feed the top side of the screed and gravity would automatically feed the bottom. The roller operator and the ballast man in the machine next to him would have to be in near perfect synchronisation to keep it rolling smoothly.
Great vid. Very informative. I would like to know what or why the initial paving of 33 degree Talladega Speedway in 1969 was so rough it couldn't be raced on but Daytona had successful paving construction 10 years or so earlier (1959) then 2 more successful repaves (1978 & this video of most recent 2010).
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW HIGH THE OUTSIDE WALL IS, DAMN!!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A NASCAR RACE BUT I HEARD IT'S FUN FROM FROM BEGINNING TO END. ONE DAY I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY I SAW THOSE CARS FLYING BY AT 200 PLUS MPH.!!!! HOW MUCH DO TICKETS COST FOR THE BIG RACE??? THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE???
Amazing, The stuff we all take for granted. Even in Daytona. Wonder how a race would take place at SLOW speeds with drivers almost falling out of their cars? Thanks.
The new track will be so much faster, and smoother. This year's race will be totally awesome. No more watching the cars bobbing up and down all around. Can't wait.
holy cow, here in my country, paving a freaking pot hole could last like 2 or 3 months, those guys made all that work (repave 4 km) in 6 months or less, absolutely impressive.
Where do you live??? LOL When I was driving dumps on a paving crew we do 5/6 miles a day, 4 lanes plus shoulder & exits/entrances on an interstate hiway, in a day. 2 layers. over 50 trucks hauling,,
I give it up to the rake man. I see me having a hard time running the screed on a slope like that but not as hard as the rake man got. That was some koo stuff the bro!!
Couple of questions and comments. Wondering if there was a test strip to establish rolling patterns and where you’d do that to replicate conditions. Were cores cut on final mat? The nuke gauge person in a lift. Lol
I wonder why they decided to use asphalt instead of concrete. Asphalt is much less durable than concrete, and this seems like a pretty difficult process. Anyone know?
Great Video ! I work for a pavement marking company near Bristol Tennessee. Do you know of anyone that has video of having the pavement marking applied, or the company that does it ?
This track was awesome to ride on it was so smooth @120MPH I can only wish for a real ride at NASCAR speed. Made me think that 12 year olds could drive it without a problem. Its Awesome
i have to say i miss the old paved asphalt a little because the track had a lot more to it the bumps made it what it was but i understand the repaving. the track was getting to old.
Something most people don't think about,, I drove dumps , paving foe years & sometimes I would wonder how it was done... I knew it wouldn't be easy. great video
I had my old four car driveway torn up and new stone put down and new Black top that was 10yrs ago and that was twenty two hundred dollars can't imagine how much this cost to do
That was Twenty two hundred for the driveway I think you miss read it hey it happens and yes it cost me about two hundred to have it resealed two years later
Beavis2828 Get an education, aluminum cannot penetrate structural steel at the velocity of a child's air rifle. If you are still so gullible as to believe it can, SHOW AN EXAMPLE. Physics is 100% REPEATABLE, this is why we have the subject of ENGINEERING.
cheerdiver it's funny that you bring up engineering when you probably have no idea what it is. Ask any mechanical or chemical engineering professor (or most students that aren't flunking), and the answer will be the same. Jet fuel can obviously explode and subsequently burn. You're also missing the importance of the mass of the airplane, and the structural integrity of the WTC towers; they were built with a couple setbacks, and could not support anything more at a weaker status. Obviously, jet fuel doesn't reach high enough temperatures to MELT steel, but that's completely irrelevant because if you knew anything about chemistry, you'd know how malleable metals and steel become at high temperatures. All it takes is some high temperature, out of control fires mixed in with some destroyed support beams (from impact), and anybody with a civil/chemical engineering degree could tell they were gonna collapse.
cool. Id be alittle bit freaked out if I was that guy standing underneath the paver in the high banks I mean even with a cable and the machine to help stabilize it doesnt mean it still cant slide...
Trevor Mandra well Daytona circuit is known for its high banking, so except for Nordschliefe and Spa (the former of which will never be repaved), this is one of the few that will be tough to repave.
Tar Man.. I build roads, if you wet the 20 mill crush then use a steel drum roller, better if drum vibrates, slower it rolls the more impaction means harder road surface, too much water the crush will stick to drum, just enough to moisten, then another spray of water then use rubber wheel packer followed by another spray of water but heavier spray just before oiling the water will draw the oil deeper into the surface, once dry surface is rock hard and surface will not deteriorate as quickly.. water is key
As a retired certified paving inspector here in the Daytona area, I must say this is one amazing feat. Whoever this contractor was did an outstanding job!
My grandfather raced on one of the first races on Daytona beach and won and also had a friend that raced in the first boat race in the infield this is awesome to see anything from history thanks for this
The first time I watched this was right before the July race a few months ago. It was my first NASCAR race ever. Man when I saw those cars leave pit road and go on the track for the first time, that was the happiest time of my life. Whenever I watch this video it brings me right back to that moment before the green flag. Its strange how powerful nostalgia can be. Man I wish I could go back. Thanks for uploading this!
+CreekMonsters Thanks for stopping by and checking it out CreekMonsters
Need to hire this crew to pave the nation's interstates. If they can lay down blacktop on a 31 degree bank and make it stick for cars traveling 200 mph plus, then they can definitely out do the idiots patching the highways these days.
It's not just idiots just counties and states taking the lowest bid and getting cheaper material. There are very good products out there but they don't spend the tax money on it because they want quantity not quality
Do you guys know how much paving Daytona would cost now.
I have few friend that work on pavement and boy there companies do take advantage of the city by charging exaggerated fees
@420 Friendly they cant afford these guys, lane construction Corp did this job they have some of the best engineers in the business, only a few companies in the country can do a 31 degree bank with that precision and in a short time frame seriously impressive feat right here
@Josh GPS for curvature of the earth and making it more level
@@juliobello4561 lots of smaller cities,towns here in north Alabama are starting to do more of their own asphalt work.
Most amazing paving setup and installation I have ever seen in my life. The angles are much steeper that you think. Awesome planning and execution by the paving company that performed this momentous task.
I have actually wondered many times how these high banked tracks were paved. Thanks for posting this.
You bet Paul. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video.
Lane construction doing the job, good outfit staffed with highly qualified employees not afraid of a challenge.
Nice work!
The paving machine used at Daytona was an ABG 525 tracked Paver which is capable of paving up to 16 metres wide and could empty the contents a 40 tonne dump truck in a few minutes, manufactured in Hamelin in Germany and now part of the Volvo Group. I worked as a sales and technical adviser in Ireland during the nineties selling both Blaw Knox and later ABG pavers which helped construct the country's first motorways, l always loved meeting customer and crews and being on site when work was at full flow. Unfortunately l lost my job when the recession in the nineties put an end to all major road construction for many years. Today I have my own cleaning company but when l pass roadworks l think about the good old days travelling around Ireland and meeting great people
31 degree angle? Damn that's amazing.
Epic. Never really thought about that someone had to make that road at that angle until now. Respect to the guys with REAL jobs.
Awesome video man, thanks for sharing
Edit, whys this just being recommended after 10 years? Thanks youtube
And the guy is still liking comments
Greetings from Italy. I have a small company specializing in asphalt paving and see these pictures is fantastic
Thanks to the Lane Construction Corp!!! A proud employee here.
What an awesome race track. They would never build something like this today. People in the 50's were badass fearless about cars. Make a track where you don't have to brake, just push your foot to the floor and go as fast as you can.
They drive twice as fast now as they did in 1950
I told a guy at my work today that they must have used cables to support the equipment going around the high banking. He said that standard paving equipment could handle the job. I told him I bet there is some video on TH-cam showing this project. So thanks for the nice video. I see they used cables for some small equipment and big support arms for the big pavers.
It would be cool if when the next time they have to pave Daytona, they tear up the track and hold a race on the freshly uncovered dirt! XD
I don’t know how well it would work with such a high banking. The cars would not go fast enough and slide down to the apron.
That’s not dirt under it that’s stone they would have to dig a good ways down to the dirt lol the stone they put under it has to be so many feet deep to hold what’s gonna be driven on it
@@chiefwahoo1196 I assume this popped up on your feed on TH-cam as well😂😂
@@hank1484 yep
@@hank1484 the asphalt base( stone) is usually 8 in.
This is so cool to see! Thanks for sharing
Awesome!!!!! Thanks for watching!
I've been around the track on tours, but ever realized how much work went into paving it. Very cool video, BlohmandBlohmer!
very cool and informative video .............. good work guys
looking good man, we had a tour of the stadia in 1993 and couldnt believe how steep the banks are, pictures dont normaly show it but seeing you working on it certanly does. Good vid, good job
Excellent video!!....always wondered how the asphalt resurfacing were done on the high-embankments of the track!! Old-school theory I guess, It's just awesome!!
@slimG2082 As a fellow paver i have to agree. My father knew one of the guys who helped pave Daytona in '78. He said it was beyond impressive and also got the opportunity to walk the track too!
Great work Men , glad to see that it was accomplished using UNION WORKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that's cool video keep up the good work..
Thanks Bud!
This makes paving a parking lot not so bad anymore...
great video, i never realised how steep those banks are.
Thanks so much for posting. I always wondered just how they paved those huge banks!
I thought we used a lot of equipment paving roads lol, Looks like a great experience with a story to tell..
now this is engineering at its finest!!! I love this video!!! paving 31 degree banking my goodness!! thanks for this!!!
That's what I call a great constructive process!!! greetings from mexico
Nice video. I've always wondered how they paved those steeply banked tracks. I like the music too.
god damn, that smooth ass paving is some sweet craftsmanship. I would just love to drive on that all day, then lie on the banking with a cold beer while the sun was settin'
This music is so damn beatiful. This nice video really deserved this nice song!
What a undertaking job . Great video ! Thanks for sharing !
Awesome project for an awesome track I had the pleasure to try last week in a 65 Mustang which was a big deal for an old racer from the UK.
Thanks for the great video. I live in NH and we were recently talking about this job (paving Datona)how it accomplished etc, A lot of thought went into setting up the job , the operators, engineers, and laborers are some of the best in the biz, some people think it's easy till they try it ! and yes, I do Like Nascar !!!
This video is just great in so many ways.
Thank you Cliff's Construction. Glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thanks again Cliffs Construction & Home Remodeling
awesome. Must have been a chore to do those banks. :D
Gentlemen; start your pavers!!!!
-truck beeps-
Start your Leeboys!!!
Talk about living on the edge. I bet they had some killer calf muscles and horrible backaches after completion.
Roofed for 2 years that steepness wouldnt be that bad on ur back but ur calves would b on fire
wow that was very cool and very interesting. Thanks for showing it. Those curves did not look like too much of a challenge the way guys did it.
Only their best on that job I'll bet.
Great video, thanks for posting that up.
Thank you for checking it out mickster boone.
Wow, that's impressive. It would take an incredibly coordinated large team to pull that off. I imagine that you would constantly have to feed the top side of the screed and gravity would automatically feed the bottom. The roller operator and the ballast man in the machine next to him would have to be in near perfect synchronisation to keep it rolling smoothly.
now that's a challenge! great job guys!
Cool vw bus that someone is driving to work parked in the infield 👍
Great vid. Very informative. I would like to know what or why the initial paving of 33 degree Talladega Speedway in 1969 was so rough it couldn't be raced on but Daytona had successful paving construction 10 years or so earlier (1959) then 2 more successful repaves (1978 & this video of most recent 2010).
Amazing,, I did a lot of paving on I-95 ,I-84 & other highways in CT.. but that was just amazing..
Fuking awesome!.
The D11 CAT that was used to keep the compactors and paving machine on line.... nice!
Does anyone know the soundtrack?
Billy Twang and the moonshiners
Props to the guys that made this happen. It looks like a colossal pain in the ass.
Nice video you should try to get a video when they eventually do Bristol.... thats crazy steep!
Woow incroyable! SUPER JOBS
Thanks. What an amazing video. Cheers
Nice. Thanks. We need more videos!
Wonder if they had any machines starve of oil on the slope for so long, just made me think
That's is a great point.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW HIGH THE OUTSIDE WALL IS, DAMN!!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A NASCAR RACE BUT I HEARD IT'S FUN FROM FROM BEGINNING TO END. ONE DAY I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY I SAW THOSE CARS FLYING BY AT 200 PLUS MPH.!!!! HOW MUCH DO TICKETS COST FOR THE BIG RACE??? THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE???
Amazing, The stuff we all take for granted. Even in Daytona. Wonder how a race would take place at SLOW speeds with drivers almost falling out of their cars? Thanks.
The new track will be so much faster, and smoother. This year's race will be totally awesome. No more watching the cars bobbing up and down all around.
Can't wait.
thank you for your video. It was the professional engineering practice. ^_^
holy cow, here in my country, paving a freaking pot hole could last like 2 or 3 months, those guys made all that work (repave 4 km) in 6 months or less, absolutely impressive.
Where do you live??? LOL When I was driving dumps on a paving crew we do 5/6 miles a day, 4 lanes plus shoulder & exits/entrances on an interstate hiway, in a day. 2 layers. over 50 trucks hauling,,
@@donaldbartram6315 Colombia, like any other latinoamerican country, corruption rules and politicians steal the public resources.
I give it up to the rake man. I see me having a hard time running the screed on a slope like that but not as hard as the rake man got. That was some koo stuff the bro!!
Couple of questions and comments. Wondering if there was a test strip to establish rolling patterns and where you’d do that to replicate conditions. Were cores cut on final mat? The nuke gauge person in a lift. Lol
I wonder why they decided to use asphalt instead of concrete. Asphalt is much less durable than concrete, and this seems like a pretty difficult process. Anyone know?
concrete can not cure on a 31 degree bank
Super duper educational.
Did anyone else notice the pic of the Talladega repave in the video? No mountains in Florida!
Heh yeah me. I know that banking... not to mention just before that part it said 2011 and those were 2007 cars.
that is fantastic really show,s of the ability of a great American company !!!!!!!!
What was the pavers lap time?
8 hours, 36 minutes, and 18 seconds.
7 years to reply. Lol. I love it
Usually accounts i find from 5+ years later are abandobed. Didnt think youd respond.
Great Video ! I work for a pavement marking company near Bristol Tennessee. Do you know of anyone that has video of having the pavement marking applied, or the company that does it ?
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
Yes, whats the sound track it's pretty cool.
Man what a great video!!!!
Could you imagine being the guy who gets to mow that lawn on the infield. you'd wake up with a smile just to go to work.
This track was awesome to ride on it was so smooth @120MPH I can only wish for a real ride at NASCAR speed. Made me think that 12 year olds could drive it without a problem. Its Awesome
Ahh... the memories when I worked at LANE construction.
That was cool!!! Anybody know what % slope that gets topped at?
roundabout 60% = 31°
I can't wait for the new Daytona track....It's gonna' look soooo amazing.
i have to say i miss the old paved asphalt a little because the track had a lot more to it the bumps made it what it was but i understand the repaving. the track was getting to old.
The pave was for a pothole, not the bumps
yeah but they removed the bumps when repaved its like how Texas was the same
How the track full of legends was being reborn
Last time I checked out this video I was at 90.k views. Thanks much for all the thumbs up!!!!
Yut uveitis gj
Something most people don't think about,, I drove dumps , paving foe years & sometimes I would wonder how it was done... I knew it wouldn't be easy. great video
I had my old four car driveway torn up and new stone put down and new Black top that was 10yrs ago and that was twenty two hundred dollars can't imagine how much this cost to do
Just read online the cost was 20 Million I guess I got away cheap
That was Twenty two hundred for the driveway I think you miss read it hey it happens and yes it cost me about two hundred to have it resealed two years later
I put this on my watch later and I liked this video
+Marshall Schmitz Thanks for stopping by and watching it!!! Take care.
my left ear loved this...
Great video. Nice to see.
The operator of the rollers could slide right out.. LOL
Did they give/auction any pieces of the old track?
Wow I never realized how pitched the corners are.
then Juan Pablo hit the jet dryer and put a big burn spot on the track
Ya, jet fuel doesn't just explode. It took quit a while for fire to start, so we know the WTC airliner impact was a HOAX!
Get a life
Beavis2828 Get an education, aluminum cannot penetrate structural steel at the velocity of a child's air rifle. If you are still so gullible as to believe it can, SHOW AN EXAMPLE. Physics is 100% REPEATABLE, this is why we have the subject of ENGINEERING.
cheerdiver I hate to break it to you but, jet fuel will explode. Your tinfoil is coming loose.
cheerdiver it's funny that you bring up engineering when you probably have no idea what it is. Ask any mechanical or chemical engineering professor (or most students that aren't flunking), and the answer will be the same. Jet fuel can obviously explode and subsequently burn. You're also missing the importance of the mass of the airplane, and the structural integrity of the WTC towers; they were built with a couple setbacks, and could not support anything more at a weaker status. Obviously, jet fuel doesn't reach high enough temperatures to MELT steel, but that's completely irrelevant because if you knew anything about chemistry, you'd know how malleable metals and steel become at high temperatures. All it takes is some high temperature, out of control fires mixed in with some destroyed support beams (from impact), and anybody with a civil/chemical engineering degree could tell they were gonna collapse.
cool. Id be alittle bit freaked out if I was that guy standing underneath the paver in the high banks I mean even with a cable and the machine to help stabilize it doesnt mean it still cant slide...
You never see any videos or pictures of this. Didn't even realize or know this was in 2010.
Damn I never gave thought to how much of a pain in the arse it must be to pave a race track!
Trevor Mandra well Daytona circuit is known for its high banking, so except for Nordschliefe and Spa (the former of which will never be repaved), this is one of the few that will be tough to repave.
Now if they could put doors on the stalls in the infield washrooms. None in '76.
One picture in the beginning has a mountain in the background , picture subbed from another track ?
Yep. I have no idea. I think its Talladega.
Awesome video man!! Whats the soundtrack name?
song fits awesome, and thanks for the video
Cool vid- music suits it as well. thanks.
Nice upload, thanks.
Thanks for watching
That's damn near a 2:1 slope, the major problem I would see is compaction, base, asphalt stone!
Great video, who plays the music ??
Tar Man.. I build roads, if you wet the 20 mill crush then use a steel drum roller, better if drum vibrates, slower it rolls the more impaction means harder road surface, too much water the crush will stick to drum, just enough to moisten, then another spray of water then use rubber wheel packer followed by another spray of water but heavier spray just before oiling the water will draw the oil deeper into the surface, once dry surface is rock hard and surface will not deteriorate as quickly.. water is key
Why didn´t they start at the bottom, so that the tarmac won´t slip down?
the tar is compacted in the asphalt paver, so it couldn´t fall down