Drive by me

摘要

On a highway, driving side by side is nothing noteworthy. On the banked turns of a NASCAR oval, side-by-side driving is the subject of careful engineering. The pavement at Phoenix International Raceway had reached the end of its useful life, so the racetrack's owner, International Speedway Corp. (ISC), investigated whether there were any changes that should be made to the facility while replacing the asphalt. "In Phoenix, the overriding consensus was that we needed to make sure that we promoted side-by-side, competitive racing from the very first race after the repave," Bill Braniff, P.E., senior director of construction for ISC Design & Development, told Roads & Bridges. ISC Design & Development (formerly North American Testing Co.) is the in-house design and construction department for ISC.