Santa Anita Cushion track claims it's first victim

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Originally Posted by sumitas

something is going on at SA and it's not good. 1/2 inch of rain should easily be handled by any all weather surface. ideally, it should make that surface even tighter but still safe. there is obviously a big problem with the drainage there and i would guess the amount of all weather poly over the asphalt is quite thin.

Drainage certainly seems like a problem if what i have read is true. Rain does indeed make the track faster but still safe, and we see a hell of a lot more rain than southern CA does!

I'm with sniper on this, i can't believe how much effort is being made about every break down since the synthetic surfaces came along. I've been watching US racing for a few years now, and in my eyes i used to see just as many break down then (if not more) as i see now that the synthetic surfaces have suffered.

Have these tracks not given long enough for the track to have 'settled in' do you think?