Are You Choosing the Right Race Track Lighting ?

A race track is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animal.A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also used in the training of various competitive races and entertainments. Depending on the competition events, there are some usual tracks (listed below). The illumination of race tracks is related to the user's sports experience, and the poor illumination of the course may affect the performance of the participants. Therefore, when implementing lighting projects for various tracks, it is necessary to select appropriate lamps to provide appropriate lighting effects for the track.

1) horse race track

Under the condition of a 500kg pure blood horse running at the maximum speed, its maximum kinetic energy is 89 thousand joule, and its impact and destructive power is equivalent to 20 M2 armor-piercing bullets.Therefore, safety accidents involving casualties are common in racetracks. The high risk of horse racing determines that safety is the highest criterion for our design of horse racetrack lighting.

The principle of safety and scientific design should be followed in the early stage of lighting project design to minimize the chance of accidents caused by poor lighting design and eliminate hidden dangers, so as to achieve the purpose of prevention.

2) car racing track(speed way/auto race circuit/ auto racing track)

sports car racing track 

Auto racing is one of the most extreme sports on the planet. a car racing track is a track designed specifically for auto racing. The course is made up of curves, straights and a number of up and down ramps. There is a pit lane on the track and, in general, spectator seating for spectators. Night racing puts more stringent requirements on the lighting design of the race track.

In the case of a car racing track lighting system project, the designer and installer must ensure that the lighting solution for car racing track meets the following requirements

a. to ensure driver safety.

b. the illumination level meets the requirements of international television broadcasters.

c.  the viewer's perceived comfort.

outdoor go-kart racing track / indoor go-kart racing hall  

go-kart is a healthy sport and recreation. This activity not only provides good coordination for the brain, eyes, hands, feet and other parts of the body, but also exercises sensitivity and courage. As one of the most economical sport events, go-kart has become a motor sport suitable for mass consumption. It is because of the large number of participants, the demand for go-kart race tracks increases, and the safety of these sites becomes particularly important, especially the venues that are still open at night.

Generally outdoor go-kart track is a large field, which can stand led area light pole in the auxiliary green belt along the track or stand led flood light pole around the whole field to light up the outdoor go-kart track.

The lighting of indoor go-kart hall generally adopts led high bay light or led linear high bay to provide even lighting over a large area. For the go-kart venues modified by the use of abandoned underground parking lots, the lighting of these area can renovate the lighting following original garage lighting model. special go-karting courses may build separation barriers make all the go-kart race tracks like relatively narrow tunnels .led wall pack lights or led tunnel lights can be used as the lighting choice of such project.

3) cycling race track

There are many kinds of cycling race, such as road race, mountain race, track race and so on. Different races have different levels of difficulty such as turning, descending, climbing, rocking and sprinting, which are challenges for the competitors. One of them,track race also can be divided into outdoor competition and indoor stadium competition. 

For outdoor cycling track, one is to ensure that the illumination of the track is not lower than the minimum illumination requirements; Second, to ensure the uniformity; Three is to ensure low glare or no glare. Proper and uniform lighting can reduce the impact of light on athletes to maximize their potential.

For interior cycling hall , the layout and installment of cycling race track lighting should be combined with the unique shape of the venue and the design of the track. The lamps of the cycling hall should be parallel to the racetrack to form the inner and outer rings,rather than above the track. The lamps should be aimed perpendicular to the movement direction of the rider. In the venue area outside the track, led high bay light for general sports hall is more than adequate and it is better to be equipped with an anti-glare reflector. In this way, the impact  on the lighting of the track can be reduced, while ensuring the lighting of the venue outside the track.

4) skiing race track

It is reported that many skiing resort in addition to the regular daytime ski projects, start up a new launch night ski projects. the night activities is becoming more and more popular, showing a hot trend. For many skiers. If the day skiing experience is fast and furious, then the night skiing experience is definitely a kind of extreme romance. When the night falls, the lights on both sides of the piste turn on in turn. The white piste and the lights reflect each other, bringing them a dreamy romance.

It's important to note that the temperature of skiing area is lower than the general place.So when choose lamps to light up these areas .The resistance to low temperature of lamps should be considered as a factor.

5) roller skating race track

Roller skating is a sport of sliding on the hard ground with special shoes with rollers. It is a systemic sport, which can help to coordinate the balance of the human body and exercise the body. As far as roller skating is concerned, most of the time it does not need a formal track. Any flat place can become a skating field anytime and anywhere. however, However, professional and specially designed tracks can improve the competitive skills of roller skating. Night can give the pursuit of fashion, sunshine, dynamic, passionate young people infinite inspiration to explain the beauty of roller skating sports.

A good roller skating venue lighting, like an immanent force to mobilize the passion of young people, can bring the young people who like roller skating sports aesthetic feeling full of soul and feelings accompanied by the wind.

6) skateboarding race track

skateboarding was found to be the third most popular sport with young people in a recent survey in America ,coming in just behind football and basketball. Skateboarding is popular all over the world currently. skateboarding is all about self-expression. No matter what kind of personality you have ,it can all come out in your skateboarding style. Being yourself, learning the tricks and developing the style that is all you .

Skateboard venues are varied. An excellent skateboard venue lighting is required to provide uniform, energy efficient, flicker-free lighting. Obviously the old site lighting is not up to this standard. Therefore, it is necessary to redesign the overall layout to create the best skateboarding field and combine the supporting facilities to bring a better lighting experience for both professional athletes and amateurs.