Super oval large scale automotive venue

Abstract

A racing facility is arranged to accommodate various types of automotive racing, including Indy, CART, Formula 1 cars etc., and is disclosed to include a super oval or complex oval arrangement of racing surface in at least two loops of racing surface each looping about a common central area, and connecting to one another at an overpass feature. The racing facility of the present invention is a continuous closed circuit speedway with at least two loops which loop about a common center area and with speedway passing over itself at least once at a crossing which is not of a common grade level, such as an overpass, underpass or bridge, and so that the speedway does not have a crossing at a common or the same level, to thus allow a vehicle making an entire circuit of the speedway the option of only making turns in one direction and not passing over any portion of the racing surface more than once is a single complete circuit or lap of the racing surface.

62 . A complex oval closed course racing facility including plural contiguous loops of racing surface defining pairs of loops with each pair of loops each looping about a respective common central area, said racing facility comprising:
 a first and a second loop of racing surface each looping about a common central area and providing for plural automotive competitors on said racing surface to make at least two complete circuits about said common central area under power for each complete lap of said racing surface, and an overpass feature connecting and making contiguous said first and said second loops of racing surface so that said racing surface crosses itself at least once without intersecting itself, whereby each competitor on said racing surface at a particular time has an equal opportunity to complete a lap of the racing surface in the shortest possible distance.   
   
   
       63 . A complex oval closed course automotive racing facility comprising plural loops of racing surface defining pairs of loops of racing surface with each pair of loops looping about a common central area and together defining a continuous racing surface so that each of plural competing automotive vehicles contemporaneously on said racing surface make at least a pair of circuits continuously under power about each common central area for each lap of said racing surface, with each competing automotive vehicle making turns only in a single direction, and said plural loops of racing surface including at least two loops of racing surface about a respective common central area, and said at least two loops of racing surface communicating with one another at an overpass feature where said racing surface crosses itself without intersection, whereby each of said plural competing automotive vehicles contemporaneously on said racing surface has an equal opportunity to complete respective laps of said racing surface and of equal length.