resurfacing the superdrome (last update 4/23/03)

Resurfacing of the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas began Saturday, March 29.

Ryan Crissey and Tim Goodwin of the Frisco Cycling Club are leading a crew of local volunteers in the removal of more than 12270 machine screws buried in the 708 plywood 1.125 inch thick panels that make up the riding surface of the 250 meter 24 foot wide velodrome. After removing thousands of the protective wood-filler putty plugs, then the screws underneath, the surface panels come loose (some VERY reluctantly) - and are then ready to be lifted off the velodromes' steel support structure and put aside for removal.

Removal of the old surface was expected to take a week - but finished in the end only hours before the final new panels were placed
on the surface. The first of two shipments of new surface panels arrived April 8. First row of new panels went on at 10pm April 15.

The resurfacing was completed in advance of the US National Team World Cup Qualifier scheduled for the Superdrome on April 25-27.

March 29-30, 2003

Ryan Crissey	William Liberato	Tim Goodwin	drilling putty plug	one plug out
two plugs out	ready for wrench	20 meters done	Sunday crew	private joke

Monday March 31, 2003

progress	Ryan and Tim	Ryan	Shaun Bonavita	no step

Saturday April 5, 2003

banking test	hail that stopped work	piled up on Tiim's track

April 5 panorama in JPEG form

April 5 panorama in QuicktimeVR

Sunday April 6, 2003

DSCN4398.MOV	board flip	front straight	Nathan III	concrete form

Monday April 7, 2003

April 7 panorama

Tuesday April 8, 2003

8am delivery	by 11am	spectator rabbit	no fun	bookcases?

April 7 panorama

Thursday April 10, 2003 (Mike's b'day)

Jeff Labauve	before	after	turn three	air conditioning
our nemesis	justice	Mark and Austin	last easy ones	frustration alleviated

April 10 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

Saturday April 12, 2003

April 12 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

Sunday April 13, 2003

Rusty, Ryan & Mark	putting some back into it	even more	almost to the 200	Joe, Ryan & Rusty
first new board	test board	it works!	back to work	Construction Scientologist Joe

April 13 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

Monday April 14, 2003

second load arrives	borrowed Ricky from the college	couldn't do this with the old boards	25 pallets of 30 8x10 sheets	determining the karma...

Tuesday April 15, 2003

13A in place	new screw	Ryan and Joe	measure	cut and drill
coming up!	heading home	walk it up	slide it in	row 13 DONE!

Wednesday April 16, 2003

full crew	past the pursuit line	tapping them in	16 columns of 3	doesn't look like much, but it's coming along fine

Thursday April 17, 2003

turn four	hard to get up there	waiting	Run!	last for the night
Looking great	Supervisor Bunny	learning curve	someone's gotta do it	Ryan enjoying the view

Saturday April 19, 2003

running up boards in turn three	IMG_3262.jpg	IMG_3263.jpg	IMG_3269.jpg	IMG_3271.jpg

April 19 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

Sunday April 20, 2003

they can really run!	last on the back straight	dropping it in	golf ball toss	new boards being processed

April 20 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

Tuesday April 22, 2003

start/finish	Wendy's break	Last turn three board	Closing the finish line	Yes, I was there
LAST BOARD	easing it in	tight fit	Success!	Ryan runs in the last screw

April 22 panoramic 360 in QuicktimeVR

 

 

 

More to come...