Does Autocross damage pavement?
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Oil + lateral forces = damaged asphault
The autocross itself doesn't damage the lot that much. Over time, as oil leaks from the cars regularly parked on the lot, it will soften the ashpault, then begin to crumble with applied lateral / shear forces. Those crumbles eventually turn in to cracks, and the lateral forces begin splitting into other vectors, and soon you're taking huge chunks of surface out.
Over time, anything will wear out, but the oil accelerates the process by reducing the mechanical properties of the surface.
The autocross itself doesn't damage the lot that much. Over time, as oil leaks from the cars regularly parked on the lot, it will soften the ashpault, then begin to crumble with applied lateral / shear forces. Those crumbles eventually turn in to cracks, and the lateral forces begin splitting into other vectors, and soon you're taking huge chunks of surface out.
Over time, anything will wear out, but the oil accelerates the process by reducing the mechanical properties of the surface.
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