Steel City Hobbies visits Tiltyard, located in Dayton Virginia.

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Steel City Hobbies visited the Tiltyard this past weekend. The 120 mile drive was beautiful as I took the back roads all the way from the store. The Shenandoah Mountains are incredible and a lot of fun to drive through. It was an interesting experience since this track is literally in someone's back yard! "Tiltyard" seems to be the name of the so-called dirt road they live on. The track layout was great I thought. Lots of turns and jumps to challenge any driver. The best way to sum up the condition of the track would be to say it was "hard". When I say hard, I mean the surface was hard packed dried out treated dirt. It was almost as hard as concrete but with many cracks. That made for decent traction and a surface that was not all that dusty. I did not really hear any complaints from too many drivers, but some said there were too many cracks and the hardness of the surface was causing parts to break after the one large jump at the finish line.
I met people from Puerto Rico, New York City, Illinois, California, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and many other places. It was a pleasure to meet Gil Losi, Matt Francis, Adam Drake, and other top-notch drivers from all over the country. All were great people and nice to chat with.

The Race
Jerry Durst drove down to Tiltyard on Thursday to get a few qualifying heats in before the big day. He broke a few parts on the large jump because of the hard surface. Click here for Tiltyard Results. I think Jerry did a terrific job!

Pictures

Michael Rooney