Gauging opinion on most popular surface for permanent indoor facility

[shaungooner]

Hi guys

I'm just trying to gauge opinion on preferences for track surface at a potential new permanent indoor venue in the East Midlands

We are seeing more tracks around the country now with Maritime, Midland Raceway, Silverstone and MB and the dominant surface so far seems to be the EOS carpet and tracks made up on a flat surface with wooden (carpet covered) features with the exception of Maritime who have switched from carpet to astro

These tracks are great and personally I like the way these tracks have been developed

However the EOS carpet surface is very different to that which we use when we go outdoors as the weather and light improves

So with that in mind I'd be grateful to hear of your thoughts on the following options

Option 1 - EOS carpet with wooden (carpet covered) features

Option 2 - Recycled astro turf with sand infill (hockey pitch style astro as used at most outdoor venues around the country), laid on a flat floor with wooden features covered in the same astro

Option 3 - Recycled astro turf with sand infill as in option 2 but laid on top of a profiled track to create undulations and jumps like a 'REAL' offroad track indoors

Option 4 - Dirt, little used these days in the UK but still the dominant surface in the rest of the world

Option 5 - New astro turf with no sand infill (current Maritime surface and previously used by Silverstone)

Option 6 - None of the above, give us your suggestion instead