Del Mar’s drainage system gets update with new dirt track

Del Mar, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Approximately 15,000 tons worth of blue granite stones have been removed from Del Mar’s main track as the conversion continues to a dirt track from synthetic.

All of the synthetic Polytrack material that made up the main track surface for the past eight years was cleared away to allow the removal of the stone sub-base of the main track.

On Monday, the drainage system began to be updated with digging of the inside drainage channel. The next step is the installation and grading of the decomposed granite sub-surface that allows for an inside bevel for drainage purposes.

In the final weeks of March work crews will transport and position – the actual laying down of the dirt – an estimated 17,000 cubic yards of “El Segundo sand” as the final part of the track conversion process.

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