banked turns
They don't need to be. Velodromes (cycling tracks) and motorsport tracks often have cambered or banked corners because the speed they travel at can easily force them off the road on a flat track. A human cannot run fast enough to make it necessary, so they are kept flat to minimise cost and keep it safe.
A lot
Banked is the past tense of the verb bank.
Its an aesthetic reason. Most tracks are red because older tracks (before man-made surfaces) were red cinders.
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In my opinion being a kart racer, i would say bank corners are truly better because it really seperates the good from the great drivers.
A compound word for train tracks would be railroad or railroad tracks.
No. Banked is a verb form or adjective. Bank is the noun, which is also the spelling of the verb to bank.
Running tracks are oviod, not circular.
yeah, banked track reduces the reliance on frictional force between tyres and road...so,,more centripetal force can be provided for car by banked track,,............from NAV
A banked turn is the term used to describe a car riding along a circle with inclined edges. The angle at which a turn is banked refers to the angle of http://www.answers.com/topic/incline-4 of the given path.