Glossary / General

ruts

9 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Ruts are little grooves in the dirt track. They can grab your tires and make the car harder to control, especially when you’re trying to race close to other cars.

Technical Definition

Ruts are grooves in the track surface, usually caused by repeated tire contact and heavy braking/acceleration. In dirt racing, ruts can catch cars and upset traction, making it harder to hold a straight line and increasing the chance of sliding or contact.

Hear It Discussed

"So it's it's literally catching the edges of the ruts in the road and moving around"
Driven: Czinger on Track; Gunther Works F-26 in RAIN; Q&A The Smoking Tire 49:24

"But, you know, it makes sense because you're on that bull bearing gravel and it becomes the roads become like a two wheel track with the passage of the cars and the back wants to ride up out of the..."
Chat with Rally Legend Ed Ordynski Part 2 Car Torque with Matty J 40:35

"Uh, I mean kocomo Uh had a couple ruts, you know last night that was catching cars. I mean"
Episode 394 - Fremont Opens Their Season, The Kokomo Grand Prix and Knoxville Dirt Nerds Podcast 17:22