This article is about the trademarked 3M product. For the product category, see running track.
Starting places on Tartan track
Tartan Track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. The original production was in 1967, and the product was later[when?] reformulated to eliminate the use of mercury. Relative to some[weasel words] other surfaces, it lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss and improves their results over other surfaces.[citation needed] It also provides a more consistent surface for competition even under optimum weather. Similar tracks have become the standard for most elite competitions.
Because the "Tartan" product was widely successful in its time, the name Tartan has been used as a genericized trademark for description of an all-weather running track.[1][2][original research?]
Athletic Polymer Systems, a subsidiary of MCP Industries, Inc., manages the installation of Tartan-branded running track
A competing[clarification needed] product is AstroTurf, originally made by Monsanto in 1965 and originally called ChemGrass.[3] Like the Tartan product, the "AstroTurf" brand name has become genericized. The Tartan branded product has also had various other competitors.
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TartanTrack is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. The...
still exist today. In the mid-1960s Tartantracks were developed, surfaced with a product by 3M. The name Tartan is a trademark, but it is sometimes used...
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and 75 °F (10 to 25 °C) with 75% maximum humidity. On a standard 400 m Tartantrack or similar. The candidate should not suffer from respiratory problems...
2015. In 2008, Sparks donated nearly $900,000 for a new, all-weather tartantrack to New Bern High School, where he has also volunteered to coach. The...
aesthetic adjustments, among others, to the colour of the stands and of the tartantrack surrounding the pitch. Currently, Stadion Maksimir is listed as a 35...
contested on the Tartantrack but for safety reasons the majority of horse trainers and owners refused to run their horses on the track. Saul Silberman...
local football tournaments and some international matches. When a new tartantrack was laid out at the oval for the country's initial hosting of the 1981...
is also the home ground for the Germiston Simmer Rugby Club and has a tartantrack for athletics. Municipal (1) By 1931, the Germiston municipality had...
team.[vague] It contains an 800 square meters indoor hall, an indoor tartantrack for sprint exercises, weight rooms, cold chambers, a spa area, medical...
all-weather running tracks that became common starting in the 1970s, made the old blocks even less secure. Original Tartantracks left long holes to secure...
During the first phase of this grand project, international standard Tartantrack facility for athletics, squash courts, volleyball and basketball courts...
sellout. In 1969, a $175,000 tartantrack was installed. The events at the Relays would go all-metric in 1976 and the track was rebuilt as a 400-meter oval...
Heizelstadion), after the neighbourhood in which it is located. In 1971, a tartantrack was installed allowing the organisation of athletics competitions. Three...
Federations (IAAF) standard 400m eight-lane oval. It is a polymer synthetic tartantrack with a depth of 3 centimetres (1.18 in). The sprint straight consists...
consists of a Tartantrack and a football pitch. 6:15 am to 10:30 pm every day. The pitch is closed for maintenance every Wednesday, however the track remains...
part of the Ayub Sports Complex, which contains the football pitch, tartantrack, two halls for indoor games, handball court and two hockey turfs. It...
thoroughbred racing was Tropical Park's Tartan turf, a synthetic surface similar to Astroturf installed in 1966. Tartan turf was never a success with horsemen...
running tracks surrounding it. The stadium was refurbished before hosting the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup athletics competition. A new tartantrack was constructed...
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