Tread designs and rubber compounding define recent trends, leading to longer-lasting, smoother running tracks, said Mike Giordano, Yokohama TWS segment sales manager, rubber tracks. While the goal ...

While rubber tracks are less sensitive to such issues, they suffer the same consequences in the long run. "Too tight, tracks may be more vulnerable to snapping as more stress is applied," says ...

Beneath the purple lies a rubber track with two layers ... To form the surface of a running track they were mixed with clay, peat moss, or ashes from burning coal, which held the surface together.