Sample of Versaturf Track
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red urethane track sample with a black rubber mix is a solid block consisting of recycled plastic chips with a compressed wood bottom, labeled "VersaturF." This was manufactured by 3M for use on horse racing tracks and soon was used for indoor and outdoor track, basketball courts, gymnasium floors, tennis courts, playground areas and many more sport surfaces. According to the 3M literature, "Tartan Surfacing Material is a specially-compounded synthetic resin which retains its characteristics of resiliency and toughness in any climate and despite local variations in temperature and humidity. Need for maintenance is practically non-existent."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Track and Field
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Martin Surfacing & Decking, Inc., through Gerald L. Bosse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0316.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0316
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0316.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: track sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: urethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm