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You might want to consider putting some homasote, or similar sound insulation between the track and the plywood.  Screwing the track directly to the plywood, especially with a lot of screws, will be extremely noisy.  I couldn’t get homasote where I live so I used 2x4 ceiling tiles.  I only use a few screws at key points such as curves and couple along straight sections.  I use 1 1/2” #4 screws.  Get Phillips or Robertson (square), they are much easier to drive than a slotted screw.  You won’t find these in the big box stores, so use the references Carl gave you.  I also leave the screws a little loose so there is about 1/16” vertical play in the track.  If you tighten them it just transmits the noise to the plywood.

 

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