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Darlington spends $15,625 to keep track dry: Keeping a race track dry doesn't come cheap. Seven jet dryers used about 12,500 gallons of fuel at $1.25 a gallon in an attempt to keep Darlington Raceway dry over the past two rain-plagued days. That's $15,625 of kerosene, otherwise called jet fuel, to make sure NASCAR fans got to see Saturday's Bush Series race and Sunday's Southern 500 Winston Cup race. Had they needed it, another 12,000 gallons were on standby. While Darlington Raceway gets the bill for the fuel, it didn't supply its own jet dryer. Three came from Daytona, one from Talladega, one from Rockingham, one from Martinsville and one from Richmond.(The State)(9-2-2002)