Some Air Titan news after its use at the speedway yesterday. Not just for drying anymore.
from jayski
NASCAR made good use of its new Air Titan track-drying equipment at Kansas Speedway. Besides drying the Kansas Speedway track in about an hours time after Thursday mornings rain, the Air Titan an advanced track drying system unveiled at this years Daytona 500 was used on Wednesday to clean the track. One of the things were testing is cleaning the race track before we get to them, Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president for competition said after Thursdays Goodyear tire test. The Air Titan gets the sand, the silt, the dirt and grime & we did it at Chicago, at Richmond. & The grip level was pretty good, and its an opportunity for the track to take on the natural rubber of the tires. Pemberton said NASCAR brought the Air Titan to Kansas Speedway last July before four Sprint Cup drivers tested the new tire. We were surprised after two prep sessions the amount of stuff that naturally comes out of the track, Pemberton said. Its another advantage of having that piece of equipment available to us. We may continue to do it next year, too
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