From the Daytona 500 to the Indy 500, NASCAR drivers need the track to be completely dry should there be any rain for these important races.
Racing fans are in for a treat with the return of NASCAR on FOX this weekend with the 65th running of the Daytona 500. , but the impact of rain is now significantly reduced thanks to track-drying technology.
NASCAR's Air Titan 2.0 is a track-drying apparatus that uses compressed air to push water off the racetrack., races cannot happen if the course is wet. Slicks, the tires used at oval tracks, cannot handle the precipitation due to the lack of tread pattern on the tires. Air-Titan 2.0 track dryers run during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 6, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Thomas Davenport, Manager of Track Services for NASCAR, says that the Air Titan trucks use a large volume of air to eliminate excess moisture off the speedway."The air from the blower goes through a series of hoses, and it comes down on an air knife that you see pulled along behind the truck," Davenport says. "In a sense, it's a squeegee, but it's of air. So, if you think of folks squeegeeing water off a window or things like that, it's the same effect.
A detailed view of an Air Titan 2.0 as it works to dry pit road during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 14, 2015 in Brooklyn, Michigan.
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