Turbo-Charged Track Drying!?

For the last few weeks I've been hearing about these new track jet dryers that can cut track drying time down by quite a bit.  And to be honest, if someone can make a 2-hour delay into a mere 30-minute delay, that would be something awesome for the race fan.

And that's been one of NASCAR's goals, to somehow shorten the race rain delays.

In fact, estimated dry times include 30 minutes for Daytona and 15 minutes for Martinsville!  All this, and the process will be more green than the previous technology.

What NASCAR is looking at is a compressed air heating system rather than a small jet engine mounted on the back of truck!

It still has to debut on the track but it's been tested at Daytona and Charlotte.

And the hope is that it will debut by Speedweeks.  Or, at least be ready to debut by then...  depending on the weather.