Juan Pablo Montoya's incident at the 2012 Daytona 500 might have been the last time a NASCAR jet dryer made national news.
The last time a NASCAR jet dryer got this much attention was when Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into one during the 2012 Daytona 500.
In that incident, a northbound section of the elevated highway collapsed after a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped and caught fire. The driver was killed and the resulting damage required demolition of the southbound lanes as well. A replacement bridge will eventually be constructed. The accident closed both lanes of the highway, one of the most heavily travelled along the East Coast.
“We need patches of dry time in order to complete the paving, and really importantly, the striping process,” Shapiro said Thursday, describing NASCAR’s help as a “super cool solution. He added: “I said the other day it’s the ingenuity of Delco meets the grit of Philly. Let’s layer on top of that the ingenuity of Poconos Raceway, and the amazing guys at NASCAR up there helping us out.”
Raceway president Ben May isn’t charging the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for use of the dryer. “It’s a very, very, very small contribution to the spectacular work that’s being done by a lot of people,” he said.
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