What lap did Juan Pablo Montoya hit the dryer?
lap 160
The race was stopped for two hours and five minutes after Juan Pablo Montoya hit a jet dryer on lap 160, causing fuel to seep onto the track and catch fire. Kenseth regained the first position at the lap 166 restart, and maintained it during the remaining thirty-four laps to win the race.
Which Nascar driver ran into jet dryer?
Juan Pablo Montoya’s
About 40 of 200 laps remained that night when Juan Pablo Montoya’s car—at speed, but under caution to catch the rest of the field—slid hard into a speedway jet dryer working to help clean turn 3. A rear suspension failure caused Montoya to lose control and plow into the dryer and its accompanying pickup truck.
What is a jet dryer?
Noun. jet dryer (plural jet dryers) (motor racing) A piece of racetrack maintenance equipment, a truck or trailer equipped with a gas turbine jet engine (which does not provide motive or electrical power), that provides copious amounts of hot air, which is used to blow dry the track surface.
What time did the 2012 Daytona 500 end?
1 a.m. ET
The race ended at 1 a.m. ET on Feb. 28, a full day and a half after the planned start of the event.
How did Montoya hit the jet dryer?
Duane D. Barnes, who was driving the jet dryer struck by Juan Pablo Montoya during the 2012 Daytona 500, died Tuesday at his home in Addison, Mich. Barnes was driving one of the jet dryers loaned to Daytona International Speedway in 2012 when Montoya’s car slid into it under caution after a parts failure.
What year did Montoya hit the jet dryer?
2012
February 27, 2012: Juan Pablo Montoya hits the Daytona jet dryer. Nine years ago today: Juan Pablo Montoyta vs. the Daytona 500 jet dryer.
How do they dry the track in Nascar?
NASCAR uses the Air Titan 2.0 to dry the track. The system was put into place in 2014. It features a drying unit in the bed of a Toyota Tundra that blows out air at 568 mph and 70 degrees warmer than the ambient temperature. It can dry a football field in less than 30 seconds.
When did Juan Pablo Montoya hit the jet dryer at Daytona?
February 27, 2012
February 27, 2012: Juan Pablo Montoya hits the Daytona jet dryer.
How long does it take to dry track at Daytona?
The time it takes to dry a track depends on a variety of climate factors — wind, humidity, sunshine, etc… — but in decent conditions a track the size of Daytona’s 2.5 miles can be dried in an hour or less.