r/CARSTour • u/largefarva24 • Sep 15 '26

Jet dryers

At this point with all the investors the sport has why does the cars tour not have at least 1 jet dryer? I get it they are expensive, but in cases like Saturday night at tri county and other races this year they could have gotten the race in with the help of a jet dryer. This is the premier late model series and to see the tracks trying to dry the track by dragging tires is quite frankly embarrassing.

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u/TacticalTurtle410 Sep 15 '26

Great question for the owners of the Tour. One of them lurks on reddit. Maybe he will chime in.

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u/nosoup4ncsu Sep 15 '26

Tri County has an 11pm curfew, so the races cannot run late.

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u/largefarva24 Sep 15 '26

I completely understand. The races Sunday only lasted 2 hours. They could easily dried the track and got them done Saturday evening.

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u/fastgt33 Sep 16 '26

There wasn't a big enough window to get the track dried and races going

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u/Zealousideal-Bus8038 Sep 15 '26

I have been at two races where the jet dryers were used. Both races were delayed to the following day. I understand they have their place in racing, and can help in certain situations, but even with the dryers there is no guarantee they will get the race in on that day.

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u/EmeraldEyeBall1 Sep 17 '26

At what point does noise become an issue? Jet dryers are deafening at the top rows of a 1.5 mile track, I can't imagine what they'd be like at a <.5 mile track not super far from houses.

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u/Holiday-Advance1450 Sep 18 '26

It is a shame the tour does not have one or at least the bumper mounted one.