April 11, 2008

In a continuing effort to make dragstrip operations at Mission Raceway Park more efficient, officials took delivery of a brand new piece of specialty equipment designed specifically for cleaning and preparing the racing surface.

Yesterday Steve Garrett of Waynes Industrial Service completed a long tow from Grand Prairie Texas to deliver a brand new PowerBoss Track Scrubber, a fabulous piece of equipment that can perform a host of duties faster and better than a crew doing it manually.

"This thing is amazing" said MRP Race Director Wally Duperon Jr, " It can clean up oil with a dual brush system, has a vacuum to remove fluids and even has burners to help track drying." Duperon Jr also said they can load it up with detergent and scrub the track clean before a race.

With oil downs a constant issue, particularly at major events, the PowerBoss, along with the new track sweeper will make for quicker cleanups. "I've been told this thing will clean up an oil down 4 to 5 times faster than we could do before. We had some major downtime in 2007, we needed this not only for the racers , but our paying spectators."

Photo shows from left to right Duperon Jr, BCCCA's Ken Bradley and Garrett with the new PowerBoss Track Scrubber.

Steve Garrett of Waynes Industrial Service from Grand Prairie Texas unloading the scrubber

It's obvious from this photo just what the PowerBoss can do for a track surface.