Daytona Fuel Spill and a patch?

[Speed Racer]

The spill news is tad old but: Daytona International Speedway had to close its 2.5-mile tri-oval course Friday and Saturday morning because of a diesel fuel spill in Turn 2. ""There was a leak in one of the jet dryers,'' Speedway spokesman Glyn Johnston said. ""It leaked fuel on the track, not a lot, and then tires ran through it and spread it on down the way.'' The dryers, which sound like a jet engine, are used to blow water and debris off the track surface. They are pulled behind a safety truck. ""The leak was completely contained,'' Johnston said. ""They had to wash down the track and do one thing after another to clean it. Today (Saturday) our operations team did several checks on the track and swept it, blew it dry again and ran a car over it to make sure the area was OK from a safety standpoint.'' The Speedway is hosting an ARCA test session this weekend [Dec 22]. ARCA competitors sat around Friday and Saturday morning until the track was declared raceable on Saturday afternoon. ""We look at it like a weather situation,'' Ron Drager, ARCA president, said. ""Everybody that wanted to be here and get laps is going to get every thing they came to get.''(Daytona Beach News Journal)
sources tell me that the speedway may need to patch the area as the fuel ate some of the asphalt away.

 

[Speed Racer]

UPDATE:

Hearing from sources at the track where there is sports car testing going on and there are no signs of a patch or any mention of any problems.

 

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UPDATE

At least at this test, teams will also be taking a hard look at the race track. During an ARCA test in December, a fuel spill in Turn 2 caused some concern about the track's surface, with some minor "pebbling" occurring when bits of the track pulled up in that test and during last weekend's Grand American Road Racing Association test for the Rolex 24 sports car race. Track staff has continued to treat the surface with limestone to soak the fuel residue out of it and after the sports car test the dark fuel stain and traces of limestone were apparent.(NASCAR.com)