If I had a nickel for every time a jet dryer crashed when the Daytona 500 was postponed to a Monday, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
Of course NASCAR fans remember the first time it happened back in 2012, when the rain-delayed race was moved to Monday night and Juan Pablo Montoya set the track on fire (literally) after crashing into a jet dryer that was on the track under caution.
Track crews worked furiously to extinguish the giant inferno before it caused irreparable damage to the surface of the track and forced NASCAR to call the race prematurely. And after they were able to get the fire put out, the track crew then brought out a special cleaning agent to get the remainder of the fuel out of the surface of the track.
Just kidding, they brought out boxes of powdered Tide laundry detergent and washed the track down.
