Dragstrip Track Prep & More TVC Services

When you’re ready to put down a new racing surface, Total Venue Concepts can provide your ready mix and placement team with a series of specifications that can help you create a performance clause for any surface quality. A performance clause becomes part of your warranty from the placement and ready-mix team; this can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars down the road.

Additionally, we know what mixes work in what areas. We also have developed a flatness spec; that reduces or eliminates grinding.

“How should you cure your concrete” and “what type of finish needs to be placed onto the surface?” These are questions Total Venue Concepts can answer.

What is the difference between grinding, polishing, and profiling? Let Total Venue Concepts help you move through all the unfamiliar jargon. We have a network of the right people to provide the correct flatness and texture for your race track.

The texture of your racing surface is very important. If the surface is too smooth, the rubber will not adhere to the concrete. If it’s too rough, water can collect under the rubber. Let TVC educate you on this technique. TVC will provide you with the correct finish to create a quality concrete to rubber bond.

Cleaning a racetrack is the most important procedure you can do for your race track. There are many techniques for cleaning your racetrack, and a significant number of machines made to clean a flat surface. Total Venue Concepts customizes existing floor scrubbers to work correctly in a race track environment.

Our scrubbers have broom bristles that are the right texture and stiffness. We have chemical delivery systems that apply the correct cleaning compounds to efficiently and quickly clean up a mess, or maintain your track every week. Weekly maintenance cleaning of your race track will provide a surface that's able to provide a better traction coefficient and will require less traction compound.

Regular cleaning maintenance of a racetrack also decreases the need for scraping, reducing staff hours and payroll. Total Venue Concepts also rents scrubbers and staff for special events and or track clean up after grinding and texturing. Call Total Venue Concepts for a complete explanation of the various machines available, or to request a quote to have machines and/or staff brought to your facility for a special event.

Dragging a racetrack started approximately 30 years ago. Initially, large tractor tires were merely tied to the back of a pickup truck via rope or chain, then drug up and down the race track to transfer rubber to the surface. Over time, landscaping style box blades were converted with tire belts placed around the cutting blade which not only cleaned the track but transferred rubber onto the surface. But race surfaces are rarely truly flat the sizeable cutting edge would not push the tires into the low spots of the track.

Total Venue Concepts has taken the process far beyond that. We offer Hook Master static drags that have a complete suspension system that follows the contour of the racing surface which applies an even layer of rubber. Additionally, this process helps cleans the top of the surface which is why the TVC Hook Master suspended static drag is utilized by many of the top tracks in the country. Hook Master drags are available in multiple widths to pair to the size of your tractor.

Total Venue Concepts Hook Master static drags move rubber from high spots on your track, placing it in the low spots to help create a smooth, even surface while at the same time helping clean the surface and adhere a thin layer of racing rubber to your competition surface.

Traction compound is an essential component of a quality surface. Spraying traction compound on a racing surface is not as simple as it sounds. No matter what brand of the compound you prefer product delivery and how the compound pays on the surface are critical.

Just the nozzles alone have multiple factors that influence the finished product. Nozzle height, spray pattern and delivery rate selection are all critical to gaining the most consistent surface.

Traction compounds are very expensive. A Total Venue Concepts traction compound sprayer will not only deliver exceptional traction compound coverage and penetration. A TVC sprayer can SAVE you money; our sprayer wholly atomizes the compound mixtures, allowing you to use less compound to receive the same result.

A feature of the Hookmaster Competition Sprayer is variable spray widths. The operator can control how wide of a spray pattern they are putting down. You can choose from an 8 foot, 12 foot or 16’ spray pattern, only apply traction compound where you need it.

For example, on the morning spray, you may spray the entire lane stripe to stripe to help give a competitor the ability to save a car if they are out of shape. During touch-ups, you may choose to spray only at 8’ wide from the line to 60 feet. At 60’ open the 12’ setting and only spray 12 foot to 300’ and spray 16’ further down track. Remember the narrower the spray pattern, the more product you will be putting down per nozzle, due to the fact, your nozzle area is less, but product pressure is the same. So you can move your tow vehicle much faster and put the same amount of product down. As you open more nozzles down the track, you slow the tow vehicle down to apply the same amount of product. The final result is over two years; you may be able to to save enough in traction compound to pay for the sprayer.

Go Faster with a TVC Sprayer, when in an unlimited budget situation such as record radial racing, a TVC sprayer will help the ridiculous amounts of glue layer to thoroughly dry quicker, creating a firmer and thus faster surface.

Rotating drags have been around approximately a decade. The concept is to simply rotate a rim with a mounted, inflated race tire rotating backwards, behind a tractor, which transfers rubber to the racing surface.

Rotating your surface not only smooths existing rubber/compound base it can revitalize exiting traction compound saving you money over time and providing a consistent surface for your competitors.

Total Venue Concepts took the concept of rotating drags to the next level. Our rotating drags provide a fresh approach to the rotating concept. We improved the performance and ease of maintenance of the TVC Hook Master 4 tire Rotating Drag. We produce a rotator with numerous options and provide exceptional education and customer support.

Total Venue Concepts highly recommends that a quality base rubber surface is placed on your track either after refinishing a surface; at the start of a new season or before a special event. Contact us about renting or purchasing rotators, static drag with power units (Tractor), and operators.

Total Venue Concepts can supply your event an individual employee in almost any position. Timing, Tech, Operations, Starters Parking Managers, Ticketing Managers etc. Do you want to put an event on but need staff, we can supply a turnkey employee package.

TVC can supply you with scrapping supplies, torches Blades, Handles, 100 lbs propane bottles and caddies and even Skid Steer scrapers.

Torches we only use Machester “turbo” Style torches 750,000 BTU. These torches provide a very directional heat pattern. Keep your rubber hot and yet will not burn your rubber roll or warp your blade if used properly. These torches also feature an excess supply check valve to lessen the chance of an accident.

Blades we can supply a scraping blade that if properly used will last you an entire season.

Handles we have several scrapers handles to chose from, robust round handle to our exclusive to completely adjustable “Crutch” Scraper handle.

We offer full flow valve propane bottles and rugged, dependable bottle caddies that provide very strong reliable wheels. The caddy makes it very easy to change the bottle and keeps your people safe and secure.

The TVC Skid Steer Scraper is state of the art. It offers an unheard of 36” cut path. We use three individual blades to allow each blade to follow irregularities in the track surface and provide you with a smooth, consistent scrape. Click here to see our skid steer scraper.

Concrete degradation is common on race racks around the country. Northern tracks have the worst issues due to the freeze and thaw cycles.

Normally, the degradation begins at control joints. A combination of water freeze/thaw cycle, tire dragging, scraping rubber, high power traction compounds all work to destroy your concrete.

Think about it: when you are proud of that track and you can barely walk on it, just think the force a soft race slick puts on the chemically enhanced surface, trying to constantly rip the concrete aggregates out. We haven’t even talked down force, a Top Fuel car puts out and estimated 8,000 lbs. of down force, Pro Mods are in the 3,000 lbs. area. These factors all take their toll on the concrete’s life.

We rent Rotators, Static Drags, Tractors, and Scrapers with operators.