Mission Recordsdata: Episode 70 — Rooftop Alternative at Texas Motor Speedway

Each race day, Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Price, Texas, attracts greater than 154,000 spectators for the electrifying expertise of NASCAR.

On scorching days within the Texas solar, the thrill solely provides to sizzling temperatures, which repeatedly prime 100° in the summertime. It’s why the famed racetrack invested in a brand new cooling system, changing the unique models that had been put in for the monitor’s 1997 opening.

Though most of Texas Motor Speedway’s 1,500 acres are exterior, its 200 luxurious visitor suites are the place choose clientele come to look at the races in consolation, out of the solar. The speedway’s authentic HVAC gear, put in practically 30 years in the past, wanted an improve. It was outdated, and with one HVAC unit per suite, the fee to run and keep the gear was important.

Dallas-based Mechanical Companions Inc. labored with Gemaire Distributors and the Rheem industrial air group to pick out extra environment friendly heating and cooling gear for Texas Motor Speedway. Collectively, they upgraded the packaged rooftop HVAC models to 10-ton Renaissance packaged models, that includes factory-installed economizers and VFDs to spice up general gear effectivity.

The economizers are factory-installed, which John Blackall, director of service at Mechanical Companions, mentioned saves an hour to an hour and a half on set up. Usually, they’re straightforward to put in and repair — there’s quick access to every part via the aspect panel.

The Rheem Business Renaissance Line was crafted with good new options and unique PlusOne benefits for straightforward alternative, set up, and repair. PlusOne ServiceSmart options such because the Qwik-clean drain pan and Qwik-change flex-fit filter rack will assist make routine upkeep simpler and sooner, and the upper effectivity options will maintain Texas Motor Speedway’s visitors snug for years to come back.

With a race set to happen shortly after the set up, the outdated gear wanted to be lifted off the speedway’s roof and changed by new models with assist from a helicopter — an enormous enterprise, but probably the most environment friendly. As soon as the alternative models had been on the roof, the Mechanical Companions group rapidly moved in to attach and fee the models. Due to months of preparation and laborious work, the models had been rapidly and efficiently up and operating, simply in time for a packed home on a triple-digit day.

Nineteen air-con models had been changed on this venture. Speedway administration says they plan to interchange 150, over a several-year interval.