{"id":17027,"date":"2014-10-01T04:52:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T08:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=17027"},"modified":"2014-10-01T02:55:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:55:39","slug":"dover-international-speedway-install-new-catch-fence-2015-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/dover-international-speedway-install-new-catch-fence-2015-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover International Speedway to install new catch fence for 2015 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fasfafhjnbnbn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17028\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fasfafhjnbnbn-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"fasfafhjnbnbn\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fasfafhjnbnbn-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fasfafhjnbnbn.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>DOVER, Del. \u2013 Dover International Speedway officials announced today that the track will install a new catch fence that will be in place for the May 29-31, 2015 NASCAR race weekend. The process of removing the current fence began on Monday, Sept. 29, one day after the \u201cAAA 400\u201d NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Monster Mile, is scheduled for completion by Jan. 1, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The new fence will be installed by Smith Fence, a Florida-based contractor that has performed similar installations at other facilities on the NASCAR circuit. The project will incorporate the most up-to-date technologies and stand at 21-feet tall, up from its current 15-feet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the track is known as a self-clearing racetrack, with steep banking, we are fortunate to have never had a NASCAR vehicle become airborne and hit the catch fence,\u201d said Michael Tatoian, executive vice president and COO of Dover Motorsports, Inc. \u201cWith that in mind, our current fence served us well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as with anything at our facility, we\u2019ve been looking for some time to update and improve it. With all of the new technologies and safety advances made in safety fencing, we wanted to do this right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other improvements at the Speedway in recent years include the installation of SAFER barriers, the widening and lengthening of pit road, new fan care medical facilities and many fan experience improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the summer months, work was completed on drilling for the support structures that will hold the fence. Beginning this week after the completion of the track\u2019s 2014 season, demolition of the old fence began, with construction of the new fence occurring simultaneously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOVER, Del. \u2013 Dover International Speedway officials announced today that the track will install a new catch fence that will be in place for the May 29-31, 2015 NASCAR race weekend. The process of removing the current fence began on Monday, Sept. 29, one day after the \u201cAAA 400\u201d NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,179],"tags":[15622],"class_list":["post-17027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-nationwide-series","tag-international-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17029,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17027\/revisions\/17029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}