Elgin Sweeper renews NASCAR green partnership

ELGIN - Elgin Sweeper, a manufacturer of street sweepers for general street maintenance, special industrial and airport applications, has renewed its partnership with NASCAR Green for three years and will continue to serve as the Official Sweeper of NASCAR Green.

As the Official Sweeper of NASCAR Green, Elgin Sweeper is present at each NASCAR race event weekend to support NASCAR's Air Titan equipment to dry rain-soaked racetracks, saving jet fuel and reduce NASCAR's overall carbon footprint.

"Elgin Sweeper has provided trackside support for NASCAR for more than 15 years. Since we entered into our NASCAR Green partnership four years ago, we have experienced incredible success," said Mike Higgins, vice president and general manager of Elgin Sweeper. "Our company shares NASCAR's passion for, and commitment to, protecting the environment through sustainable practice

In addition to supporting the Air Titan equipment with the revolutionary Elgin Crosswind Specialty Track Sweeper, the company helps clean and dry the tracks during caution periods when necessary.

By speeding up the time it takes to clean and dry the track, the Elgin Track Sweeper assists the overall process of keeping the race event on schedule," said James Crockett, product manager at Elgin Sweeper. "By doing so, the overall operations energy usage around the track - electricity used in the suites, media centers and lighting systems - is also significantly reduced."

In 2016, the Elgin Track Sweeper helped with drying rain-soaked tracks and vacuuming up standing water, rubber and debris around the pit area at 76 races of the National Series and more than 200 National Series practice sessions.

Crockett added that the powerful and effective technology incorporated in the Elgin Track Sweeper has been used in sweepers purchased globally by military customers to help keep their respective air force and navy runways clean of debris.