Auto racing is one of the hottest spectator sports today. NASCAR and open-wheel racing, also known as Formula One, are exploding in popularity, especially among young people and women. This shift makes racetrack cleaning protocols more important than ever.

A spotless racetrack is vital for driver safety. Clean racetrack facilities, with impeccable restrooms, pleasant viewing areas, and shiny VIP spaces, elevate and enhance the spectator experience. Here’s the best way to clean racetrack facilities and keep fans happy.

Spotless Racetrack Restrooms

Racetrack facilities, like any other large stadium venue, face lots and lots of cleaning challenges, but restroom areas are certainly one of the toughest. Cleaning any restroom is a chore. Keeping multiple, large restrooms that see thousands of visitors many times a day clean and fresh is nearly impossible.

Especially if your cleaning crew uses buckets, rags, and mops. These inefficient tools cannot deliver effective results under the best of circumstances. Using them before, during, and after a busy event spreads more soil and creates more mess.

Savvy facility managers are relying on advanced tools and techniques to clean their restrooms. Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning® systems quickly remove dirt, soils, and odor causing bacteria for a deep, restorative clean. The machines are also great on race day. Use them to clean up spills, standing water, and other unpleasant restroom messes throughout the event.  

Give Racetrack Stands a Proper Clean

By the end of the day, general viewing areas are going to need attention. Picking up trash, spilled food, and other litter by hand will be nearly impossible. Consider using battery-powered leaf blowers to push the trash into large piles for disposal instead.

Once the trash is blown and picked up, turn your attention to the seating. Stadium seating takes a real beating, with fans spilling drinks, food, and who knows what on the chairs and floors. Instruct your crew to remove spills and other sticky messes from seats, armrests, and the floor before they set. Supply them with the proper tools to finish the job quickly.

VIP Areas get the VIP Clean

While cleaning the entire racetrack facility is important, VIP area, where sponsors and special guests sit, needs special attention. These guests will have the highest expectations around their experience including how spotless their space should be.

Delivering that level of clean can be challenging. Keeping up with hundreds of thousands of fans moving in and out of the arena is hard enough. Add in the need to clean and shine high-visibility outdoor areas and the job got that much harder.

This was the challenge recently faced by facility management company JLS. Hired to clean all the Formula One events in Mexico City, the company looked to Kaivac to solve their VIP maintenance issues. One particular hard surface floor posed unique problems.

In Mexico City, the VIP suites overlook the pits where race crews change tires. A long polished concrete aisle leads from the track to the suites. Keeping that concrete shiny, dust free, and safe to walk on with a mop and bucket proved impossible. 

So, they switched to an AutoVac Stretch™ by Kaivac. This battery-operated tool allows one worker to clean and dry the floor in one pass. Using the AutoVac Stretch saves time and because it is cordless, eliminates tripping risks.

“One person can clean the area in one pass with the AutoVac Stretch,” said Operations Manager Tiziano Vignali,  “We get a dry floor while saving on time, resources, water, and chemical.”

Are you ready to take your next racing event to the next level. Contact Kaivac for more ideas on racetrack cleaning and more.