Wed November 23, 2005 - Southeast Edition
Jeff Cronin
Before work could begin on the construction aspects of a $6 million capital improvement plan at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC, the old Brasington Grandstand in Turn 2 had to go.
For two weeks this fall, a 15-member crew from Total Demolition in Hartsville, SC, leading with a Caterpillar 330 excavator with a Genesis XP shear, crunched away the old 3,000-seat grandstand.
Vice President Todd Talbert said it took three days to bring down the 40-ft. tall set of bleachers. The material was all hauled away within two weeks.
The crew worked around the clock in two 12-hour shifts.