Thanks for the streaming links Space! I never could find the race online before except for the NASCAR membership which I cancelled long ago. I sometimes have to do things with the wife on Sunday (yeah!) :-) (don't tell her I said that!!) so maybe now I can stream it on the phone.

Speaking of which.. gotta get ready... where's my pants?! Honey!!!! :-)

 

Did anybody see ESPN Sports Science? Please do not tell me these guys and gals are not athletes.

 

I don't think Pocono is an easy track to dry. I think this rain is going to make this a total crap shoot as they try to get the race off and not likely running the whole distance. That'll help those Yoda engines...

 

Ok, I won't tell `ya (LOL) EnJoy the Race 2day

Yes `Brent, I think mother nature could mess things `up @ Pocono...The IndyCar race is on ABC to check out `if there's a rain delay...Good Luck on your picks & EnJoy your Race `Day.
Peace/Out from `Space

I'm gona try 2 listen & stay awake for awhile

 

Here is the promised rain delay picture! Back in 1968, there were no jet dryers, so Charlotte Motor Speedway used helicopters to dry the race track for the 1968 World 600!!!


And if anyone could hit one, it would have been an unborn Juan Montoya.





In 1968, before jet dryers, helicopters were used by Charlotte Motor Speedway to dry the track. This photo is from the 1968 World 600.

NASCAR was determined to get the race in. Of the 200 and some laps run, 110 were run under caution as rain fell. Fans were furious.

As a result, when they came back for the National 500 that fall, with rains threatening the afternoon, the track President cal
led the race at 8:00 a.m, promising fans they would not have another fiasco like the 600 in the spring.

That afternoon, the weather cleared, the race could have been run without incident.

The rescheduled race was two weeks later, and a hurricane threatened the running of the race....

Photo from Greg Fielden, NASCAR Chronicle.

 

Awesome history lesson and that photos rocks. Its so easy to get a mentally picture of the 42 flying through the air and taking the copter out - funny stuff.

Its actually kinda surprising that we haven't evolved enough to figure out a way to keep the tracks dry during rain. It would be especially difficult at tracks like Pocono or Daytona, but tracks like Bristol or Martinsville could fashion some kind of cover, couldn't they? What about jet dryers built into the walls with ducts and stuff like your home central air? Any other ideas? Maybe a heated track surface - some have heated laneways in Canada...

 

We're not as crafty as those Canadians!!

I think it might have to do with just how little race tracks are really used all year, and how often rain actually falls on them.

 

..so... thirsty...

 

Jr is on fire!!!

(not literally)...

 

The answer to the question you are dying to ask me, Brent, is yes, but I do believe it is too ealry to tell if I made a good chance yet.