It Never Rains In Southern California
Someone needs to tell the NASCAR folks that it never rains in Southern California. They will try yet again today, Monday, to get the weekend races in. For the Nationwide Series, I’m sure they’re hoping the third time is a charm. The only race that took place over the weekend was the Craftsman Truck Series. But even in that race, a Sprint NASCAR Series driver won the race! That of course is another whole story that I won’t go in to here right now. But, suffice it to say, I am not a fan of the Sprint Series drivers, which is the top series on the NASCAR circuit, double-dipping, or sometimes triple-dipping in races through the weekend. If you’re racing in the top circuit, then that’s where you need to stay. I wonder what would happen if suddenly a New York Yankee player said, “Hmmm…I have some time off, I think I’ll go play a game in the minor leagues.” It just wouldn’t happen, nor should it happen.
But once again, I digress…
NASCAR officials will always do their best to get a race in on the scheduled day. But in the case of the race yesterday in California, they really blew it. Not only did they blow the call, but they also cost a number of drivers, top drivers, the race. Rain was falling pretty much all weekend in California, and by the time the green flag dropped for the Sunday race, the track wasn’t even totally dry. Many drivers told NASCAR officials the track was wet on corner three and four with water “weeping” out of cracks on the track! In other words, the track was wet, very wet, with running water on the track. These cars run slicks. So, as you can well imagine, slick tires on water don’t stick. As a result Casey Mears, Sam Hornish Junior, Reed Sorenson and Dale Earnhardt Junior are all in the garage with wrecked cars! Simply because NASCAR ignored the drivers.
Now lets talk about another irresponsible move by NASCAR.
In a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Sunoco, the official gas of NASCAR, must be loving them! It rained all weekend, and even rained up to the weekend event. In an attempt to keep the track dry, NASCAR kept the jet dryers on the track pretty much the entire time in effort to keep the track warm so it wouldn’t get wet. I’m afraid to even think how many thousands of gallons of gas NASCAR wasted on their attempts to keep the track dry. In the end, this did nothing. All it did was waste gas, and eliminate drivers from the race.
Come on NASCAR, maybe it’s time to re-think some of your policies.
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
