Cue Gene Kelly singing a slightly different tune. It took us 22 weeks, but we finally had our first rain out of the season after a close call at Pocono. This of course moves the race to Monday on ESPN – a notably smaller audience and reach. In recent years this wouldn’t have been a [...]
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I’m Racin’ In The Rain! Just Racin’ In The Rain!
August 15th, 2011 
Journo 
Posted in Racing Observations 
Tags: Cup Series, NASCAR, Nationwide Series, rain, rain tires, Robin Pemberton 
22 Comments »Stock Cars Were Not Meant To Race In The Rain
August 31st, 2009 T.C. I’m sorry, they just weren’t. After what happened last year at Montreal, and the debacle that took place on Sunday at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, NASCAR needs to take a serious look at getting rid of racing in the rain. There are some that disagree with me, and believe that not only should the [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, grand am, IRL, Montreal, Nationwide Series, rain, rain tires, road course 33 Comments »