So after a 30 hour delay, the good ol' boys went exactly 1 full lap before a wreck that took out a couple cars, damaging several others. The next 130 laps went more or less as expected with passes and cautions en mass, but then things went wild.
Trying to catch up to the field under caution, JP Montoya's car broke and he careened into a truck that is used for blowing/drying the track. These things carry jet engines, and the 200 plus gallons of jet fuel necessary to run them. Well, needless to say, mayhem ensued. A fire erupted that would have done some early F1 blazes proud. Several track marshals were trying to put out this conflagration with your standard extinguisher. Obviously the fire kept going until it burned itself out, at least 10 minutes.
Watching NASCAR makes me long for the Formula One circus to start again.
Trying to catch up to the field under caution, JP Montoya's car broke and he careened into a truck that is used for blowing/drying the track. These things carry jet engines, and the 200 plus gallons of jet fuel necessary to run them. Well, needless to say, mayhem ensued. A fire erupted that would have done some early F1 blazes proud. Several track marshals were trying to put out this conflagration with your standard extinguisher. Obviously the fire kept going until it burned itself out, at least 10 minutes.
Watching NASCAR makes me long for the Formula One circus to start again.