Anyone else watching the '24 hours of California' on FOX?
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:13 am
The race started almost 2 hours late because of a wet track. Michael Waltrip loosened an oil line on the pace lap.Cars continue behind the pace car while oil dry is applied and blown off.Jeff Gordon races to a 3+ second lead.Caution or two for minor incidents.Spectacular crash with Sam Hornish causing Casey Mears to turn over.Red flag.Cut new grooves in the racing surface to help drain groundwater beneath the track.Restart after an hour and 20 minutes.Actual racing.Caution for rain.Restart.Caution for another minor incident.It' 9:15 pm, EST, 5+ hours since the scheduled green flag, and they are at 85 laps, completed.And now it's sprinkling again!7th caution flag, has now become a RED FLAG, and they're pulling the cars into the pits.And The Nationwide race (The Series formerly known as Busch, rained out yesterday) is supposed to follow the conclusion of this Cup race by an hour!UPDATE: As of 11 pm EST, they're still hoping to run the Cup race to conclusion, beginning at midnight EST. The Nationwide race is now re-re-scheduled for Monday.