3M Performance 400
That was hell weekend last year August 2007 in Michigan....
Just last year, on California's sister track in Michigan, what is typically a clean, quick event served up more false starts than a Pop Warner offensive line.
Sunday was a total washout, with so much green on the radar that the normally overly patient NASCAR officials announced a one-day postponement early enough that the 145,000 in attendance still had time to find somewhere in the Irish Hills to have dinner.
On Monday, it was more of the same and another delay.
On Tuesday morning, drivers woke to the promise of rising temperatures and a forecast of clearing skies. But when the green flag finally fell, the Michigan fog was so dense that the spotters and remaining 40,000 fans (the message boards were jammed with fans saying, "I know I'm going to get fired for calling in sick, but what the hell") couldn't see the cars as they disappeared into Turn 1. Nine laps later, the red flag was shown. "Holy crap," Kevin Harvick said over the radio as the cars came down pit road. "Can we just throw the checkers now and go home?"
Thirty-two minutes later, the race resumed under the forecast clearing skies and Kurt Busch survived a green-white-checkered finish to hold off Martin Truex Jr. "Of course we had to run three extra laps,"
Back to Fontana
Slip Slidin' Away was big problem
After waiting nearly five hours for the track to dry, NASCAR officials decided to postpone the remaining 163 laps of the Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 until 1 p.m. (ET) on Monday.
The long day began when the start of the race was pushed back to over two hours because of showers over the Auto Club Speedway.
The first red flag of the night, which lasted a little over an hour, was thrown on lap 21 for an incident involving Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sam Hornish Jr. and Reed Sorenson. The crash started in Turn 2 when Mears lost control and then clipped his teammate Earnhardt Jr. Mears came to a rest on his side after Hornish collided with the back of his No. 5 Chevrolet. A fire erupted in Hornish's No. 77 Dodge, but both drivers escaped unharmed.
That was scary part
car did get on fire
Hey Kerri is that Newman car? LOL
While the cars of Mears and Hornish were destroyed, Earnhardt Jr. and Sorenson were able to rejoin the race later on.
Anyway I missed the race on Monday due work
Edwards finally shines in California (On Monday Afternoon from Sunday delayed) and won the race Notes: Lap 250: CHECKERED FLAG! Carl Edwards wins under caution after Dale Jarrett spins.
He still continues to flip everytime he win the race
