NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY (Nashville, Tenn.) — Persistent and heavy rain showers forced INDYCAR to postpone its race in Nashville from Sunday to Monday afternoon.
The 300-lap race, scheduled to begin shortly after Sunday’s World Cup Final on FOX, was put into a lightning delay and then rains came around 7 p.m. ET. The track was nearly dry around 8:30 p.m. when heavy rains returned and series officials opted to postpone the race to Monday at 3 p.m. ET on FOX.
Kyle Kirkwood is on the pole for the race, which at 399.5 miles, is the second-longest on the INDYCAR calendar, behind only the Indianapolis 500.
The race could be brutal for the drivers and teams as FOX Weather predicts the temperature to be 90 degrees with it feeling like 102 degrees.
“It’s going to be hot, it’s going to be physical — not only for me as a driver, but everyone on pit lane for two-plus hours,” Kirkwood said Saturday after winning the pole about the race in general.
“[At least] cinco [pit] as paradas não são fáceis para todos os garotos e garotas no pit lane. Tudo nesta corrida vai ser difícil”.
Realizar a corrida na segunda-feira em Nashville não será um fardo muito grande para as equipes. Eles têm os próximos dois finais de semana de folga – e então terminam o ano com seis corridas em cinco finais de semana.
Talvez o único piloto feliz no domingo tenha sido Alex Palou, não porque quisesse correr na segunda-feira, mas porque o piloto que cresceu perto de Barcelona pôde assistir a Espanha vencer a Copa do Mundo.
“É incrível poder vencer a Copa do Mundo”, disse Palou na transmissão da FOX durante o atraso devido à chuva.