St. Pete Race postponed to Monday
The IZOD IndyCar Series race will be televised live on ESPN2.
Pole sitter Will Power will lead the field to the green flag on the 14-turn, 1.8-mile circuit on the streets of St. Petersburg. Power is the series points leader after winning the season-opening Sao Paulo Indy 300 on March 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
This is the first IZOD IndyCar Series to be postponed by weather since the Indy Japan 300 in April 2008 at Twin Ring Motegi, won by Danica Patrick.
03/28/10 Organizers have announced that they are shooting for a 4:30pm EST race start…we will hold our breath until then (especially since we are underwater)
03/28/10
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| Evacuation at St. Pete |
A Severe Weather Warning has been issued and the grandstands have been evacuated and all attendees ordered to cover and safety areas due to heavy lightning. The rain is really coming down, making us wonder if this race will go off at all today. Some of the turns are a river.
03/28/10
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| A Wet St. Pete Race |
The radar is showing light to moderate rain for the entire race today here in St. Pete, and the chatter is all about who that will help, and who it will hurt. It does seem to be hurting attendance. This is the second year in a row that it has rained on race day, which is kind of a tough break for an event that seems to be growing. It won't show in the attendance numbers unfortunately. We doubt anyone will be starting on dry tires today. A wet race will likely help Franchitti and Rahal. It will also be interesting to see how deSilvestro will fare.