Engineers to investigate Fontana track’s water woes

Auto Club Speedway President Gillian Zucker said Monday that engineers will arrive this week to determine what can be done to correct drainage problems on the 2-mile track.

Water seeping up through seams in the asphalt played havoc with track drying efforts during the Auto Club 500 race weekend, delaying the completion of the Sprint Cup Series race by one day. The seepage, referred to as “weepers," was also blamed for two accidents during the early laps of the Cup event.

“A leaky race track is unacceptable," Zucker said. “We will have engineers here [Tuesday], and we will fix it."

Auto Club Speedway, which hosts two Cup races annually, is one of 12 tracks owned by International Speedway Corp.

Zucker said that when it became evident that water underneath the track was a big part of the problem, the company’s engineers were notified.

“It’s something we want to jump on immediately, because it’s has to be fixed," she said.

“This wasn’t a problem with water over the past few days; this was a problem with water over the past month. A significant amount of water has fallen in this part of the country that normally doesn’t."