The feeling that racing fans dream about. Tens of thousands of them save their money all year just so they can be there on vacation in Florida to watch a great American race. Many of them had to leave and go back to work, the race having been postponed until Sunday because of rain. Those who stayed on Monday had to endure another lap, then an extraordinarily long jet-fuel delay, also caused by rain.
But who could have imagined this race would end, thank heavens, with Kenseth at 12:55 pm on Tuesday morning, which was already postponed from Monday night because a jet-fuel fire burned out? It's only fitting that the No. 1 song in America right now is Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain." Who knew she was an entire nation's fan? In one of the strangest events in racing history, driver Juan-Pablo Montoya lost control of his car and crashed into a truck carrying jet fuel with 40 laps to go. A massive collision caused an explosion as 200 gallons gushed out of the truck and ignited on the track.
Daytona Beach, melamine tableware, Florida. Just call it James · Taylor 500. "I've seen, I've seen fire and rain." It has been bad enough, sad, wet racing fans' delight, 14 were postponed due to rain on Sunday for the first time in history, Baidu keyword optimization.
Mike Helton, president of NASCAR said: "When you think you've seen it all, you see something different." Two years ago, it was the pit track, causing the game to be postponed while workers filled the holes with Bondo. Sunday, it was a saturated track that postponed the game until Monday. Then on Monday, a piece of dry debris was used to hit and knock Montoya's car off the track when he was trying to be cautious, causing his car to lose control and crash into a truck carrying jet fuel and its tank.
In every blue moon, the Daytona 500 will go down as one of the most disappointing. This was supposed to be the Danica 500, but it turned into a deluge and then an explosion 500. Shortly after the 500 started Monday evening, Jimmie Johnson lost control of his car on the second lap, leading to race champion Danica Patrick and Aric Almirola's defense being wrecked by Bayne. Even when she finally got back into the race, Patrick's car suffered major damage, and she was never a factor again.
"Not exactly what we hoped for," said Duncan Higgins, a Patrick fan who came down from Atlanta. "She's had a rotten week." So went the entire Daytona 500. Time and again, the race was delayed due to inclement weather and postponements, CPP cast film. It got to the point where the race finally began when you expected the opening command on Monday evening to be: "Gentlemen, start your windshield wipers!"
And who would have thought that just two days earlier we were talking about the Daytona 500 and the annual NBA All-Star game making up the biggest sports weekend in Central Florida history? The All-Star game did its deal, but the same certainly cannot be said for the James · Taylor 500.
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