Again…? You’re kidding me, right? Rain? Did we pick up a curse from Left Turn Demons? Can we get a race at Martinsville with a “clear skies and 74 degrees” forecast? I’d settle for partly sunny and 63.
Yes, yes I know. Rain is not ALWAYS an issue at Martinsville. However, last October was dreary and threatening and qualifying was a wash. Last Spring there was some rain during practice… You have to wonder. Just what is the race weekend weather history at Martinsville? Over the past several years I believe I can recall rain being an issue on a number of occasions. It even pushed the race to a Monday one of the years I’ve been going.
Of course there is not much to do about it. Buy your ticket and hope for sunshine. It is the nature of racing – for NASCAR anyway. Those Grand-Am upstarts have lights and wipers and will go play in the rain, God bless’em! Not that there is anything wrong with that…
But NASCAR has issues with rain. Their cars have a tendancy to go wild and unpredictable on wet pavement. So… We pack up and head to Martinsville. We throw in some umbrellas and stop at Wal-Mart on the way for some ponchos (can’t find the ones we bought last year). We resolve ourselves to the possibility of rain but hope for the best. It’s race weekend at Martinsville!