Rain forces delay of NASCAR Pennsylvania 500

From Reid Spencer at Sporting News
"LONG POND, Pa.—After hours of battling the elements and "weepers" on the racetrack, NASCAR finally conceded defeat Sunday afternoon and postponed the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 until 12:15 p.m. ET Monday.

The weepers—water from saturated ground seeping through the racing surface—frustrated track-drying efforts at Pocono Raceway. A storm cell that arrived after 3 p.m., approximately one hour after the scheduled starting time, delivered the coup de grace and ultimately forced NASCAR to postpone the 21st race on the Sprint Cup schedule.

NASCAR called the race at approximately 4:15 p.m. as track workers were cutting grooves into the asphalt to facilitate runoff of the seepage. Monday's weather calls for partly cloudy skies with a 10 percent chance of rain and a high temperature of 77 degrees."