Doug Boles spoke to the media about the impending rainstorm approaching Indianapolis from the west.

He said it appears the raion should hit around noon.

“Our biggest concern in that weather is not the rain as much as it is the lightning and our biggest concern overall is making sure that our customers here at the speedway are safe. So we will continue to monitor that. I think over the course of the next couple of hours will really define on when that when that storm could hit Indianapolis,” Boples said.

“And we will want to make sure that we are informing our customers, letting them know where we are so that they have a top at halftime to decide what they want to do whether they want to hang here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or whether they want to stay in their cars or frankly whether they want to wait until they see how is weather comes together. So I really think over the next couple of hours we will have a pretty good definition of what that’s going to look like.”

Boles said fans will leave the stands long before lightning is detected in the standard 8 mile radius to give them time to find shelter..

There will be another update in about two hours. Boles believes they will have a good sense of timing of the rain by then.