Good morning from a very wet Indianapolis Motor Speedway. At the moment r=the rain has stopped and skies are clearing a bit in the west, although the area over the southwest vista still has a cloud bank.
Grandstands were cleared because of lightning
The weather app indicates clear skies after 1 pm, and it teases that the rest of the day will be dry. We shal see.
Morning practice has been cancelled. When cars do get on track, it will be for qualifying.
Timing
IMS could have qualifying ru=n as late as 8 pm if they need to. Track drying takes approximately two hours, and for 33 cars to make their four lap runs should take between two and a half to three hours, assuming there are no incidents.
Given those parameters, qualifying could begin as late as five pm.
Fan s left the grandstands due to lightning and are just now being allowed to return. A sweeper is clearing standing water from pit road at the moment. Track drying has just started as well.
If we don’t see any more rain, qualifying might begin around 2 pm. Either everyone gets one run today, or no runs count and we start over again tomorrow. The everybody or nobody policy will figure in the decision to begin.
While we wait, here are some stories about anniversary races to put nyou to sleep.
The Pit Window by Mike Silver 