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Fans React to IndyCar’s Texas Race Delay

By Alex Herbst

Jun 12, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; A general view of the storm clouds rolling in during the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race is suspended due to weather on lap 71. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 12, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; A general view of the storm clouds rolling in during the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race is suspended due to weather on lap 71. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Firestone 600 at Texas for the IndyCar Series has been delayed to August 27th. Here’s how social media reacted.

Following persistent rain and near constant weepers at Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar and track officials were forced to postpone the event on Saturday night to Sunday. A small portion of the laps were run on Sunday, before the rain approached once more. This time, series officials were pushed to reschedule the race to August 27th, due to other commitments for the teams, including testing and some drivers running  in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

Of course, the move is not entirely unprecedented for Texas. IndyCar once raced their twice a year, once in the summer and once in the fall. The fall race of 2001 was postponed from September to October due to the September 11th attacks. Nonetheless, it was a move that shocked many journalists and IndyCar fans:

Of course, the jokes about the length of the race due to the rain delays started long before then:

But even with the rain on Saturday and Sunday, the IndyCar drivers tried to keep the mood light and fun:

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