America's both major motorsports events, Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 of Nascar Sprint Cup and Honda's St. Petersburg Grand Prix of IZOD Indycar SEries have been both postponed due to heavy rain thunderstoms.
In Martinsville Speedway NASCAR officials have been waiting more than one hour until they decided to postpone the race for the next day to spectators big disappointment as heavy rain descended on the track about an hour before the scheduled start time did not let up.
A.J. Allmendinger quoted:
"It stinks for the fans and all the teams, but the fortunate thing is we've got an off-week coming up, so it's not like this is going to put everybody way behind. I'm happy whenever I get to be in the car, whether that's Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. When we get to drop the green, I know we'll be ready to go."
Southern at St. Petersburg another motorsport event was obliged to be postponed due to a rain storm and the officials of IZOD Indycar Series moved the race on Monday morning as well.
Twice Grand Prix winner Helio Castroneves quoted on camera:
