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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Engineers to Investigate Fontana Track’s Water Woes
Auto Club Speedway President Gillian Zucker said Monday that engineers will arrive this week to determine what can be done to correct drainage problems on the 2-mile track...
SceneDaily.com  |  Posted February 26, 2008   Fontana, Calif.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars blur by at the Auto Club Speedway of Southern California in Fontana, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Auto Club Speedway President Gillian Zucker said Monday that engineers will arrive this week to determine what can be done to correct drainage problems on the 2-mile track.

Water seeping up through seams in the asphalt played havoc with track drying efforts during the Auto Club 500 race weekend, delaying the completion of the Sprint Cup Series race by one day. The seepage, referred to as “weepers,” was also blamed for two accidents during the early laps of the Cup event.

“A leaky race track is unacceptable,” Zucker said. “We will have engineers here [Tuesday], and we will fix it.”

Auto Club Speedway, which hosts two Cup races annually, is one of 12 tracks owned by International Speedway Corp.

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