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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: Rain Puts Pressure On Teams
Once again, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race will race on Monday...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted August 09, 2009   Watkins Glen, NY
Jimmie Johnson will start from the pole Monday at Watkins Glen. (Photo: LAT photographic)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Watch a special Monday morning edition of NASCAR RaceDay on SPEED at 11 am ET and tune-in at 8 pm ET for NASCAR Victory Lane on SPEED!

Under the best of circumstances, the NASCAR Sprint Cup season is a grind for drivers, crew chiefs, team members, NASCAR officials and a small army of support workers who travel with the series week to week.

With 38 races in 42 weekends and tracks spread from New England to the Florida Keys and Northern California, the travel necessary to be a part of NASCAR’s top series places strenuous demands on everyone involved.

Rain only exacerbates the problems.

Last weekend, it was the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway that got rained out and postponed until Monday. This weekend, it’s the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen that got washed away, with steady rain falling around the Watkins Glen International road course in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.

The extra days at the track, especially with the short turnaround times means the crews will have an even tougher time as they get ready to race next weekend in Michigan.

Be that as it may, 43 cars will line up Monday at noon to contest the battle at the Glen.

SPEED will host a special edition of NASCAR RaceDay live from Watkins Glen from 11 a.m.-noon ET on Monday, with NASCAR Victory Lane from 8-9 p.m. There will be no This Week in NASCAR on Monday.




Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of ?Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,? and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to


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