Daytona Speedway under water

[jeffconn]

For those who haven't been following Florida weather, Daytona, FL has been having massive amounts of rain lately. And the Speedway makes a nice bowl to hold in the flood waters.
http://diecastcrazy.com/community/nascar-racing/11047-daytona-speedway-under-water.html

[jeffconn]

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[call_me_andrew]

Last time this happened an old man with a boat full of animals showed up and I'll be damned if I'm going to miss it this time!

[RaceFanStan]

Sounds like the track officials are not concerned about the track. :D

As for long-term damage to the track's surface, speedway representative Andrew Booth said for now it is not an issue.
"Like much of the surrounding area, we've received a significant amount of rainfall in recent days," he said.
"There has been no significant damage at the speedway from the rain but we have had some ponding of water.

http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/05/22/daytona.flooded/index.html

[Mark in Oshawa]

Those pictures are scary stuff man....Lake Lloyd is now the whole infield?? lol...


Florida needed the rain, and I am sure by July everything will be peachy....

[slorydn1]

NASCAR announced Thursday that due to the enlarged size of Lake Loyd, all Jet Ski's will be required to run a 7/8 ths inch restrictor plate, effective immediately :p

[The instant classic]

boat racing anyone?

[harvick#1]

damn, thats some rain pumped into florida.

thats actually a pretty cool site to see that much water on the track

[DanicaFan]

First time Ive seen those pics, thanks. That is crazy.