Pocono Raceway threw a caution before the Verizon IndyCar Series even got to the Tricky Triangle.
Most IndyCar drivers are expected to test at the 2.5-mile tri-oval on Thursday (a full list is linked here).
However, track president Brandon Igdalsky posted a tweet Wednesday, complete with a photo, of a diesel fuel spill in Turn 1.
Thanks to the @NASCAR_Trucks team hauler that spilled diesel on the entrance to turn 1. This is an expensive repair. pic.twitter.com/ppw1extUZ6
— Brandon Igdalsky (@bigdalsky) August 3, 2016
Igdalsky suggested that the spill was apparently caused by a NASCAR Truck Series hauler as it was leaving the track following this past weekend’s racing action.
A subsequent tweet detailed the potential impact of the diesel spill.
diesel fuel + ashpalt = VERY BAD! softens the surface and allows it to tear apart.
— Brandon Igdalsky (@bigdalsky) August 3, 2016
Later Wednesday, Igdalsky posted another tweet that said Thursday’s IndyCar test will not be impacted by the diesel incident.
nope out of the racing line.
— Brandon Igdalsky (@bigdalsky) August 3, 2016
In the interim, while the track was being cleared, some of the IndyCar drivers turned the pre-test day into a wiffle ball tournament.
It seems that #Indycar drivers went to a racetrack + a wiffle ball tournament broke out @poconoraceway. pic.twitter.com/uGJJ8JzfYX
— Pat Caporali 🇨🇦🏁 (@PCaporali) August 3, 2016
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