What to Do When It Rains in Brazil

This certainly is not the most newsworthy item of the week, but it does provide NASCAR fans some food for thought. And you don't even have to break out the deep fryer.
The Izod IndyCar Series was planning to have its annual race in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday. One problem: As it does frequently in that part of the world, it rained. The IndyCar folks got 14 laps of their race completed before they postponed the rest of the race until Monday morning.
So far, so what? After all, NASCAR has run plenty of races a day later than they were scheduled. In fact, four races last season in the Sprint Cup Series were delayed by Mother Nature. All NASCAR does is tell everyone to come back the next day and pray their television partner doesn't get hit too hard in the ratings.
Here's where the IndyCar folks did something different.
To explain this, we'll turn to the Izod IndyCar Series rule book, specifically to Rule 7.2.A.2. "If INDYCAR determines that there are time limitations due to weather, curfew, or otherwise, INDYCAR may move the start time of a Race, shorten the distance of a Race, set a maximum time for a Race, or take such other actions as it deems appropriate in its discretion."
That's right; instead of telling its drivers to go a certain distance, IndyCar put two hours on the clock. When the two hours were up, the white flag came out. A race originally scheduled to go 75 laps was won by Will Power after 55 laps.
And this was the second year in a row that a time limit was placed on the Sao Paulo race.
What do you think, NASCAR fans? Should your favorite auto racing league try something similar the next time they have trouble with precipitation? Drop a comment, and let us know what you think. In the meantime, remember to vote in the lineup polls. Even if the Darlington race is postponed, we won't get extra time to pick our drivers.
We'll be back.