A downpour that could have ended the Cup Series race at New Hampshire served as just an intermission as Christopher Bell raced to the win.
LOUDON, N.H. — A downpour that could have ended the
to run in the rain like that — or not in the rain, but run in the damp conditions on an oval, it ended up being hopefully a good show,' Tyler Reddick, who would have won the race if it had not resumed because he was leading at the time of the rain delay and well past the halfway point of the scheduled 301 laps, wound up sixth. 'It was certainly an interesting day and a wild experience,' Reddick said.
Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer said. While it would have taken close to 75-90 minutes to dry the track to resume the race on slick tires, dictated to the teams when they could change tires and only allowed them to change to the wet weather tires since the track was still damp. On a road course, they typically would allow the teams to decide when to change and if they could go to slicks. 'In all honesty, we'd like to be out of the tire business — we'd like to just turn that over to the teams,' Sawyer said. 'As we continue to take small steps and we learn, eventually we'll get there.
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