A Washout? Non!

When rain interrupted the Nationwide race after only eight laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last Saturday, series director Joe Balash gave the order for all of the race cars to be fitted with grooved rain tires, windshield wipers and brake lights. The result was a soggy though entertaining spectacle that offered a measure of redemption for Goodyear after last week's tire-grinding debacle at Indy. Though lap speeds on the twisting road course dropped from 90 mph to about 75 after the race resumed, there was plenty of excitement, including the sight of Carl Edwards squeegeeing his windshield as he drove. Canadian road-course specialist Ron Fellows (above) took the checkered flag when the race was called 25 laps early because of poor visibility.