FMDRS Results Baton Rouge, La.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION STATE CAPITOL DRAGWAY, BATON ROUGE, LOUSIANA FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001
RAIN-SOAKED DRAGWAY ELIMINATES QUALIFYING FOR TODAY
BATON ROUGE, La. - State Capitol Dragway received over two inches of rain overnight adding to the six inches of rainfall received over the past weekend. Racers were greeted with a myriad of mud and standing water covering the pit area leaving those who had not parked yet searching for higher ground along the newly paved staging lanes. "With the large volume of rain that we received overnight, we couldn't park the teams with all the standing water in the pits," said South Central Director Craig Hutchinson. "We're going to try and start parking around 4 p.m. and hopefully some of this water will have soaked in by then."
With dry weather forecasted for Saturday, gates to State Capitol Dragway will open at 8 a.m. with qualifying in all categories slated to begin at 9 a.m. with Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car scheduled at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.