
Originally Posted by
simontibbett
NASCAR CAN'T race in the rain, it doesn't take a scientist to figure out that wet race tires need to be WET to work. At 200mph for long periods of time on a high banked oval with a pack of cars, the track will somewhat dry, without large amounts of water to cool the rain tires, they will heat up far too much and explode.
With that said, NASCAR simply can't race in the rain because the tires can't handle that. There are other reasons why it'd be unsafe but that's the reason why it's impossible.