Listen to this article The second day of practice for the 106 th running of the Indianapolis 500 was due to begin at 12.00 noon local (Eastern) time and run through to 6.00pm. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda team had optimistically towed its cars for Graham Rahal, Christian Lundgaard and Jack Harvey to pitlane barely 10mins earlier before the session was due to start. Then light but persistent drizzle arrived and has consigned the teams to Gasoline Alley. Since the track penetrant was applied last fall, Motorsport.com is given to understand it will take less time than the old two-hour parameter from the rain stopping to the track being sufficiently dry to allow the 33 cars back on. However, this is very dependent on ambient heat, track temperature and the amount of wind to accelerate the evaporation process. With those caveats in mind, IMS president Doug Boles told Motorsport.com that the penetrant – which prevents the water-table rising beneath the track surface, … [Read more...] about Indy 500: Rain delays practice on Day 2