IndyCar Pace Car Stops for Fuel After Running Too Many Caution Laps
Today's IndyCar race at Laguna Seca was a little bit of a mess. Eight yellows flew over the race, including a handful for crashes that actually happened in turn 11 before the field crossed the start-finish line for the next restart. That meant a busy day for the Civic Type R pace car. Too busy, apparently.
The pace car needed more fuel thanks to the high number of cautions we've had so far today. 😆
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Yes, that is a pace car being re-fueled by a hand can in the middle of a race. With so many laps run under caution, the Civic apparently came close enough to running out of fuel that it needed an additional fill-up.