Nascar SCS Spongebob Squarepants 400 at Kansas Spdwy May Sat. 9 on FOX Sports 1 at 7:30 PM ET

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[McGruff]

As has happened so often already this season, the weather forecast for tonight’s SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) is sketchy at best.

As of 11 a.m. ET, weather.com placed the odds of rain at the 1.5-mile Kansas track at 45 percent at 8 p.m., rising to 70 percent by 10 p.m.

Of course, those are just estimates. A lot could change between now and the green flag. But you can bet NASCAR and the teams will do everything possible to get the race in tonight, especially since the forecast for Sunday doesn’t look great, either.

No one wants to race on Mother’s Day.

http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/chad-knaus-michael-waltrip-sketchy-forecast-for-kansas-might-leave-teams-scrambling-050915

[McGruff]

Pre-race coverage on Fox New Channel because game on FS1 running long. That’s a first.

[ican'tbelieveit]

We are off. MRN thinks if there is a delay it will be brief. Not sure... looks like a red line should hit the race area within an hour.

Competition yellow shortly.

can’t get online videos to work tonight.

[tubebender]

I guess it’s too late to change my drivers?

[ican'tbelieveit]

Competition yellow

[ican'tbelieveit]

How much do you think you got? We have 3-10” forecast for tonight. The mountains are as “deep” white as I can remember them since living here.

The St. Vrain has flooded. Crossed it on the way home last night and it was pretty close to the top. They evacuated St. Vrain SP close to midnight last night, water was at 13’8”... flood is 14’.

Drove over it today; they have big equipment set up in the areas they rebuilt from 2013. Waiting to see if their work holds, I guess. Further east, it was well out of its banks, flooding pretty wide.

[MtnClimber]

Waiting to see if Coal Creek repairs hold too. Friday the water was close to overflowing banks in some places. I would guess we got 3-4 inches of very wet snow this morning. Then the clouds broke ant the temps went into the 50’s and it melted fast. Right now it is 31F and the snow is increasing fast. A big cell caused tornado and hail warnings in Pueblo and Colorado Springs earlier today and looks like it will hit us dead center in about 1/2 hour.

[ican'tbelieveit]

And there is the rain. Be back in awhile.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Think we are about to go back racing.

[mabarker1]

AND !!!

The “spongebobwetpants 400” restarts!!

[mabarker1]

Did everybody see POST 54 ?

[mabarker1]

Kansas Official Race & Points Report(pdf)

[mabarker1]

Fire damages Leavine Family Racing shop UPDATES: Firefighters were busy Friday morning putting out flames at a NASCAR team's race shop in Harrisburg. Crews from Harrisburg and Concord were called to #95-Leavine Family Racing's shop on Victory Lane around 7:00am and encountered flames and smoke coming from the building. Fire officials said crews were able to get the fire under control around 8:30am. Officials with the race team confirmed there was a fire at their shop and that nobody was hurt.(WSOC)
UPDATE: The cause of the blaze is not yet known. LFR field a single-car effort in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the #95 Ford that is piloted by Michael McDowell. "Everyone is safe and cars were involved," McDowell told Motorsport.com. When asked by Lee Spencer if the cars were a 'total loss,' he replied via text, "We are not sure yet ... Still working through all that. Majority of our team is here. We only have two people that stay back at shop."(Motorsport)
UPDATE 2: WSOC has updated their original story: The fire marshal told Channel 9 that they did not know how the fire started but that four race cars in the building were destroyed and there was extensive damage to an 8,000-square foot section of the shop. Officials with the race team confirmed there was a fire at their shop and that nobody was hurt.
UPDATE 3: Statement from Leavine Family Racing: "After receiving more information from a restoration company that inspected the fire damage at the shop today, we were informed that structural damage may cause us to move our racing operations. We are currently exploring all options. We do not anticipate this to impact the team's competition schedule. Our next race is the Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Four race cars were damaged in the fire - these were primarily back-up cars. A complete investigation is taking place to access the overall damage and cause of the fire.(Leavine Family Racing)(5-8-2015)
UPDATE 4: Four of the team's 12 cars were destroyed. Tools, parts and pieces were ruined. Ash and soot covered cars and equipment. Heat from the fire had melted windshields and popped tires. Yet, Leavine Family Racing will compete this weekend in the Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Unable to work in its 20,000-square foot shop, Leavine Family Racing is preparing its cars for this weekend at Team Penske in an area formerly used by its Porsche racing program and not far from where the Sprint Cup cars of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano are prepared. Leavine Family Racing is aligned with Team Penske. Friday's fire was contained to the back of Leavine Family Racing's shop and Lange said he's hopeful to be back working in the shop shortly after the Coca-Cola 600. The team, which is running a partial schedule, already had planned to race at Charlotte the next two weekends and skip races at Dover, Pocono and Michigan before returning at Sonoma in late June. The fire does not change that schedule. Lange said the cars destroyed were to be used as backup cars for upcoming races - the primary cars are located elsewhere in the building and were not damaged by the fire. One of the cars destroyed had been used at Sonoma previously but the team was planning on a new car for that race.(NBC Sports)(5-12-2015)

[mabarker1]

Kyle Busch returns to racing, will run the All-Star Race: Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch has received medical clearance to return to on-track activity beginning with Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the #18 M&Ms Red Nose Toyota. Busch was injured during an accident in the season-opening NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway on February 21 causing him to miss the first 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races of the season.(Joe Gibbs Racing). Busch tweeted a video ending with "I'm Back".(5-12-2015)