I’m sorry, they just weren’t.  After what happened last year at Montreal, and the debacle that took place on Sunday at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, NASCAR needs to take a serious look at getting rid of racing in the rain.

There are some that disagree with me, and believe that not only should the Nationwide cars race in the rain on the road courses, but the Cup cars should as well.  Having the NNS cars in the rain is bad enough, the much more top heavy Cup cars would be even worse.

The problem with this type of racing, is only the road course “ringers” have any experience doing it.  Running a few laps of practice in the rain does not prepare an inexperienced driver for actual racing in the rain.  The cars are difficult enough to handle on a road course when it’s dry; add rain and the degree of difficulty goes up exponentially. 

This type of racing works in series like the IRL and Grand Am because the cars are much lighter and have a ton more down force.  Nationwide cars on the other hand, have very little downforce, and the lack of grip with a rain tire turns the racing into a giant demolition derby.

Towards the end of the race Sunday, it appeared as though there wasn’t any car that didn’t have some sort of damage.  The cars looked like they’d been through 1,000 laps at Martinsville.

The fans that show up to the race in Montreal are hardcore NASCAR fans.  They love our sport.  We need to do a better job of putting on a good show, and one that finishes in a reasonable amount of time.  So please NASCAR, end racing in the rain.

As always, please feel free to share your thoughts.  Should we be racing in the rain?  Did you enjoy the Nationwide race at Montreal?