Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Infineon Raceway Public Relations Manager John Cardinale made an announcement in the media center at approximately 2:35 p.m. Pacific Time that AMA Pro Racing would not call Friday’s activities at the Sonoma, California racetrack rained out until 4:00 p.m. local time.

Cardinale said AMA Pro Racing will wait until 4:00 p.m. to publish a revised weekend schedule.

If it stops raining before 4:00 p.m., on-track activities can run until 7:00 p.m. local time, according to Cardinale.

When the AMA practice and qualifying schedule resumes, the MBNA 250cc Grand Prix practice session will be the first thing on the track.

“Worst case scenario and Saturday gets entirely rained out,” said Cardinale, “they (AMA Pro Racing) will grid by points, pre-entry and post entry, and everything will run on Sunday including both Superbike races.”

Cardinale said these announcements were also made in a rider’s meeting held by AMA Pro Racing Series Manager Ron Barrick.

Weather radar shown on television monitors in the media center makes any more on-track activities Friday look unlikely. It is currently raining at the track, and a wide band of heavy rain showers is still en route to the area of the track.