Sorta OT: Bondo fix at Daytona 500, Any story about Bondo can't really be OT here Options

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If you didn't watch it maybe you heard they had a little problem with the pavement separating and causing a pot hole in turn 2. They first tried to patch it like any street road crew but they didn't have time to wait around for it to properly cure so they starting racing and the patch only lasted a few laps.

They went to Plan B for the next fix. Yes, they used Bondo to patch the track. Here is the story.....

"When we had our first intermission during the 2010 Daytona 500 for track repair, the standard or so I assume standard methods of track repair were applied. I applauded the relatively quick work, but I suspected it wouldn’t last. Sure the top layer was cured, but I was curious if the underneath portion of the patch was properly cured also? It seems it wasn’t.

But on the 2nd try, Daytona track engineers came up an idea. They then scurried up and down pit-road, acquiring Bondo from the various teams. They took this massive amount of Bondo and, well, that’s what you’re seeing on the track now. That white / tan / light colored patch is a Bondo fix. And it held for the rest of the race!

"In the middle of all the confusion we're sitting there trying to figure out what we're going to do next, when and if the race restarts," said Lance McGrew, crew chief on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevy, which finished second on Sunday night. "All of the sudden, NASCAR officials up and down pit road started asking all the teams to hand over any Bondo we had on our trucks. I was like, What? Seriously?"