Gil De Ferren

After two days, 15 blown engines, 59 lead changes among 12 drivers and 85 laps run under a yellow caution flag, it was perhaps inevitable that the Marlboro 500 would end on a caution period Monday at California Speedway. Despite the carnage, the day turned into a Brazilian holiday and well worth the effort of the estimated 45,000 fans who returned for the finish of the suspended CART race.

After two days, 15 blown engines, 59 lead changes among 12 drivers and 85 laps run under a yellow caution flag, it was perhaps inevitable that the Marlboro 500 would end on a caution period Monday at California Speedway. Despite the carnage, the day turned into a Brazilian holiday and well worth the effort of the estimated 45,000 fans who returned for the finish of the suspended CART race.