CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 28, 2003 | William Lobdell, Times Staff Writer
With the race just minutes away, Pastor Tim Griffin walked along the starting grid at the California Speedway on Sunday to join Nicole Lunders at the window of her boyfriend's red-and-black stock car. They reached inside to clasp hands with NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, and all three bowed their heads in a moment of prayer seeking good judgment, patience and, most of all, a safe race.