Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway was the first NASCAR race since the sports shutdown to have some fans in the stands. But for much of the afternoon, fans weren’t treated to much racing at all.
Multiple lightning delays had drivers waiting out the weather at the Dixie Vodka 400, but just beyond the track, Clint Bowyer’s spotter Brett Griffin saw what appeared to be a small tornado in the distance.
Griffin tweeted a photo to ask weather experts what they thought it was. And, well, it certainly seemed like Griffin had snapped a photo of a waterspout (a tornado that forms over water) in Biscayne Bay.
From the photo, it was unclear if Griffin had seen a tornado or waterspout — neither would have been ideal for racing, obviously.
But the National Weather Service in Miami eventually confirmed that a waterspout had formed in the bay.
The race would restart after that waterspout sighting … only to be delayed again for lightning.
