What year was it...?

[stroker]

one of the Australian races was basically run under Yellow Flag conditions behind the pace car for the whole race? Or am I not remembering it accurately and it actually went green?

[SteveH]

This one?

Rookie Mario Dominguez wins first career CART event at rain-soaked Surfers Paradise (https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2114711/rookie-mario-dominguez-wins-first-career-cart-event-rain-soaked-surfers-paradise/)

[opinionated ow]

Could have been any of them when they moved the race to October. I don't think there was ever a race that wasn't heavily rain affected after that. It is a truly crap time for weather up there. The V8 Supercars races often end up seriously rain affected to this day

[stroker]

This one?

Rookie Mario Dominguez wins first career CART event at rain-soaked Surfers Paradise (https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2114711/rookie-mario-dominguez-wins-first-career-cart-event-rain-soaked-surfers-paradise/)

That's the one. Thanks, Steve.

(Gawd, has it been 20 years already...?)

[TravelGal]

That's the one. Thanks, Steve.

(Gawd, has it been 20 years already...?)

I remember very clearly watching that on TV. I was a big Vasser fan so when his car ran up the back of Fernandez, I gasped. I'll never forget Michael Andretti sprinting up to Vasser to be sure he was okay, almost before the cars stopped moving with rain and steam from the collision everywhere. I also remember Jimmy's interview where he said, "You have to keep SOME pace" criticizing Fernandez for slowing. A year or two later I wore a Surfer's tee shirt to a CART race and had Mario sign the back of it. Now I can't wear it again, of course. :laugh:

[SteveH]

He was very lucky

Fernandez beginning treatment for injuries sustained in Vancouver CART race (https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2111016/fernandez-beginning-treatment-injuries-sustained-vancouver-cart-race/)