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American race fans were given a difficult option on Sunday afternoon: NASCAR or Indycar?

For a few brief minutes, this option was made for them.

For the first time, with the broadcast of both assets on the Fox Sports Network, the NTT Indycar series and the NASCAR Cup series ran a head-to-head on Sunday. Indycar was aired on Fox, in which the cup was transferred to Fox Sports 1.

However, those who were eager to see the open wheel side of things were for an unexpected turn. There was a surprise at Lap 28 of 65 in a broadcast to fans tuned in the second round of the NTT Indycar series at the Thermal Club. Second later, broadcast moved to commercial.

When did it come back? The race for the NASCAR Cup series was circulating from the Homustad-Mammy Speedway. “We want to welcome those who are looking at the Indycar race on Fox,” chief analyst Mike Joy told the audience. “They are having technical difficulties, so we welcome Fox audiences to our NASCAR telecast from homestand-mammy speedway.”

Indycar on Fox account on X Shared that it “There is an electrical issue in the production truck. We are working to decide it as soon as possible.”

TeamsJournalists and fans equally adapted the news with humor.

The fans scrambled on Indycar Radio for a chance to tune. Indycar feed briefly returned to Fox, but there was no audio before returning to commercial and NASCAR. The international feed first returned – American fans were locked to watch the Indycar race on their TV.

Finally, at Lap 40, after a delay of about 20 minutes, Indycar broadcast returned to Fox. After welcoming the fans, Will Buxon said, “We want to thank you very much for staying with us through the technical difficulties that we have experienced here on the track today.” “Total loss of power here in thermal club. Thanks to our friends in NASCAR, and thank us for sticking with us.”

The fan -watching pit missed the stop. Thanks for joining all, there were no phenomena or race-changing steps during the gap.Pato o’Ward Lead Christian lundguard And Alex Palu In intervals and later the pair continued to speed up.

But the moment darkness – literally – was given a broadcast priority on NASCAR on an Indycar race.

Photos from thermal club – race