Summer Slam 2026, Day 4, Evening Session: Storm
That rumble progresses and recedes as the race moves around the oval. It is a distinct sound - solid, created by force and power. Because it just happened, it is the rumble rising from your belly when breakfast is a little late in the morning. It is the summer storm, born in the prairie heat and sweeping in across the short grass, rising over the tall grass. The rumble of this advancing storm, though, is not accompanied by driving rain and bursting thunder, but by the rhythmic spinning of wheels, a rolling train picking up speed. The rumble approaches in waves, much like the wave of created by fans in a stadium, and sound gathers in strength as it draws near, wheeling around the near turn, delivers with a booming bass, then quickly passes, receding into the steeply pitched far turn and along the back stretch, before gathering again the closer it gets. That is the Points Race. The Elimination Race is similar in many respects, but unlike the cyclic rhythm of the Points Race, the rum...
