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    Pocono marred by deadly lightning strike

    Officials at Pocono Raceway say one person is dead and nine are injured after a lightning strike in the parking lot behind the grandstand following a shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, won by Jeff Gordon, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.

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    1. Crew members stand in the pits in a downpour that shortened the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. Jeff Gordon won. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    2. Fans stand under the grandstand after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race was postponed due to rain on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    3. Gordon wins rain-shortened race at Pocono
    4. Fans leave the stands after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race was postponed due to rain on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    5. Fans stand under the grandstand after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race was postponed due to rain on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    6. Crew members push Ryan Newman
    7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., (88) races side-by-side with Denny Hamlin (11) as Juan Pablo Montoya (42) follows during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pon
    8. Race cars sit covered along the pits after the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race was postponed due to rain on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Eva
    9. Juan Pablo Montoya (42) makes a pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    10. Gordon wins rain-shortened race at Pocono