BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – In some ways, the INDYCAR paddock this morning at Barber Motorsports Park resembled a backyard in the country on wash day.

Everywhere you looked, laundry was hung up to dry in the Alabama breeze. Crew firesuits and Nomex underwear – soaked through on Sunday when the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by America’s First slogged through almost 23 laps in the pouring rain before the race was suspended until today – were the most evident sign of the efforts undertaken by Verizon IndyCar Series teams to be ready for the restart at noon ET.

The overnight efforts went deeper than that, obviously. Crews spent Sunday evening changing car setups for the dry and overcast conditions expected today.

Ricardo “Rico” Nault, team manager for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and race strategist for Graham Rahal’s No. 15 Mi-Jack Honda, said his team also focused on making sure everything was clean and dry for the cars of Rahal and teammate Takuma Sato.

“We dried everything out, made sure all the electronics are dry, made sure the pedals are clean and ready to go,” Nault said. “Wet races tend to affect the brake pedals and all the electronics – well, all the pedals – so we just go through that and make sure it’s good to go.”

Nault said Rahal encountered radio issues related to the rain on Sunday, and that the team will address for future wet contests.

“We’ll implement some different procedures next time we have a wet race, but all that stuff’s been blown out and cleaned out and dried out,” Nault said. “That was all done last night and we’ll look through it again this morning, but we’re pretty confident that we’re good to go.”

Teams were permitted to make whatever changes to their cars overnight that they wanted, with one exception. INDYCAR impounded Will Power’s No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet by rule to prevent further repairs, after Power crashed on Lap 17 on Sunday. Once the race clock resumes today at 12:01 p.m. ET, his crew is permitted to continue working on the car to get it back in the race.

Pole sitter Josef Newgarden is the race leader after 22 laps in the No. 1 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet. Sebastien Bourdais (No. 18 Team SealMaster Honda) is in second place and Ryan Hunter-Reay (No. 28 DHL Honda is third. Charlie Kimball, whose car was ruled to be out of the race when he hit the barrier on Lap 12 on Sunday, cannot return to the race.

Teams may restart the race on whatever dry-condition tire compound they choose unless a wet restart is declared by INDYCAR. In that case, all cars must use rain tires, but the forecast for today is for mostly cloudy and dry conditions with temperatures in the upper 60s.

Teams are also permitted to put whatever amount of ethanol fuel into the 18-gallon tanks that they wish for the restart. The race will run to 90 laps or two hours, whichever happens first. When the cars leave pit lane for the restart today, approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes will remain on the race countdown clock.

NBCSN has live coverage of the race completion beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. The Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network broadcast starts at noon.

The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is the fourth of 17 Verizon IndyCar Series races this year. Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi leads the standings, with a 21-point lead over Newgarden heading into today’s restart.