Raceway lights go out during NASCAR truck series race (VIDEO)

NASCAR was left in the dark Friday night when, with 27 laps to go, the lights at Phoenix International Raceway went out during the Lucas Oil 150 with Erik Jones in the lead.

And there weren't any headlights.

The red flag was thrown at 11:45 p.m. ET with 126 laps of the scheduled 150 laps completed in the event. The official decision to call the race came down at 11:56 p.m. ET.

The delay was not the first one in the race. A power outage a bit before the race was scheduled to go green delayed the start of the race by just over 75 minutes as there was a power outage in the West Valley area near the track.

The lights came back on in full around 9:48 p.m. ET and the command to start engines was given at 9:57 p.m. ET. The green flag for the race officially dropped at 10:04 p.m. ET.

At the time of the delay, the track tweeted the following:

PIR has learned there is a major power outage in the West Valley. APS has multiple crews working on it. We will update as soon as possible.
— Phoenix Raceway (@PhoenixRaceway) November 8, 2014

During the delay, drivers passed the time by just chatting on pit road, while some crew members were spotted tossing a football around.

The second outage brought a halt to the race with Jones being declared the winner.

Just call it Friday Night Lights Out.

Lights out at O.co Coliseum delays Yankees-A's game (VIDEO)

The decades-old cement block known as O.co Coliseum has a long history of malfunctions and the cracks are beginning to show in more ways than one. An overflowing sewage system last year and early this year have been just some of the more serious issues.

On Saturday night, a bank of lights in left field went out at the temperamental ballpark, delaying the A's game against the Yankees as the teams were about to start the fourth inning.

The delay began at 8:19 p.m. with the A's leading 2-1. The lights came back on after 38 minutes to the cheers from the sellout crowd of 36,067.

Turns out there was a circuit-breaker outage. The breaker had to be manually reset while starters Scott Kazmir and Hiroki Kuroda tried to stay loose.

Kazmir and Kuroda both stayed in the game. Kazmir was seemingly unaffected, going on to complete six innings with just one unearned run allowed. Kuroda lasted only 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs — including two after the delay.

"It's one of the older ballparks,'' Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after the 5-1 Yankees loss. "And sometimes with older ballparks, you're going to have some challenges."

The same might be said of his creaky Yankees and their own power problems this season.