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NASCAR At Bristol 2012: Weather Forecast And Weekend Schedule

NASCAR returns to Bristol this weekend, and it appears Mother Nature will be playing nice for a change. The weather looks nice and mostly dry for tonight’s Nationwide Series race and Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series race.

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There is just a small chance of an isolated storm later this afternoon and Saturday afternoon, but I don’t see this as a concern. Overall, the forecast is mostly dry, mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s.

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FRIDAY:
9:00 a.m EDT
Nationwide Series Final Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 65
12:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 78
2:45 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – Mostly sunny, chc. of isolated storm – temp: 85
3:40 p.m EDT
Nationwide Series Qualifying – Mostly sunny, chc. of isolated storm – temp: 87
5:10 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Series Qualifying – Mostly sunny, chc. of isolated storm – temp: 88
7:30 p.m EDT
Nationwide Race – Mostly clear – temp: 78

SATURDAY:
5:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Pre-race – Mostly sunny, chc. of isolated storm – temp: 87
6:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Pre-race – Mostly Clear, chc. of isolated storm – temp: 84
7:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Race – Mostly Clear – temp: 78
8:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Race – Mostly Clear – temp: 74
9:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Race – Mostly Clear – temp: 71
10:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly Clear – temp: 69

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