The weather forecast for Texas Motor Speedway has greatly improved since the start of the week. That’s one of the reason I tell people to “proceed with caution” when they read or look at a weather forecast seven to five days in advance. Despite all the advancements in the field of meteorology, a lot will and usually does change over a course of several days. That’s exactly what happened this week.
2015 NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway weather forecast: Let not your heart be troubled
What looked like a wet forecast for NASCAR earlier in the week, has greatly improved. But will rain still cause issues for NASCAR on Saturday.
Weather today will be nice and dry across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, temperatures will be in the lower 70s and there will be plenty of sunshine. Towards the evening for the Xfinity Series race there could be an isolated shower or storm, but I don’t think it is much for fans or teams to worry about.
Saturday is look much better than most forecasts had shown at the start of the week and as early as Wednesday. I know many race fans were worried. Instead of asking me if we could race Saturday night they were asking me for the weather for Sunday or beyond. I feel very confident that we will race Saturday night.
I give the odds of racing Saturday night and getting a complete race in at around 80 percent. While I am not going to rule out a spot shower or storm, or even a delay, we should be able to race and finish without too much of a problem from mother nature.
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FRIDAY:
11:30 a.m. EDT
Sprint Cup practice – Sun and clouds – temp: 65
2:00 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup final practice – Sun and clouds – temp: 71
4:45 p.m. EDT
Xfinity Series qualifying – Sun and clouds – temp: 73
6:45 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup qualifying – Sun and clouds – temp: 72
7:30 p.m. EDT
Xfinity Series race – Cloudy, slight chance of a shower/storm – temp: 70
SATURDAY:
6:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup pre-race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm – temp: 72
7:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm – temp: 71
8:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm – temp: 70
9:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm– temp: 69
10:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm – temp: 67
11:30 p.m. EDT
Sprint Cup race – Mostly cloudy, chance of a shower or storm – temp: 67
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