Let’s try this again, that’s what NASCAR was forced to say after rain washed out Saturday night’s The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race to Sunday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway. NASCAR fans may get their wish of a night race just on a different day.
NASCAR Night race at Bristol race day weather take two: More rain in the forecast
Cold front Sunday afternoon could dampen NASCAR’s plans again but all is not lost for NASCAR on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway
The race is rescheduled to 1 p.m. ET Sunday afternoon and it will be aired on CNBC, but Mother Nature is not done with rain in eastern Tennessee. Unlike the forecast this whole week where heat and humidity led to stray and scattered showers and storms, a cold front will be swinging through the state bringing more rain and storms Sunday afternoon. The front will work across eastern Tennessee between midday into the middle afternoon, right around the time NASCAR wants to pick up Saturday night’s race. These showers and storms could be more numerous with fewer breaks that what we had most of the week. Once the front moves through between 4 and 6 p.m. ET, then skies will clear and we will dry out. This looks more like a Sunday evening race than a Sunday afternoon race.
Odds of racing at 1 pm Sunday are around 40 percent with a likely delay due to rain and storms. Odds of racing late Sunday afternoon/early evening are around 80 percent once the cold front clears the area. The timing will come down to when the front pushes through and clears out of the area. Temperatures will be in the middle to upper 70s.
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All times ET.
SUNDAY:
1 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race pre-race
Forecast: Possible shower or t’storm
Winds: W 5-15 mph
Temperature: 76
2 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Possible shower or t’storm
Winds: W 5-15 mph
Temperature: 77
3 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Possible shower or t’storm
Winds: W 5-15 mph
Temperature: 78
4 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Possible shower or t’storm
Winds: W 5-15 mph
Temperature: 78
5 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Chance of lingering shower or t’storm
Winds: W 5-15 mph
Temperature: 77
6 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Mostly cloudy
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Temperature: 77
7 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Partly cloudy
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Temperature: 75
8 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Partly cloudy
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Temperature: 73
9 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Partly cloudy
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Temperature: 70
10 p.m. -- The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Forecast: Partly cloudy
Winds: W 5-10 mph
Temperature: 68
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