It is going to be a wet day at Bristol Motor Speedway Sunday for the Monster Energy Cup Series Food City 500. Storm system will continue to spread moisture and rain over eastern Tennessee all day and night Sunday. An additional one to three inches of rain is possible in eastern Tennessee with flash flood watches and well as flood advisories in place for the day.
Bristol NASCAR race day weather forecast: Wet all day (and night) Sunday
Storm system moving through the Tennessee Valley will make for a wet day at Bristol Motor Speedway
My prediction for the odds of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway Sunday is ZERO! I’m calling this one a washout. I should have done this Saturday, but sometimes the fan in me likes to hold out hope, even only giving a 10-percent chance.
The good news is the current storm system that is bringing all this rain will start to clear out late Monday morning or early afternoon, though there is still a chance of rain Monday and mostly in the morning. The forecast looks good enough to get racing in if and when the Food City 500 is postponed by NASCAR. If it is postponed, NASCAR will run the race at 1 p.m. ET on FOX. The odds of racing Monday should be around 60 percent.
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All times ET
SUNDAY
1 p.m. — Food City 500 pre-race
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 57
2 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 57
3 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 58
4 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 59
5 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 59
6 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 58
7 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 57
8 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Rain
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 57
MONDAY
Noon — Food City 500 pre-race
Forecast: Mostly cloudy - chance of shower
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 62
1 p.m. — Food City 500 pre-race
Forecast: Mostly cloudy - chance of shower
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 64
2 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Mostly cloudy - chance of shower
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 65
3 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Mostly cloudy - chance of shower
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 66
4 p.m. — Food City 500
Forecast: Mostly cloudy - chance of shower
Winds: East 5-10 mph
Temperature: 67
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