Rain forces NASCAR to postpone Charlotte Truck race for the third time this weekend

by May 24, 2026

written by May 24, 2026

Rain forces NASCAR to postpone Charlotte Truck race for the third time this weekend

Nonstop rain continues to plague an emotional race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Following the sudden death of Kyle Busch, NASCAR is trying to move forward with a triple-header weekend of racing, but Mother Nature has had other ideas.

When the green flag finally flies for Trucks, it will be Corey Day behind the wheel of Busch’s No. 7 truck leading Layne Riggs, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski, and Brandon Jones.

After washing out Friday practice and qualifying for Trucks, which put the No. 7 Chevrolet Busch was meant to drive on pole, NASCAR moved up the start time for the main event. That was not enough, and they rescheduled the event for 8am EST on Saturday, but even then, fog was covering the race track with rain cascading down.

Kyle Busch tribute at rainy Charlotte Motor Speedway

Less than an hour after the rescheduled start time, the race was postponed yet again, this time to 9pm EST. on Saturday, hoping to run it after the NASCAR O’Reilly race, but rain continued to be a constant threat throughout this somber weekend…further complicating NASCAR’s plans.

The race has been rescheduled yet again, this time to 10am on Sunday. Unfortunately, the weather does not look promising then either, and there’s still the Coke 600 left to run later in the day.

NASCAR O’Reilly race update

Unfortunately, rain also forced NASCAR to cancel Coca-Cola 600 qualifying, as well as practice and qualifying for the NASCAR O’Reilly race.

Starting an hour early, the O’Reilly race did go green around 5pm on Saturday, but only got 33 laps in before the misting rain became too much. The race was then in a holding pattern for over four hours.

Justin Allgaier led the race under red-flag conditions, and around 9:40pm, drivers were ordered back to their cars with hope that the event might be completed before the end of the night.

NASCAR re-fired the cars around 10pm, but the inclement weather remained a constant threat. Fog and low visibility is the primary concern. The CW has live coverage of the event.

The race went back green at 10:10pm EST, but it was called at the end of Stage 2 with Ross Chastain declared the race winner.