Rain is in the forecast for the NASCAR Nashville race, but weather should not affect the race.
NASCAR is set to go racing at Nashville Superspeedway.
After two days of exciting races with the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, it’s time for the Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR Cup Series race to cap the weekend.
The weather forecast has changed throughout the week, going from pleasant to rainy to pleasant again. If the forecast holds for June 1, it will be a beautiful night for racing in Middle Tennessee.
Rain affected last year’s NASCAR Nashville race, red-flagging the race during a downpour.
Here is the forecast for the NASCAR Nashville race, with information coming from AccuWeather.
Nashville Superspeedway weather for June 1, NASCAR Cup Series race Cracker Barrel 400
Green flag time: June 1, 6 p.m. CT
Temperature: High of 83 degrees
Wind: 7 mph out of the West-Northwest
Rain: 48% chance
There is a 48% chance of rain, including thunderstorms in the area on June 1 at Nashville Superspeedway for the NASCAR Cup Series race.
The biggest rain threat is forecast around 2 p.m. but include thunderstorms. The chance of rain drops significantly from the 2 p.m. rain threat before the race, down from 51% to 16% at green flag time at 6 p.m. From there, the rain chance drops to 11% at 7 p.m. and all the way to 0% by 8 p.m.
Also, the temperature will be a pleasant 80 degrees at green flag time and staying in the 70s for the entire race, unless it runs into the 10 p.m. CT hour and drops to 68 degrees.
Nashville Superspeedway weather for June 2
Temperature: High of 86 degrees
Wind: 5 mph out of East
Rain: 0% chance
There is a 0% chance of rain forecast for June 2, in the event the NASCAR Nashville race is delayed or postponed.
Nashville Superspeedway weather guarantee
If weather postpones a NASCAR race held at Nashville Superspeedway or another Speedway Motorsports speedway and a ticket holder is unable to attend on the rescheduled date, the Speedway Motorsports Weather Guarantee provides such fans a ticket credit toward a future NASCAR race at any of the Speedway Motorsports speedways.
More information can be found on the Nashville Superspeedway website.
We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn’t influence our coverage.
