Bank Of America 500 Race Weather Update

Super excited for this Saturday Night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway to be providing live in race weather updates to Slugger Labbe Crew Chief of Austin Dillon. Driver of the Dow Racing #3 Cheverolet.If you are going to be at the track for the events like I am. I know you will want to know what to expect from the weather. Let's take a look at how things are currently being forecast.

Qualifying for The Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup race will start just about 7:20 p.m. ET Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. TV coverage will be on NBCSN. Temperatures will be in the low 70's as qualifying starts with mostly clear skies. Could see temps drop to the mid to low 60's by the time qualifying is over.

The Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup race will start just about 6:45 p.m. ET Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. TV coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on NBC. Conditions will be mostly clear with Green Flag temps in the mid to upper 70's. temperatures will drop into the low 60's by the end of the race.

What is the schedule of NASCAR events at Charlotte?

All times ET

THURSDAY

-- 1:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series first practice, NBCSN

-- 3 p.m.: Xfinity Series first practice, NBCSN

-- 5:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series final practice, NBCSN

-- 7:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN

FRIDAY

-- 3:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series second practice, NBCSN

-- 4:45 p.m.: Xfinity Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN

-- 6:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBCSN

-- 8 p.m.: Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC (200 laps, 200 miles), NBCSN

SATURDAY

-- 6:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 501 miles), NBC

I will be providing some updates via Facebook Live and Periscope for Twitter followers throughout the events. I will also try to provide some photo's from the race as well as of course weather updates. I am excited about this opportunity and invite you to follow along! As always thank you for following Rowan County Weather!