Tropical Storm Isaias could impact NASCAR race in Charlotte

NASCAR is preparing for a big weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track in Concord, North Carolina will host the sixth race in the Cup Series’ postseason Chase on Sunday, Oct. 11 – the Bank of America 400 – as well as a race in the Truck Series on Friday and a race in the second-tier O’Reilly A

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NASCAR is preparing for a big weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The track in Concord, North Carolina will host the sixth race in the Cup Series’ postseason Chase on Sunday, Oct. 11 – the Bank of America 400 – as well as a race in the Truck Series on Friday and a race in the second-tier O’Reilly Auto Parts Series on Saturday. Additionally, after the Truck Series race on Friday night, NASCAR will host an open-to-the-public celebration of life for the late driver Kyle Busch, with speakers and a performance by Cole Swindell.

But bad weather threatens to spoil NASCAR’s plans for the race weekend.

Here’s what the forecast looks like as of Thursday, Oct. 8 at 12:55 p.m. ET.

NASCAR race in Charlotte weather forecast

Here are the projections for Charlotte Motor Speedway from the National Weather

Service as of 12:55 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 8:

Friday, Oct. 9: Mostly cloudy, with a high temperatures near 76 degrees and a low temperature around 57 degrees. Winds from the northeast around 6 miles-per-hour. Cloud cover will increase at night, but chance of rain remains very low.
Saturday, Oct. 10: Mostly cloudy with a high temperature of 70 degrees and a low temperature around 60 degrees. The chance of rain increases to 40% after 11 a.m., increasing to 90% at night. Wind gusts could be as high as 25mph.
Sunday, Oct. 11: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8 a.m., then showers between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. The overall chance of precipitation for the day is 90%, falling to 40% at night. Showers are still likely between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. The high temperature is expected to be around 74 degrees with a low around 62 degrees.
Monday, Oct. 12: Mostly sunny during the day with a high of 78 degrees. Skies should remain clear into the evening with a low temperature around 57 degrees.

The website Race Weather says that “Sunday has the greatest risk for rain” and the scheduled start time for the Bank of America 400 of 3 p.m. ET is “squarely within the current period of highest rain potential.”

With Isaias’ landfall now forecast for Friday evening, this increases the risk for rain showers and isolated thunderstorms for Saturday afternoon.

The potential plus side is that the rain could move out of the @CLTMotorSpdwy area a little earlier. There continues to be some… pic.twitter.com/LOS6iX64Vu

— RaceWeather (@RaceWeather) October 8, 2026