The sun is out. The temperature is 72. For all accounts it is a beautiful day.
And 24 hours too late…
It’s Monday. Yesterday closed out race weekend at Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500.
Thursday of last week the forecast still looked good for Sunday in southside Virginia. Sunny to partly cloudy and mid 60’s. Marvelous!
By Friday someone had flipped a switch. There was a good chance rain could blow Sprint Cup qualifying out for Alpha Energy Solutions Pole Day. There was a 60 to 90 percent chance of rain on Saturday for the Camping World Series Kroger 250.
Sunday still looked like the weather would blow out and clear up Saturday night into Sunday. (more…)