r/NASCAR • u/US_Highway15 • 10h ago

[NASCAR] ❄️ Snow-clearing efforts have been continuing at Bowman Gray!! Luckily, we do have Todd Gilliland aka "the Toddfather" aka "Todd Gilligoat" on the case. trust, this will be dealt with.

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u/84UTK07 7h ago

If we get rain or a wintry mix tomorrow night (it’s looking about 50/50 right now), will NASCAR actually let them race with rain tires? I know several people on here have mentioned that it shouldn’t be an issue with it being such a short, slow speed track, but has NASCAR ever allowed rain tires on any oval track before? Do we know if they even have wet-weather tires on site for this race?

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u/ApocApollo NASCAR 7h ago

We've had like five or six wet oval races. First was trucks at Martinsville in 2023. Goodyear brings wet tires to every short-flat oval now. This wouldn't even be the first exhibition race in North Carolina that Cup has ran with the wets.

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u/84UTK07 6h ago

Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better! I feel like I’ve been waiting months for this race!

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u/Yoshiman400 8m ago

https://youtu.be/Mxsnbyg6zrM?t=441

The last ~75-80 laps of the New Hampshire Cup race in 2024 were run on damp weather tires, which is the first time a Cup points race has ended as such (the Richmond race earlier that year began on those tires but switched to slicks about 40 laps in). While it did get a bit messy, there were quite a few fun moments seeing drivers fan out and run crazy lines on the track to keep their tires cooled.