Chicagoland: First Time Under Lights and Weather Woes To Date

by Bruce Simmons :

Last nights Cup Qualifying was pulled due to rain... again. Grr. And this is the first time that Chicago is having a race under the lights, so it would be nice if mother nature cooperated. So far, we've had our fair share of weather concerns this season, but mother nature has been kind to us so far. Statistically, we're due for a rain out, I hate to say it.

Weekend Outlook
Over on the weekend outlook for Joliet, IL, Weather.com, it says that for

• Friday, we have a 30% change of precipitation. Isolated T-storms.
• Saturday, 80% chance of precipitation. T-storms. (They outright left off the "isolated" part)
• Sunday, 20% chance of ra... I mean precipitation and Sunny.

The Good and the Bad
The downside: We may be seeing movies on other cable channels on Saturday night, Friday seems to have a better chance though.
The upside: Sunday looks good for racing. So if the Lifelock 400 gets postponed, stay alert as to what local cable station the race may be played on. Being the weekend, who knows.

Know Your Local Affiliate:
In the past, for me, local affiliate stations have played races, but those are the stations you never know about, like what channel it's on - so be prepared and find your affiliate TNT station beforehand! I hate scrambling around trying to figure out while the opening laps of the race are merrily on their way.

Have a great weekend folks.

UPDATE: July 12th, 12pm, CA time: The weather link I've put in this post now tells us that it will now be partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain! We may not need that affiliate info after all. Awesome!