Yeah, there’s a chance a thunderstorm or two might be a nuisance on Saturday, but Sunday’s race day should bring pretty nice weather to Brooklyn, Mich., and its environs.
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NASCAR had to postpone last weekend’s race and stage a rare Monday running for its Sprint Cup Series. Kurt Busch didn’t mind, since he won for the first time this season.
Trouble is, a day’s delay means a shorter turnaround time for teams. And this week’s race brings a test of car changes intended to reduce downforce and side force. Drivers want the changes, and this is the first of two races in which proposed adjustments get a trial by fire. The other is at Kentucky, a favorite test bed, in July.
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Summer in Michigan can be interesting, and this week should see temperatures increase 15 to 20 degrees over Wednesday’s comfortable high of 69. Saturday will be the warmest day of the weekend. The only hitch will be a passing front or two bringing rain.
Once again, 40 cars are in the field. Sunday’s race, the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway, should go off about 1:15 p.m. ET.
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Kurt Busch won last June’s race. Matt Kenseth won in mid-August. By the way, that June race was stopped after 138 of a scheduled 200 laps. Reason? Rain.
The Sprint Cup entries for Michigan:
