NASCAR community preparing for arrival of Hurricane Matthew
With the imminent arrival of Hurricane Matthew, NASCAR, tracks and people in the community are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
Right now, everything is still on schedule at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which will host the Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race Friday night and the Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night.
The forecast does not look good for Friday, with Saturday night looking more optimistic.
But this is obviously a developing situation that we will have much more on over the weekend.
In the meantime, stay safe everyone.
HURRICANE MATTHEW: We have opened our campgrounds to storm evacuees, free of charge https://t.co/GhvOA3ss3P
— AtlantaMotorSpeedway (@amsupdates) October 6, 2016
.@DISupdates Tours and Ticket Office will be closed Thursday and Friday, and pending the storm’s impact, will resume operation on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/v2Bx1DMVqg
— Daytona IntlSpeedway (@DISupdates) October 5, 2016
.@TooToughToTame will be closed Friday Oct 7 due to the threat of inclement weather from #HurricaneMatthew. We will reopen on Monday Oct 10.
— Darlington Raceway (@TooToughToTame) October 6, 2016
I just donated @CovenantHouse because every kid deserves to feel safe from Hurricane Mathew support homeless kids https://t.co/pwR5Gr5ruI
— Cindy K. Elliott (@cindyelliott9) October 6, 2016
When the weather forecast is TERRIBLE, but you just want to see cars on track. #NASCAR #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/UGvlkSMK8b
— CJ Woliver (@CJWoliver) October 6, 2016
Me and @Elliott_Sadler are offering FREE BUFFET 5-8 pm TODAY for ALL PASSING THRU EMPORIA FOR Hurricane relief on the coast. VL Restaurant
— Hermie Sadler (@HermieSadler) October 7, 2016