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Rain tires were all the rage a week ago for the Nationwide Series in Montreal, but NASCAR isn't about to bolt them on to Sprint Cup cars at Watkins Glen despite the persistent precipitation.As a result, Friday activities at the upstate New York road course have come to a grinding halt -- much to the joy of the entire ESPN crew who now have plenty of time to twiddle their thumbs on live TV.
Friday's schedule at Watkins Glen includes a Sprint Cup practice (11:45am/ET), a Nationwide Series practice (1:30pm/ET), Sprint Cup qualifying (3:10pm/ET), Nationwide Series final practice (5:30pm/ET) and a Grand Am race (6:30pm/ET).
That first Sprint Cup practice was completely washed out, and more than likely NASCAR will give teams track time before they make them qualify.
As for the Nationwide Series, NASCAR is fully ready to slap the same model rain tires used a week ago at the Montreal road course for that series in the race, but there may be a supply issue for the teams to run rain tires all weekend.
On the Sprint Cup side of things, if rain ends up as the story of the day at the 'Glen and qualifying gets canceled it will send two drivers -- Brian Simo and Boris Said -- home as a result of a "did not qualify".
The rest of the weekend looks absolutely fantastic weather wise if you're not going to be anywhere near Watkins Glen. Friday night the chance of rain is 70 percent, Saturday it's listed 30-50 percent, and Sunday is showing a 50 percent chance of rain.
In other words, the jet dryers will be in high demand around the 11-turn course.
Stock up now on your Rain-X.
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