Weather Forecast for Watkins Glen International’s 2026 NASCAR Race Weekend
What’s Happening? It’s time for the second road course weekend of the 2026 NASCAR season as all three National Series head…
This weekend’s NASCAR National Series tripleheader at Watkins Glen International has had some great racing, though, that won’t be all it’s remembered for, as the shift to a spring race weekend may be one of the biggest schedule whiffs in recent NASCAR history.
What’s Happening? It’s time for the second road course weekend of the 2026 NASCAR season as all three National Series head…
This year, for the first time in Watkins Glen International’s storied history as a staple of the NASCAR Schedule, the track is hosting a spring race weekend.
Prior to the 2026 season, The Glen had never hosted NASCAR prior to the summer, with its earliest race weekend coming in July of 1964 and 1965.
While northeastern NASCAR fans immediately warned of the potential harsh spring weather, no one could have predicted just how hard this weekend would be off the track.
Of course, the three NASCAR National Series all have wet-weather packages and limitless track drying equipment; however, the fans in the campgrounds were left to a battle of their own. Teams came prepped for the bad weather, and even the broadcast crews have shown up to the track dressed for November weather in early May.
Posts of treacherous mud began rolling in with the camper move-in on Wednesday night, and rolled through into Thursday, where even more fans shared their struggles with stuck campers and vehicles.
Even NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series drivers Rajah Caruth and Parker Retzlaff got caught up in the mess with their rental cars stuck both in parking areas and near the merch haulers, and sharing pictures on social media.
While the actual races have gone off without a hitch (minus OAP Series qualifying), even looking like a normal late summer weekend at the track, the bad weather is persisting, with fans braving the resulting mud and persistent rain and sleet that somehow avoided racetime.
What’s Happening? The NASCAR world is getting ready for its second road course event of the season at Watkins Glen International…
As of Saturday, Watkins Glen officials are planning for the exit of the campgrounds late Sunday, sharing that campers not out by 8:30 PM will lose towing support until 6 AM Monday.
Even then, bigger changes are on the way, with The Glen and NASCAR confirming that next season, the track will not only regain its late summer/early fall race weekend, but also take over a slot in the Chase.
What’s Happening? NASCAR is officially moving Watkins Glen International’s race weekend back to the fall and back into the Chase in…
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