In a somber scene soaked with sadness, Kyle Busch’s race car, albeit with a new number, was unloaded from the team hauler this morning at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Whether substitute driver Austin Hill, with the No. 33 adorning the Chevrolet instead of Kyle’s No. 8, will get chance to qualify for Sunday’s race is literally up in the air — drizzling rain and heavy clouds, fitting for the overall track vibe, look like they’ll be around for a while.
It’s slated to be full day at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Cup qualifying at 2:30, the O’Reilly Series race at 4 and the Truck Series race, postponed by Friday night rain, tonight at 9.
Sunday night’s 400-lap marathon on the 1.5-mile Charlotte quad-oval will cap a full day of North American racing that includes the F1 Canadian GP and Indianapolis 500.
This week’s race is the 13th of the season and the checkered flag will mark the halfway point of the 26-race regular season.
It’s also the first of five consecutive Cup races on Amazon’s Prime Video, which is in is second year of NASCAR coverage. The rest of its five-race package include Nashville Superspeedway, Michigan, Pocono and the the debut of NASCAR’s street race at Naval Base Coronado, alongside San Diego.
NASCAR Coke 600 lineup for Sunday race at Charlotte
Full lineup available here if and when qualifying is completed.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Kyle Busch’s car unloaded at Charlotte as rain and tears flow
Reporting by Ken Willis, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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