Kyle Busch celebrates a win at World Wide Technology Raceway.

NASCAR weekend schedule, forecast for Gateway, Portland


The NASCAR national series teams continue their seasons this weekend, albeit in two different states.

The NASCAR Cup Series and Craftsman Truck Series teams will head to World Wide Technology Raceway -- also known as Gateway Motorsports Park -- outside of St. Louis for an oval race.

The Xfinity Series teams, along with the ARCA Menards Series West teams, will head to Portland International Raceway in Oregon for a road course race.

Kyle Busch won last season's Cup race at World Wide Technology Raceway while driving for Stewart-Haas Racing. Cole Custer won last season's Xfinity race at Portland for Stewart-Haas Racing. Grant Enfinger won last season's Truck race at WWT Raceway for GMS Racing.

Portland forecast and schedule

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Friday forecast: Partly cloudy skies with a high of 76 degrees and a 6% chance of rain.

Saturday forecast: Cloudy skies with a high of 71 degrees and a 24% chance of rain.

Friday schedule (Eastern Time)

  • 12:30 p.m. -- ARCA West garage opens
  • 1:30 - 6:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series garage hours
  • 2:35 - 3:35 p.m. -- ARCA West practice
  • 5:30 - 5:50 p.m. -- ARCA West qualifying
  • 7 p.m. -- ARCA West race (Streaming on FloRacing, Radio coverage on MRN)

Saturday schedule (Eastern Time)

  • 10 a.m. -- Xfinity Series garage opens
  • 11:30 - 11:50 a.m. -- Xfinity practice (No TV coverage)
  • 12 - 1 p.m. -- Xfinity qualifying (FS1)
  • 4:30 p.m. -- Xfinity race (FS1, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

World Wide Technology Raceway forecast and schedule

Friday forecast: Partly cloudy skies with a high of 80 degrees and a 4% chance of rain.

Saturday forecast: Rain showers early with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. A high of 80 degrees.

Sunday forecast: Mostly cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms. A high of 84 degrees and an 18% chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.

Friday schedule (Eastern Time)

  • 12:30 - 8 p.m. -- Truck Series garage hours
  • 3 - 8 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
  • 6:05 - 6:25 p.m. -- Truck Series practice (FS1)
  • 6:35 - 7:30 p.m. -- Truck Series qualifying (FS1)

Saturday schedule (Eastern Time)

  • 7:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
  • 10:30 a.m. -- Truck Series garage opens
  • 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. -- Cup Series practice (FS1, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
  • 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. -- Cup qualifying (FS1, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
  • 1:30 p.m. -- Truck Series race (Fox, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday schedule (Eastern Time)

  • 12:30 p.m. -- Cup Series garage opens
  • 3:30 p.m. -- Cup Series race (FS1, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)