NASCAR 2025: Weather forecast for the upcoming race at Rockingham Speedway

The NASCAR Cup Series season is off this week, but the Xfinity and Truck Series are scheduled to be held this weekend. Fans are in for a high-octane 10th stock-car racing weekend of the 2025 Xfinity and Truck Series season at the Rockingham Speedway on Friday and Sunday. The 1.017-mile-long D-shaped oval Rockingham is returning to the sport after 11 years.

Forty NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will be in action for qualifying on Saturday (April 19) before the main race. While 35 drivers begin their weekend on Friday (April 18). The Xfinity event will be over 250 laps in Rockingham, North Carolina, divided into three stages, adding up to 254.25 miles.

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NASCAR race weather forecast at Rockingham

Here’s the weather forecast for NASCAR’s two national series at Rockingham Speedway:

Friday, April 18, 2025

Truck Series Black's Tire 200: High 78°F, Low 65°F, wind 11 to 14 mph, and 3% chance of rain

Saturday, April 19, 2025

ARCA 125: High 83°F, Low 70°F, Wind 10 to 11 mph, and a 20% chance of rain

Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250: High 83°F, Low 70°F, Wind 10 to 11 mph, and a 20% chance of rain

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Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire

The 2025 iteration of the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 is set to see a total of 40 Cup cars lined up on the grid, which are as follows:

1. #00 - Sheldon Creed
2. #07 - Patrick Emerling
3. #1 - Carson Kvapil
4. #2 - Jesse Love
5. #4 - Parker Retzlaff
6. #5 - Kris Wright
7. #7 - Justin Allgaier
8. #8 - Sammy Smith
9. #10 - Daniel Dye
10. #11 - Josh Williams
11. #14 - Garrett Smithley
12. #16 - Christian Eckes
13. #18 - William Sawalich
14. #19 - Justin Bonsignore
15. #20 - Brandon Jones
16. #21 - Austin Hill
17. #25 - Harrison Burton
18. #26 - Dean Thompson
19. #27 - Jeb Burton
20. #28 - Kyle Sieg
21. #31 - Blaine Perkins
22. #32 - Katherine Legge
23. #33 - Kasey Kahne
24. #35 - Greg Van Alst
25. #39 - Ryan Sieg
26. #41 - Sam Mayer
27. #42 - Anthony Alfredo
28. #44 - Brennan Poole
29. #45 - Vicente Salas
30. #48 - Nick Sanchez
31. #51 - Jeremy Clements
32. #53 - TBA
33. #54 - Taylor Gray
34. #70 - Thomas Annunziata
35. #71 - Ryan Ellis
36. #74 - Dawson Cram
37. #87 - Austin Green
38. #88 - Connor Zilisch
39. #91 - Josh Bilicki
40. #99 - Matt DiBenedetto

Fans can catch the action-packed NASCAR weekend live at the Rockingham Speedway on FS1 and CW.