NASCAR 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race: Weather forecast for the Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway

The 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race is officially back, and fans are in for a high-octane 29th stock-car racing weekend of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at the Bristol Motor Speedway on September 13. This year's edition at the 0.533-mile-short track will mark the 65th annual Bass Pro Shops Night Race.

Thirty-nine NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be in action for practice and qualifying on September 12, at 4:30 pm ET and 5:40 pm ET, respectively, before Saturday’s afternoon race. The main event will be spread over 500 laps in Bristol, Tennessee, divided into three stages, totalling 266.5 miles.

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Weather forecast for the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race

Here’s the weather report for NASCAR’s three national series at Bristol Motor Speedway, as per The Daily Down Force:

Thursday, September 11, 2025

NASCAR Truck Series Bush’s Beans 200: High 77°F, Low 70°F, Wind 5 mph, Sunshine & clear sky, and 0% chance of rain.

Friday, September 12, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: High 74°F, Low 65°F, Wind 6 mph, and 1% chance of rain.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Food City 300: High 74°F, Low 65°F, Wind 6 mph, and 1% chance of rain.

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Bass Pro Shops Night Race: High 74°F, Low 71°F, Wind 3-5 mph, and 5% chance of rain.

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Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 Bristol playoff race

The 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race iteration is set to see 39 Cup cars lined up on the grid. Here's a look at the list of drivers who will be vying to win the third race of the playoffs:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain (P)
2. #2 - Austin Cindric (P)
3. #3 - Austin Dillon (P)
4. #4 - Noah Gragson
5. #5 - Kyle Larson (P)
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Justin Haley
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #9 - Chase Elliott (P)
10. #10 - Ty Dillon
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin (P)
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney (P)
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #19 - Chase Briscoe (P)
16. #20 - Christopher Bell (P)
17. #21 - Josh Berry (P)
18. #22 - Joey Logano (P)
19. #23 - Bubba Wallace (P)
20. #24 - William Byron (P)
21. #33 - Austin Hill (i)
22. #34 - Todd Gilliland
23. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
24. #38 - Zane Smith
25. #41 - Cole Custer
26. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
27. #43 - Erik Jones
28. #45 - Tyler Reddick (P)
29. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
30. #48 - Alex Bowman (P)
31. #51 - Cody Ware
32. #54 - Ty Gibbs
33. #60 - Ryan Preece
34. #66 - Chad Finchum
35. #67 - Corey Heim (i)
36. #71 - Michael McDowell
37. #77 - Carson Hocevar
38. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (P) (R)
39. #99 - Daniel Suárez