NASCAR opted to cancel O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying and instead allow the series to run a practice session on Saturday ahead of Saturday’s race at Chicagoland Speedway, the first series race at the track since 2019, since Friday’s practice session was canceled due to rain.
If weather is a factor on Saturday when it comes to Cup Series qualifying, there is little reason to believe that NASCAR will hesitate to cancel that as well, with the priority being practice since Sunday night’s 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Joliet, Illinois oval is also set to be the first Cup race at the track in seven years.
Cup practice was able to be run on Friday night without issue, so NASCAR would not have to worry about fitting in a practice session on Saturday either way…