Kyle Larson’s bid to compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday should not be hindered by weather.
Larson sought to be the fifth driver to compete in the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the same day last year, but a four-hour rain delay at Indianapolis caused him to miss the start of the Coke 600. By the time he got to Charlotte and was ready to get into his car, rain ended the 600 early and Larson never got into the vehicle.
Sunday’s Weather Underground forecast for the Indianapolis 500 (start time of 12:45 p.m. ET) calls for cloudy skies, a high of 65 degrees and a 2% chance of rain just after the start. The chance of rain is less than 5% the rest of the afternoon.
The Coca-Cola 600 is scheduled to take the green flag at 6:27 p.m. ET Sunday.
The Weather Underground forecast calls for cloudy skies, a high of 74 degrees and a 16% chance of rain at 7 p.m. ET, just after the start of the race. The chance of rain increases to 31% at 8 p.m. ET and 32% at 9 p.m. before it drops to 18% at 10 p.m.
John Andretti, Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch, who was selected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 this week, are the only drivers to compete in both the Indy 500 and Coke 600 in the same day. Stewart is the only driver to complete all 1,100 miles on the same day, doing so in 2001. He finished sixth in Indy and third at Charlotte that day.
Gordon fell one lap short at Charlotte of completing all 1,100 miles in 2002. He was eighth at Indianapolis and 16th at Charlotte.
