Hey Joe,

You won't regret attending this event someday. The weather was ALWAYS bad in late April when they used to hold this race, but now that it has been moved up (actually moved forward?) 3 weeks into the latter half of May, the weather should be much better...although rain is always possible anywhere and anytime in the East. It's not like the Southwest where you get 7-10" of rain for an entire year. Our friends in the North Carolina mountains which are only 50 miles from Bristol have always told us that April was a bad month to visit the area as the weather can still be freezing or at least quite cold and possibly rainy....and they WERE right! My vacation to the North Carolina mountains and the Bristol race were washed out in 2005 due to rain on Friday and Saturday and we had to leave for home on Sunday or I could have stayed and watched what turned out to be a pretty good race. Hope this years race is stellar. The weather in Charlotte this past weekend was great most of the weekend although it was rainy on Sunday morning. Temps were cool and a nice reprieve from the heat of Florida.