NASCAR moves Saturday night start at Bristol up 1 hour

Published Aug 17, 2018 1:06 pm ET

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — NASCAR has moved the start of Saturday night's race at Bristol Motor Speedway up one hour because of threats of rain.

The start is now scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET, which is 60 minutes earlier than planned.

NASCAR also moved the start of Friday night's Xfinity Series race up by 15 minutes.