Warmest of the week today...

I had the chance to head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway yesterday and Kart race against some other media members as well as NASCAR drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. I think you could take a wild guess as to who the first and second place finishers were. But, I really had a blast, and a big thanks to all of the folks out at the speedway for allowing me to get out there and have some fun.

Of course, everybody at the track is gearing up for the Dollar General 300 and the Bank of America 500 next Friday and Saturday, the 14th and 15th. The 500 is the only night race in the Chase.

Here are a couple of shots from yesterday. By the way, these karts are no joke.....speeds up to 50mph or so!






On to the weather, today will be the warmest day of the week with highs in the upper 70s for much of the region. A back-door type cold front will swing in from the northeast late tonight, and that will push our highs back down into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow into the weekend.

Next rain chance...

It sure looks like we will see some type of hybrid tropical low pressure development in the Gulf of Mexico by late in the weekend or early next week. If something does indeed form there, it looks like it will get pulled north and in our general direction, possibly bringing some rain to us around Tuesday and Wednesday. We will see.