Overview
- Cup qualifying is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET on truTV and the YellaWood 500 runs Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC with streaming on Peacock and HBO Max.
- Trucks race Friday at 4 p.m. ET on FOX and Xfinity runs Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on The CW in the first of three straight tripleheader weekends.
- Sunday’s forecast calls for a 59% chance of rain with about a 33% chance at the Cup race start, introducing another variable to an already unpredictable event.
- There are 40 Cup entries for Talladega, so every car is locked into the field, and there will be no practice sessions for any series.
- Denny Hamlin clinched a Championship 4 berth with his Las Vegas win, while drivers such as Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney enter Talladega below the cutline and likely needing big results.