Overview
- Saturday Cup qualifying at 10:30 a.m. ET on Prime Video will trim the 41-entry list by one as five open cars vie for four spots.
- NASCAR set Talladega’s stages at 98-45-45 to change fuel math and prompt flat-out racing in the closing runs.
- FOX will air Sunday’s 188-lap Jack Link’s 500 at 3 p.m. ET with radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM.
- The reported Cup purse is $11,233,037, a modest year-over-year increase consistent with this season’s payout pattern.
- Jesse Love won Friday’s O’Reilly Series pole for the Ag-Pro 300 at 182.313 mph, his fourth straight Talladega pole in the series.