The NASCAR Cup Series begins the Talladega race weekend with practice and qualifying for the YellaWood 500. Follow here as the Cup Series sets the Talladega lineup.

Michael McDowell captured the eighth pole position of his NASCAR Cup Series career and will lead the field to green in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega.

Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports has logged one top-five, three top-10 and nine top-15 finishes. Corey LaJoie earned a team-best third-place result 2.66-mile Alabama oval in October 2023. Spire Motorsports fields the Nos.

Currently, there's a four-way tie for favorite on the oddsboard. William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric are all sitting at +1000 to win this Sunday at the superspeedway. So who will take the checkered flag?

Find out when and how you can watch Saturday's sprint race in your region below! In Austin, Texas, this weekend's US Grand Prix sprint race action is set to start at 12pm local time (CT), which means a start time of 1pm ET.

Talladega Superspeedway announced today that reigning Miss Alabama Emma Terry will serve as the honorary pace car driver for Sunday’s YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race. Terry, a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham,