Talladega Superspeedway, the observe identified for shut finishes and seemingly endless chaos, will welcome the Cup, Xfinity and ARCA collection for its first annual NASCAR race weekend in 2025.
ARCA (follow) and Xfinity (qualifying) shall be in motion Friday on the two.66-mile oval, the longest observe on the circuit. Saturday will characteristic all three collection with Cup qualifying within the morning, adopted by the ARCA and Xfinity races.
The five hundred-mile Cup race will start Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
In accordance with Racing Insights, there have been a file 28 Cup automobiles collected within the Lap 184 crash of the Oct. 6, 2024 race. There have been no less than 66 lead modifications in every of the previous three races at Talladega, which is one in all NASCAR’s three “drafting tracks” (together with Daytona Worldwide Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway).
Within the 20 drafting observe races for the reason that Subsequent Gen automotive debuted in 2022, there have been 12 passes for the win within the remaining two laps.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has two wins at Talladega and scored extra top-10 finishes there than some other Cup observe.
Talladega Superspeedway schedule
(All Occasions Japanese)
Friday, April 25
Storage open
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. — ARCA Series10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series2 – 8 p.m. — Cup Collection
Monitor exercise
4 – 5 p.m. — ARCA practice5:30 – 7 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App)
Saturday, April 26
Storage open
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Cup Series9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. — ARCA Series1 – 10 p.m. — Xfinity Collection
Monitor exercise
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Cup qualifying (Prime, MRN)12:30 p.m. — ARCA race (76 laps, 202.16 miles; FS1)4 p.m. — Xfinity race (113 laps, 300.58 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 25, Stage 2 at Lap 50; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday, April 27
Storage open
12 – 10 p.m. — Cup Collection
Monitor exercise
3 p.m. — Cup race (188 laps, 500.08 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 60, Stage 2 at Lap 120; Fox, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)Weekend climate
Friday: Cloudy with the potential for a stray bathe or thunderstorm. Excessive of 83 levels with winds from the south to southwest at 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms within the afternoon. Excessive of 83 levels with a 40% probability of rain. It’s anticipated to be 77 levels with a 24% probability of rain at first of the ARCA race and 81 levels with a 41% probability of rain at first of the Xfinity race.
Sunday: Sunshine and clouds with the potential for a stray bathe or thunderstorm. Excessive of 84 levels with mild winds and a 19% probability of rain. It’s anticipated to be 82 levels with a 15% probability of rain at first of the Cup race.
