NASCAR Saturday schedule at Talladega Superspeedway

It is a full day of racing at Talladega Superspeedway with a cup of qualifying and racing for the Arca and XFinity series that keep cars on track at least eight hours.

The Nascar Cup Series will first hit the 2.66 mile for the first time at 10:30 am in a qualifying session for Sunday’s 500-Mile race. Michael McDowell (then driving for the front motorsport) won both pole positions at Talladega last year, but the first time looks an unfavorable sign. In six races with the next Gen car, the Talladega pole-sitter ended 17th or worse.

Jake Finch is the defensive winner of the 76-Round Arca race.

Jesse Love won the XFinity race at Talladega in April last year and is one of six different winners in the past six races there.

Talladega Superspeedway schedule

(All times east)

Saturday April 26

Garage open

• 08:30 – 12:30 pm – Cup – Series
• 09:30 – 17:00 – Arca Series
• 1 – 22:00 – XFINITY SERIES

Trace activity

• 10:30 – 12 PM – Cup Qualifying (Prime, MRN)
• 12:30 pm – Arca Race (76 rounds, 202.16 miles; FS1)
• 16:00 – xfinity race (113 rounds, 300.58 miles, phase 1 on lap 25, phase 2 at cloth 50; cw, mrn, siriusxm nascar radio)

Again

Saturday: Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High of 83 degrees with a 40% chance of rain. It is expected to be 77 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the beginning of the Arca race and 81 degrees with a 41% chance of rain at the beginning of the Xfinity race.