Saturday NASCAR schedule at Talladega Superspeedway for Cup, Xfinity Series

The NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series are both on the track Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Xfinity teams qualify and then race. It will be the middle race of the opening round of the series playoffs.

Cup drivers qualify for Sunday’s play-off race.

Talladega Superspeedway weather

Saturday: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 83 degrees and a 4% chance of rain during Cup qualifying. Partly cloudy skies with a high of 85 degrees and a 2% chance of rain for the start of the Xfinity race.

Talladega Superspeedway schedule

Saturday October 5

(All times East)

Garage open

Track activity

• 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM — Xfinity Qualifying (NBC Sports App, USA Network)

• 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM — Cup Qualifier (USA Network, MRN)

• 4:00 PM – Xfinity Race (94 laps/250.04 miles; CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)