Two of the national NASCAR series are taking place on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. The Xfinity teams are racing at the 2.66-mile superspeedway, while the Cup teams are qualifying for Sunday’s 500-mile race. In addition, the ARCA Menards Series teams will also be on track for a Saturday afternoon race. This marks the 36th Xfinity race at Talladega, with Jeb Burton being the defending winner who has two wins at Talladega since 2021. AJ Allmendinger is the only other driver in the lineup with an Xfinity win at Talladega. Jesse Love and Austin Hill form Richard Childress Racing’s Xfinity lineup, with Hill leading the series with six wins on drafting style tracks but has not finished better than 14th at Talladega in four starts.
Chevrolet has won the last nine Xfinity races at Talladega, with Kaulig Racing delivering four of those wins while Ford has not won an Xfinity race at Talladega since 2017 and Toyota has not won since 2014. Saturday also marks the third race of the Dash 4 Cash program, with Sam Mayer, Ryan Sieg, Justin Allgaier, and Allmendinger competing for the $100,000 bonus.
Regarding the Saturday schedule at Talladega Superspeedway, the Garage opens at 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for the Cup Series while ARCA starts at 10 a.m. and Xfinity Series at 1 p.m. There will be Cup qualifying from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. followed by the ARCA Menards Series race at 12:30 p.m. and the Xfinity Series race at 4 p.m. The Weather is expected to have cloudy skies with possible rain showers throughout the day, a high of 75 degrees, and a 50% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race. Chase Elliott expresses, “We still want to be better. I think we have room for improvement.”