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Talladega, AL

Cup Series · 2026 · RACE 34 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW · PLAYOFFS

YellaWood 500

Sun, Oct 25, 20262:00 PM local

S1 98S2 45S3 45188 laps

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Storylines · 10

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What the track usually does

Last 8 completed races here · 2022–2026 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

5.3

n=8

Caution laps

25.4

n=8

Lead changes

60.3

n=8

Leaders

20.5

n=8

Green run

26.6laps

n=8

Longest green run

63.4laps

n=8 · max 98

Margin

0.068s

n=6

Pole wins

n=8

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 54

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NASCAR has not published the entry list yet: the table shows every driver with a start in this season of the Cup Series, with the car of their latest start.

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
9Chase ElliottP	—	66	12.2¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	—	15.5¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	18.0¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	-4.9¹⁰	5⁸	16.1¹²	15.7¹²	16.2⁵	1.01%⁵	-13.7⁶	16.0³²	10.2³²	+1.0³²	3.4³²	+1.29³¹	116.1³¹	52.7%³¹	43.0%³¹	+0.56³¹	11.64s³⁰	13.4³⁰	0.03³¹	0.16³²	9.4%³²	2,182¹	2026: P4 from 8 · 0.22% off	16 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 13.0
2Austin CindricP	—	66	15.6⁸	1⁸	2⁸	4⁸	10.1⁸	4.4%⁸	—	17.5⁸	18.9⁹	19.4⁹	17.0⁹	-8.9⁸	2⁸	18.7¹¹	15.6¹¹	8.8⁵	0.60%⁵	-3.7⁶	17.6³²	9.6³²	+1.8³²	5.2³²	+0.45³¹	108.0³¹	51.5%³¹	41.9%³¹	-0.19³¹	11.10s³⁰	13.6³⁰	0.00³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	2,222¹	2026: P8 from 13 · 0.62% off	8 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.6
24William ByronP	—	65	12.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	6¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	4.1%¹⁰	—	13.7¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	15.9¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	-4.9¹⁰	5⁸	21.6¹²	14.8¹²	13.0⁵	0.68%⁵	+0.7⁶	14.3³²	11.7³²	-2.0³²	4.5³²	+0.16³¹	107.4³¹	51.9%³¹	52.7%³¹	-0.17³¹	13.74s³⁰	14.3³⁰	0.03³¹	0.22³²	15.6%³²	2,159¹	2026: P35 from 7 · 0.80% off	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.0
5Kyle LarsonP	—	64	21.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	3¹⁰	11.4¹⁰	2.6%¹⁰	—	18.4¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	17.9¹⁰	21.5¹⁰	+7.4¹⁰	5⁸	20.8¹²	8.1¹²	2.4⁵	0.34%⁵	+0.3⁶	9.1³²	13.8³²	-5.5³²	8.5³²	-1.52³¹	98.4³¹	56.9%³¹	64.4%³¹	+0.70³⁰	12.45s³⁰	13.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.16³²	9.4%³²	2,367¹	2026: P40 from 2 · 0.90% off	14 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 23.4
23Darrell Wallace Jr.P	—	62	19.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	4.7%¹⁰	—	16.1¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	+3.7⁸	1⁸	14.3¹²	12.1¹²	15.0⁵	0.74%⁵	+8.3⁶	17.1³²	11.3³²	+1.1³²	4.6³²	-1.16³¹	116.3³¹	55.0%³¹	52.9%³¹	+0.47³¹	12.92s³⁰	13.4³⁰	0.13³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	2,182¹	2026: P36 from 4 · led 3 · 1.11% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.6
20Christopher BellP	—	61	17.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	3.0%¹⁰	—	16.9¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	17.3¹⁰	19.7¹⁰	-1.1¹⁰	1⁸	19.9¹²	17.6¹²	10.8⁵	0.40%⁵	+2.3⁶	13.7³²	12.1³²	+0.3³²	7.3³²	-3.00³¹	118.2³¹	54.4%³¹	59.4%³¹	+0.12³⁰	12.36s²⁹	14.4²⁹	0.13³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	2,316¹	2026: P17 from 14 · led 31 · 0.11% off	12 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 20.6
11Denny HamlinP	—	60	16.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7.2¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	—	19.4¹⁰	26.8¹⁰	26.3¹⁰	22.3¹⁰	-2.9¹⁰	1⁸	22.6¹²	18.0¹²	8.2⁵	0.51%⁵	-3.7⁶	10.5³²	7.3³²	+2.0³²	7.9³²	+1.23³¹	95.9³¹	57.6%³¹	66.8%³¹	-0.34³¹	10.91s³⁰	11.4³⁰	0.19³¹	0.00³²	0.0%³²	2,318¹	2026: P15 from 3 · led 28 · 0.91% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.2
45Tyler ReddickP	—	60	19.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	1.8%¹⁰	—	19.0¹⁰	15.4¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	11.9¹⁰	+1.9¹⁰	1⁸	18.1¹²	20.3¹²	13.0⁵	0.82%⁵	-8.0⁶	9.3³²	11.7³²	-2.8³²	5.9³²	+0.74³¹	111.1³¹	53.7%³¹	57.5%³¹	+0.87³⁰	14.00s²⁹	18.5²⁹	0.07³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,253¹	2026: P14 from 1 · led 2 · 0.32% off	12 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.4
12Ryan BlaneyP	—	60	17.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	7.0%¹⁰	—	16.1¹⁰	18.8¹⁰	25.0¹⁰	11.7¹⁰	-3.4¹⁰	2⁸	18.4¹²	18.7¹¹	16.2⁵	0.39%⁵	-19.7⁶	10.9³²	10.9³²	-1.1³²	8.6³²	-1.16³¹	107.5³¹	56.0%³¹	66.6%³¹	+0.33³¹	12.91s³⁰	16.4³⁰	0.13³¹	0.16³²	15.6%³²	2,282¹	2026: P37 from 15 · 1.07% off	16 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 16.4
19Chase BriscoeP	—	60	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	15.5¹⁰	1.5%¹⁰	—	21.2¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	-2.5¹⁰	1⁸	19.9¹²	26.3¹²	13.0⁵	0.48%⁵	-19.7⁶	13.0³²	13.0³²	-1.1³²	6.7³²	-0.19³¹	90.1³¹	61.1%³¹	61.8%³¹	+0.59³¹	13.05s³⁰	14.3³⁰	0.13³¹	0.16³²	18.8%³²	2,302¹	2026: P29 from 5 · led 3 · 1.59% off	10 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.5
17Chris BuescherP	—	59	19.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	17.6¹⁰	2.9%¹⁰	—	18.1¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	+0.7¹⁰	2⁸	17.6¹²	16.7¹¹	17.2⁵	1.21%⁵	-4.7⁶	14.2³²	8.5³²	-1.3³²	3.2³²	-0.48³¹	103.3³¹	45.5%³¹	33.6%³¹	-0.15³¹	13.78s³⁰	16.0³⁰	0.03³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,151¹	2026: P2 from 10 · led 22 · 0.26% off	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.8
48Alex Bowman	—	59	17.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.7¹⁰	1.3%¹⁰	—	16.8¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	14.1¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	+1.6¹⁰	5⁸	16.6¹²	18.9¹¹	20.8⁵	1.16%⁵	+6.0⁶	19.6²⁸	11.7²⁸	-0.9²⁸	1.1²⁸	+0.41²⁷	111.4²⁷	29.6%²⁷	18.2%²⁷	-0.95²⁷	13.19s²⁶	16.7²⁶	0.07²⁷	0.21²⁸	21.4%²⁸	504¹	2026: P3 from 20 · 0.08% off	15 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 17.2
7Daniel SuarezP	—	59	17.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	2.0%¹⁰	—	20.2¹⁰	16.2¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	14.9¹⁰	-3.5⁸	5⁸	19.0¹²	15.2¹¹	16.8⁵	1.26%⁵	-7.7⁶	14.3³²	7.5³²	-0.9³²	2.6³²	+0.52³¹	128.2³¹	31.4%³¹	20.6%³¹	+0.45³¹	14.04s³⁰	19.7³⁰	0.03³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,152¹	2026: P12 from 16 · 0.31% off	16 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.3
6Brad Keselowski	—	59	15.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	5¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	1.4%¹⁰	—	17.5¹⁰	24.8¹⁰	25.9¹⁰	15.8¹⁰	-4.8¹⁰	2⁸	18.2¹²	15.1¹²	18.4⁵	0.99%⁵	+5.0⁶	19.0³²	9.8³²	+0.3³²	2.1³²	+0.26³¹	113.4³¹	41.9%³¹	23.7%³¹	+0.05³¹	15.99s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.03³¹	0.13³²	9.4%³²	662¹	2026: P31 from 6 · 0.95% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 18.3
1Ross Chastain	—	58	19.4¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	23.6¹⁰	5.9%¹⁰	—	17.6¹⁰	10.6¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	+0.3¹⁰	5⁸	21.3¹²	14.9¹²	15.6⁵	1.38%⁵	+5.7⁶	17.6³²	9.7³²	-1.8³²	2.4³²	-0.71³¹	118.3³¹	46.5%³¹	23.8%³¹	+1.08³¹	14.35s²⁹	16.5²⁹	0.10³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	642¹	2026: P7 from 24 · led 22 · 0.01% off	14 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
22Joey LoganoP	—	57	28.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	1¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	7.6%¹⁰	—	15.4¹⁰	20.2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	16.5¹⁰	+13.4¹⁰	2⁸	18.4¹²	14.5¹²	8.6⁵	0.45%⁵	+8.7⁶	13.3³²	11.9³²	-2.2³²	5.9³²	+1.29³¹	105.1³¹	46.9%³¹	51.9%³¹	+0.08³¹	11.14s³⁰	11.1³⁰	0.00³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	2,275¹	2026: P39 from 25 · led 3 · 1.05% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 21.8
43Erik Jones	—	57	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	5¹⁰	23.9¹⁰	3.4%¹⁰	—	18.5¹⁰	13.1¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	12.9¹⁰	-14.3⁸	1⁸	21.1¹²	14.2¹¹	22.0⁵	1.70%⁵	+1.7⁶	20.8³²	9.1³²	+0.8³²	1.6³²	-1.35³¹	119.5³¹	33.2%³¹	13.3%³¹	-1.24³⁰	14.33s²⁹	19.2²⁹	0.03³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	595¹	2026: P23 from 21 · 0.14% off	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 16.8
8Kyle Busch	—	57	17.7¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	13.5¹⁰	1.9%¹⁰	—	13.6¹⁰	19.8¹⁰	19.2¹⁰	26.1¹⁰	-3.1¹⁰	5⁸	18.3¹²	14.7¹²	19.6⁵	1.12%⁵	-15.3⁶	21.1¹²	8.9¹²	+0.3¹²	1.8¹²	+1.54¹¹	136.4¹¹	32.9%¹¹	14.1%¹²	+0.27¹²	14.19s¹¹	21.0¹¹	0.17¹²	0.08¹²	8.3%¹²	—	2026: P10 from 34 · 0.05% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 19.0
67Corey Heim	—	56	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1⁸	22.0²	18.5²	11.2⁵	0.66%⁵	+11.7⁶	22.8¹¹	10.0¹¹	+6.9¹¹	2.4¹¹	-2.40¹⁰	144.2¹⁰	37.0%¹⁰	19.9%¹⁰	+0.33¹⁰	15.05s⁹	23.0⁹	0.10¹⁰	0.18¹¹	9.1%¹¹	0¹	first start here	—
77Carson HocevarP	—	55	14.6⁵	1⁵	1⁵	2⁵	30.0⁵	2.4%⁵	—	23.9⁶	17.8⁶	16.3⁶	18.7⁶	-6.1⁵	5⁸	28.5⁶	27.8⁵	14.0⁵	1.00%⁵	+12.3⁶	12.1³²	10.3³²	-4.0³²	4.3³²	-0.68³¹	108.3³¹	41.3%³¹	38.4%³¹	+0.78³¹	14.23s³⁰	19.7³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	6.3%³²	2,187¹	2026: P1 from 12 · led 19 · 0.03% off	5 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 14.6
60Ryan PreeceP	—	55	21.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.1¹⁰	2.7%¹⁰	—	15.9¹⁰	9.7¹⁰	10.8¹⁰	13.6¹⁰	-0.1¹⁰	2⁸	23.1¹²	18.7¹²	16.0⁵	1.08%⁵	+5.3⁶	18.2³²	8.7³²	+1.9³²	3.2³²	-0.29³¹	110.5³¹	43.1%³¹	25.2%³¹	+0.01³¹	13.87s³⁰	19.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	2,140¹	2026: P18 from 11 · led 21 · 0.27% off	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 19.9
3Austin Dillon	—	55	17.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	4¹⁰	12.4¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	19.1¹⁰	26.9¹⁰	19.9¹⁰	29.6¹⁰	-5.8¹⁰	5⁸	21.8¹²	20.2¹²	17.8⁵	1.48%⁵	+4.7⁶	20.9³²	8.4³²	-0.0³²	0.5³²	+0.32³¹	105.0³¹	24.8%³¹	10.1%³¹	+0.18³¹	14.29s³⁰	20.6³⁰	0.03³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	539¹	2026: P19 from 18 · led 5 · 0.09% off	16 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 18.4
42John Hunter Nemechek	—	53	22.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	2⁶	24.3⁶	1.8%⁶	—	21.3⁷	21.6⁷	20.0⁷	25.0⁷	-0.5⁶	1⁸	13.4⁸	19.9⁸	23.4⁵	1.64%⁵	+4.3⁶	22.9³²	7.2³²	+0.5³²	0.8³²	-0.48³¹	108.0³¹	26.4%³¹	7.1%³¹	-0.94³¹	15.01s³⁰	23.5³⁰	0.13³¹	0.06³²	3.1%³²	499¹	2026: P22 from 23 · 0.47% off	6 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.0
47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	—	53	16.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	27.9¹⁰	2.5%¹⁰	—	19.5¹⁰	8.0¹⁰	9.5¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	+1.5²	5⁸	20.8¹²	11.7¹²	28.6⁵	2.43%⁵	-1.3⁶	24.2³²	9.5³²	+0.8³²	1.0³²	+2.13³¹	100.4³¹	18.6%³¹	6.5%³¹	+0.60³¹	13.98s³⁰	21.7³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	474¹	2026: P6 from 22 · led 2 · 0.00% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 15.2
34Todd Gilliland	—	53	14.3⁸	0⁸	0⁸	3⁸	18.9⁸	0.2%⁸	—	16.6⁸	14.8⁹	12.7⁹	18.8⁹	-4.3⁸	2⁸	26.9¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	23.4⁵	1.73%⁵	+5.0⁶	25.3³²	7.2³²	+4.0³²	1.6³²	+0.74³¹	109.6³¹	27.9%³¹	10.0%³¹	-0.23³¹	17.24s³⁰	25.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	557¹	2026: P11 from 19 · 0.30% off	8 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 14.3
4Noah Gragson	—	53	16.0⁷	0⁷	2⁷	3⁷	26.0⁷	0.6%⁷	—	19.7⁷	13.8⁸	16.8⁸	17.8⁸	+0.4⁶	2⁸	23.2⁹	19.7⁹	26.0⁵	1.66%⁵	0.0⁶	28.8³²	7.6³²	+4.4³²	0.1³²	+0.29³¹	109.6³¹	21.2%³¹	4.2%³¹	+0.43³¹	14.78s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.07³¹	0.16³²	18.8%³²	406¹	2026: P9 from 29 · led 2 · 0.63% off	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 16.0
35Harrison Burton	—	52	28.7⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	21.4⁷	0.8%⁷	—	23.6⁶	20.6⁷	20.1⁷	18.0⁶	—	1⁸	23.4⁷	24.2⁶	12.0¹	0.46%¹	—	5.0¹	—	-7.0¹	0.0¹	+6.00¹	340.0¹	11.2%¹	4.2%¹	-3.33¹	12.83s¹	11.0¹	0.00¹	0.00¹	0.0%¹	0¹	2024: P34 from 9 · 0.08% off	7 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 28.7
71Michael McDowell	—	52	19.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	18.1¹⁰	5.1%¹⁰	—	19.3¹⁰	22.6¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	21.3¹⁰	+5.5¹⁰	5⁸	19.6¹²	18.3¹²	21.6⁵	1.55%⁵	+3.0⁶	16.8³²	8.0³²	-2.4³²	1.2³²	+1.84³¹	106.4³¹	27.1%³¹	12.0%³¹	-0.15³¹	15.73s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.19³¹	0.03³²	3.1%³²	615¹	2026: P32 from 31 · led 1 · 1.03% off	16 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 23.1
16AJ Allmendinger	—	52	22.4⁷	0⁷	0⁷	1⁷	24.7⁷	0.9%⁷	—	25.2⁷	22.3⁶	25.7⁶	22.3⁶	+5.0⁷	5⁸	18.9⁹	27.4⁷	20.6⁵	1.54%⁵	+1.7⁶	21.4³²	8.6³²	+0.1³²	1.8³²	+0.45³¹	108.4³¹	16.7%³¹	6.3%³¹	+0.40³¹	13.61s³⁰	18.7³⁰	0.07³¹	0.13³²	9.4%³²	560¹	2026: P16 from 28 · 0.49% off	7 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.4
10Ty Dillon	—	51	17.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	26.6¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	19.9¹⁰	15.2⁹	18.2⁹	21.9⁹	+8.7⁶	5⁸	17.8¹²	18.2¹⁰	31.0⁵	2.36%⁵	-2.7⁶	30.5³²	7.2³²	+4.3³²	0.0³²	+0.81³¹	109.8³¹	13.4%³¹	1.3%³¹	+0.40³¹	14.50s³⁰	23.5³⁰	0.07³¹	0.03³²	6.3%³²	346¹	2026: P13 from 35 · 0.56% off	12 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.1
84Jimmie Johnson	—	51	22.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	11.3⁶	0.3%⁶	—	16.4⁶	5.5²	17.5²	5.0²	+5.1⁶	1⁸	21.6¹⁰	20.2⁶	25.0⁴	2.23%²	—	33.5²	0.7²	+5.0²	0.0²	-6.00²	127.0²	34.6%²	0.7%²	-4.95²	15.48s²	24.0²	0.00²	0.50²	50.0%²	9¹	2020: P29 from 17 · led 1 · 0.45% off	6 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 22.0
54Ty GibbsP	—	51	26.9⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	12.0⁷	4.1%⁷	—	20.6⁷	23.0⁸	20.0⁸	19.0⁷	+8.8⁷	1⁸	19.6⁹	15.0⁹	18.2⁵	0.62%⁵	+14.3⁶	9.5³²	11.5³²	-3.4³²	7.2³²	-0.55³¹	103.0³¹	54.2%³¹	59.8%³¹	+0.57³¹	13.21s³⁰	11.0³⁰	0.26³¹	0.16³²	15.6%³²	2,211¹	2026: P34 from 9 · led 17 · 1.25% off	7 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 26.9
41Cole Custer	—	51	22.1⁸	0⁸	0⁸	1⁸	24.6⁸	0.8%⁸	—	18.2⁹	12.4⁹	12.2⁹	17.3⁹	+3.3⁶	5⁸	19.7¹⁰	27.4¹⁰	24.2⁵	1.95%⁵	+4.7⁶	25.2³²	7.4³²	+0.4³²	0.1³²	+0.29³¹	99.0³¹	20.0%³¹	3.5%³¹	-0.41³¹	14.67s³⁰	23.7³⁰	0.03³¹	0.03³²	6.3%³²	397¹	2026: P38 from 27 · 0.61% off	8 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 22.1
91Kevin Magnussen	—	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸	—	—	27.0¹	1.22%¹	—	21.0¹	—	-6.0¹	0.0¹	-6.00¹	70.0¹	7.1%¹	2.7%¹	-1.71¹	13.62s¹	27.0¹	0.00¹	0.00¹	0.0%¹	11¹	first start here	—
97Shane van Gisbergen	—	48	23.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	25.8⁴	1.6%⁴	—	20.2⁵	17.0⁵	16.0⁵	18.8⁵	+4.8⁴	5⁸	28.4⁵	26.4⁵	16.6⁵	1.48%⁵	-9.7⁶	18.6³²	11.4³²	+0.3³²	2.3³²	-0.23³¹	113.4³¹	39.9%³¹	27.4%³¹	+0.20³¹	17.21s³⁰	20.0³⁰	0.10³¹	0.13³²	6.3%³²	718¹	2026: P20 from 33 · 0.09% off	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 23.0
21Josh Berry	—	48	27.8⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	20.5⁴	2.0%⁴	—	19.6⁵	24.6⁵	25.8⁵	10.8⁵	+6.2²	2⁸	19.6⁷	26.1⁷	19.8⁵	1.27%⁵	+8.0⁶	22.6³²	11.6³²	+0.4³²	2.2³²	+0.10³¹	97.2³¹	36.9%³¹	32.0%³¹	-0.16³¹	13.60s³⁰	21.6³⁰	0.07³¹	0.19³²	15.6%³²	550¹	2026: P33 from 26 · 1.06% off	4 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 27.8
35Riley Herbst	—	47	19.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	1⁴	20.5⁴	1.3%⁴	—	21.6⁴	27.6⁵	17.6⁵	18.8⁵	+3.1⁴	1⁸	22.8⁶	21.5⁶	25.8⁵	1.52%⁵	-12.3⁶	23.0³¹	8.8³¹	-0.1³¹	1.0³¹	-0.83³⁰	101.7³⁰	24.9%³⁰	10.2%³⁰	-0.10³⁰	14.02s²⁹	19.8²⁹	0.27³⁰	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	465¹	2026: P25 from 17 · 1.17% off	4 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 19.0
38Zane Smith	—	46	22.2⁵	0⁵	1⁵	1⁵	27.0⁵	0.5%⁵	—	22.1⁵	20.5⁶	13.7⁶	22.7⁶	+8.1⁵	2⁸	20.6⁷	26.9⁷	30.2⁵	1.92%⁵	-0.7⁶	22.3³²	10.4³²	-0.2³²	1.0³²	-0.87³¹	111.0³¹	34.2%³¹	11.8%³¹	+0.36³¹	16.64s³⁰	19.9³⁰	0.16³¹	0.22³²	15.6%³²	501¹	2026: P5 from 30 · 0.38% off	5 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 22.2
48Anthony Alfredo	—	45	16.0⁵	0⁵	0⁵	2⁵	29.6⁵	2.7%⁵	—	22.8⁶	30.0⁶	27.5⁶	30.3⁶	+1.0²	5⁸	28.3³	28.5²	30.5²	2.64%¹	—	31.0¹	—	-2.0¹	0.0¹	0.00¹	61.0¹	4.9%¹	1.8%¹	-1.83¹	8.68s¹	7.0¹	0.00¹	1.00¹	100.0%¹	0¹	2025: P28 from 31 · led 19	5 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 16.0
78Katherine Legge	—	42	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5⁸	—	—	30.0⁵	3.99%²	+4.3⁶	37.5²	2.8²	+4.5²	0.0²	+2.00²	19.0²	0.0%²	0.0%²	+0.28²	23.20s²	37.5²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	8¹	first start here	—
33Austin Hill	—	42	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	31.0¹	0.0%¹	—	19.5¹	35.5²	22.0²	36.0²	—	5⁸	24.0⁴	30.3⁴	26.0⁵	1.70%⁵	+0.7⁶	25.4²²	5.5²²	-2.2²²	0.1²²	+0.50²²	95.6²²	18.4%²²	3.1%²¹	+0.12²¹	13.98s²⁰	22.2²⁰	0.10²¹	0.14²²	13.6%²²	0¹	2023: P24 from 31	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
88Connor Zilisch	—	41	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	32.0¹	0.0%¹	—	24.2¹	24.0¹	19.0¹	3.0¹	+12.5¹	5⁸	29.0²	22.5²	23.2⁵	2.02%⁵	+6.7⁶	23.9³²	9.0³²	-3.2³²	0.4³²	+0.16³¹	85.1³¹	24.1%³¹	9.1%³⁰	-0.10²⁹	18.07s²⁹	22.4²⁸	0.13³⁰	0.34³²	28.1%³²	343¹	2026: P26 from 32 · 0.69% off	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
33Jesse Love	—	40	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	37.0¹	0.0%¹	—	25.7¹	39.0¹	40.0¹	13.0¹	+12.5¹	5⁸	—	—	28.0⁵	1.98%²	+1.0⁶	32.0²	0.0²	+5.0²	0.0²	+1.00²	129.0²	8.5%²	0.0%²	-0.30²	12.94s²	27.0²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	0¹	2026: P27 from 37 · 2.65% off	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
51Cody Ware	—	40	25.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.6¹⁰	0.3%¹⁰	—	25.1¹⁰	30.6¹⁰	28.1¹⁰	32.2¹⁰	-4.4⁵	5⁸	20.5¹¹	27.9¹⁰	30.4⁵	2.62%⁵	+3.3⁶	34.0³²	5.1³²	+4.1³²	0.1³²	-0.13³¹	68.9³¹	22.2%³¹	2.4%³¹	+0.13³¹	21.56s³⁰	32.1³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	235¹	2026: P21 from 36 · 0.12% off	11 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 26.3
66Gray Gaulding	—	39	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	33.0²	0.0%²	—	30.3²	34.0¹	28.0¹	34.0¹	-6.0¹	2⁸	20.0¹	—	36.0¹	—	—	38.0¹	—	+2.0¹	0.0¹	0.00¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.00¹	100.0%¹	0¹	2020: P30 from 29 · 2.26% off	2 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 27.0
48Justin Allgaier	—	38	35.0²	0²	0²	0²	32.0²	0.0%²	—	30.4²	18.0²	18.0²	24.0²	+18.0¹	5⁸	23.5²	4.5²	23.6⁵	0.97%⁴	—	24.5⁴	7.3⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	+1.00⁴	129.8⁴	34.1%⁴	4.7%⁴	+0.93⁴	17.79s⁴	29.3⁴	0.50⁴	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	0¹	2022: P30 from 31 · 2.31% off	2 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 35.0
78Daniel Dye	—	37	24.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	40.0¹	0.0%¹	—	30.4¹	35.0¹	34.0¹	39.0¹	—	5⁸	29.0¹	39.0¹	30.0⁴	1.88%⁴	—	38.0⁴	5.8⁴	+8.0⁴	0.0⁴	-1.00⁴	75.5⁴	7.3%⁴	0.0%⁴	-0.29⁴	16.83s⁴	22.5⁴	0.00⁴	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	0¹	2026: P24 from 40 · 1.19% off	1 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
44JJ Yeley	—	36	28.9⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	35.7⁹	0.2%⁹	—	31.1⁸	36.3⁸	33.0⁸	32.5⁸	-1.4⁵	5⁸	22.3⁴	34.0¹	29.8⁵	3.35%³	-3.0⁶	36.7³	7.2³	+7.7³	0.0³	0.00³	18.7³	8.9%³	3.9%³	-0.23³	18.09s³	26.3³	0.00³	0.33³	33.3%³	0¹	2025: P32 from 39 · led 2 · 1.86% off	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 28.9
44BJ McLeod	—	34	27.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	35.2¹⁰	0.5%¹⁰	—	27.6¹⁰	35.8¹⁰	33.1¹⁰	30.0¹⁰	—	5⁸	24.7¹²	31.1⁹	35.8⁵	2.36%³	+5.7⁶	37.8⁴	3.5⁴	+1.0⁴	0.0⁴	0.00⁴	19.0⁴	0.0%⁴	0.5%³	+1.00²	29.07s²	27.5²	0.00³	0.50⁴	75.0%⁴	8¹	2025: P33 from 38	10 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.9
44Joey Gase	—	33	28.0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	36.1⁸	0.0%⁸	—	31.8⁹	37.4⁵	31.6⁵	37.4⁵	-2.0³	5⁸	26.8⁹	36.3⁷	32.8⁴	1.91%²	—	39.5²	4.2²	+6.5²	0.0²	+1.00²	40.5²	0.0%²	0.6%²	-2.30²	22.05s²	33.5²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	0¹	2026: P30 from 39 · 3.24% off	8 st · 0 W · best P17 · avg 28.0
66Chad Finchum	—	32	28.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	38.0¹	4.3%¹	—	28.3¹	38.0¹	39.0¹	36.0¹	—	2⁸	—	—	33.4⁵	4.62%⁵	+5.7⁶	37.3⁷	3.8⁷	+4.3⁷	0.0⁷	+0.67⁶	24.7⁶	29.1%⁶	1.0%⁷	+0.12⁷	24.62s⁶	32.3⁶	0.14⁷	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	0¹	2026: P28 from 38 · led 8 · 2.13% off	1 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 28.0
62Casey Mears	—	31	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	29.8¹	37.0¹	36.0¹	38.0¹	—	5⁸	34.5⁴	38.3³	35.2⁵	2.88%⁴	+2.3⁶	32.3⁴	2.2⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	+0.50⁴	34.0⁴	18.4%⁴	1.2%⁴	+0.33⁴	25.20s⁴	31.0⁴	0.00⁴	0.50⁴	50.0%⁴	13¹	first start here	—
66Timmy Hill	—	27	28.3⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	38.5⁴	0.1%⁴	—	31.7⁴	35.3³	35.3³	33.7³	—	2⁸	25.5²	31.0²	36.0³	6.47%²	—	36.5²	0.7²	0.0²	0.0²	0.00²	5.0²	0.0%²	0.0%²	-0.33¹	18.20s²	32.0²	0.00²	0.00²	100.0%²	0¹	2021: P29 from 40 · 3.26% off	4 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 28.3
66Josh Bilicki	—	24	33.5²	0²	0²	0²	35.0²	0.0%²	—	35.6²	39.0²	35.0²	38.0²	+5.0²	2⁸	24.0³	34.3³	35.0⁵	3.77%³	+1.0⁶	36.7³	1.5³	+1.3³	0.0³	0.00³	37.0³	7.2%³	0.5%³	+0.25³	18.49s³	36.7³	0.33³	0.00³	33.3%³	0¹	2021: P31 from 34 · 2.00% off	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 33.5

PlayoffsPLAYOFFS
Race 7 of 10 of the playoffs; Kyle Larson leads the playoff standings with 2367 points. 3 more races in the playoffs after this one.
Kyle Larson
Race page
Last time at Talladega SuperspeedwayTRACK
Superspeedway, 2.66 mi. Carson Hocevar won the 2026 Jack Link's 500 by 0.114 s (6 cautions, 52 lead changes, pole Tyler Reddick).
Carson Hocevar Tyler Reddick
Talladega Superspeedway 2026 Jack Link's 500
Last year hereTRACK
Austin Cindric won the 2025 Jack Link's 500 by 0.022 s, 4 cautions.
Austin Cindric
2025 Jack Link's 500
Strong hereTRACK
Best average finish over the last 5 races at Talladega Superspeedway: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. avg finish 9.0 in 5 starts, 1 win; William Byron avg finish 10.0 in 5 starts; Noah Gragson avg finish 10.2 in 4 starts.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.William Byron Noah Gragson
Talladega Superspeedway
Wins here, this year's fieldTRACK
Brad Keselowski 6, Joey Logano 3, Ryan Blaney 3.
Brad Keselowski Joey Logano Ryan Blaney
Talladega Superspeedway
Last 3 racesFORM
Winners: Kyle Larson (Kansas Speedway); Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas Motor Speedway); Chase Briscoe (Charlotte Motor Speedway). Best form: Chase Briscoe, avg finish 2.0 (4-1-1).
Kyle Larson Chase Briscoe
Bank of America 400
Biggest moversFORM
Chase Briscoe climbed 5 spots to P4 over the last 3 races; Ty Gibbs dropped 4 to P9.
Chase Briscoe Ty Gibbs
Austin Cindric winlessFORM
P8 in points, 57 starts since his last win.
Austin Cindric
On a rollFORM
Chase Briscoe has won 2 in a row (3 this season).
Chase Briscoe
Race dayTRACK
Sun Oct 25, 14:00 local. 188 laps, stages 98/45/45, TV NBC, radio MRN.
Race page Talladega Superspeedway