Saturday, Oct. 24, sees more on-track action at Talladega Superspeedway as NASCAR brings all three national series to the Alabama track.
The O'Reilly series race will air on the CW and stream on the ESPN app. The race starts at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday. Austin Hill will try to defend his race win from a year ago while Corey Day won here this spring. The Cup Series also will take to the track to qualify for Sunday's race.
The YellaWood 500 is at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25. Driver Chase Briscoe is the defending fall race winner while Carson Hocevar earned his first career victory in the spring 2026 race. Both are in the midst of the NASCAR Chase and looking for a win to boost their chances of winning the title.
Sammy Smith won the Love's Truck Stop 225 in the NASCAR Truck Series action on Friday to kick off the weekend.
Here's how to watch Saturday's action at the track.
How to watch Cup Series qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 24
- Time: Noon CT
- Channel: truTV
- Streaming: N/A
Watch Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR action on FUBO
How to watch O'Reilly series Progress Group 250
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 24
- Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
- Channel: The CW
- Streaming: ESPN Unlimited
How to watch O'Reilly qualifying at Talladega
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 24
- Time: 10 a.m. CT
- Channel: N/A
- Streaming: ESPN Unlimited
Saturday schedule at Talladega
- 7 a.m. — Parking opens
- 8 a.m. — Fan zone opens
- 8 a.m. — Garage experience opens
- 9 a.m. — Grandstand gates open
- 10 a.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Qualifying
- Noon — Cup Series Qualifying
- Noon — Mullet Contest
- 1 p.m. — Talladega Nights cast autograph signing
- 2:05 p.m. — O'Reilly Series driver introductions
- 2:30 p.m. — O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race (The Progress Group 250)
- 7:30 — Saturday Night concert (Brantley Gilbert headlining)
Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports, Jax State athletics, the outdoors in Alabama and more for the Gadsden Times and USA TODAY Network. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@usatodayco.com.
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