The next NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway is the YellaWood 500 on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. ET on NBC. Carson Hocevar won the most recent Talladega race, the Jack Link’s 500 on April 26, 2026, ahead of Chris Buescher and Alex Bowman.
Talladega races, this fall and next year
- YellaWood 500: Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET, NBC, with MRN and SiriusXM on radio
- Jack Link’s 500: Sunday, April 25, 2027
- YellaWood 500: Sunday, October 31, 2027
- Distance: 188 laps and 500.08 miles at both races
- Track: 2.66-mile asphalt superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, banked 33 degrees in the turns and 16.5 on the frontstretch
Both Talladega races run the full 500 miles. This fall’s race comes a week after Phoenix on October 18 and a week before Martinsville on November 1, with the season finale at Homestead-Miami on November 8.
How the last two Talladega races finished
| Finish | YellaWood 500, Oct. 19, 2025 | Jack Link’s 500, April 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Briscoe | Carson Hocevar |
| 2 | Todd Gilliland | Chris Buescher |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | Alex Bowman |
| 4 | Bubba Wallace | Chase Elliott |
| 5 | Cole Custer | Zane Smith |
No driver finished in the top five in both. Briscoe won in October 2025, and six months later the top five was five different names. That is Talladega: a pack race where one wreck late can reorder the field.
Recent Talladega winners
| Season | Spring race | Fall race |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Carson Hocevar | October 25 |
| 2025 | Austin Cindric | Chase Briscoe |
| 2024 | Tyler Reddick | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 2023 | Kyle Busch | Ryan Blaney |
Seven races since April 2023, seven different winners. Brad Keselowski finished second in both 2024 races and did not win either. Blaney was second in the spring of 2023 and won that October.
Betting NASCAR at Talladega
No price on the YellaWood 500 is quoted here. As of September 25, 2026, we have no market for it that we can source and date.
When the board goes up, read each price as a chance. A driver at +1000 is priced at 9.1%, one at +2000 at 4.8% and one at +4000 at 2.4%. At a track where seven races have produced seven winners, a short price buys less than it does at a track that repeats. A bet is worth making only when you rate a driver’s chance higher than the price does, and top-10 and head-to-head markets let you back a driver who runs at the front without needing him to survive the last lap in first.
Our NASCAR picks this week cover each race as it comes, and the NASCAR race results page has every finish. The Daytona 500 has its own page, NASCAR track types explained compares superspeedways with the rest, and the NASCAR championship odds follow the title race. For paid race picks, compare the best NASCAR handicappers and read our handicapper site reviews first.