Sonoma Raceway issues status update on North Bay fires

Posted on October 9, 2017October 20, 2017 by Staff Report

Sonoma Raceway officials issued a statement Monday, saying that the race track has been spared major damage from several wildfires threatening Northern California.

Fires have scorched Cougar Mountain and other grassy areas around the road course’s hillside property. Sonoma Raceway President and General Manager Steve Page said the track’s buildings are safe for now.

“All of us at Sonoma Raceway extend our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those who have been touched by the devastating North Bay fires,” Page said in a statement provided by the track. “Our facilities team and a number of local fire companies have been battling grassland fires on Cougar Mountain and elsewhere around our property, and at this point it does not appear any of the raceway’s structures or other facilities are at immediate risk.”

The multi-purpose road course and drag racing facility has hosted the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series each season since 1989. The event has been held in late June since 1998.

Thousands of residents have been evacuated from Napa and Sonoma counties, north of the San Francisco Bay area, since the blazes began Sunday. The wildfires have spread quickly, whipped by strong winds and dry conditions.

Sonoma Raceway staff said that additional updates on the wildfires’ impact would be provided as needed. Page said that he was thankful for the outpouring of support.

“We appreciate all of the good wishes that have flooded in from friends around the state and country,” Page said.

Posted on October 9, 2017October 20, 2017 by Track Release

FORT WORTH, Texas (October 9, 2017) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Texas Motor Speedway will forever be synonymous as the NASCAR superstar captured milestone victories in two national series at the world-renowned motorsports facility.

That connection from his first career wins in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and XFINITY Series coming at Texas Motor Speedway will be further strengthened by Monday’s announcement of his induction into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame during November’s AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader playoff weekend.

Earnhardt Jr. will become the 19th member inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame when he is honored during a special ceremony held in The Grand Ballroom of The Speedway Club on Saturday, Nov. 4, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. Other honorees during the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame event include Vice Chairman of NASCAR Mike Helton, Texas Motor Speedway’s winningest NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and Verizon IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe.

The Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame ceremony serves as a major fundraiser for Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas. Tickets are appropriately priced at $88 to reflect Earnhardt Jr.’s iconic No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and admission also includes a barbecue lunch buffet.

Earnhardt Jr. took an immediate liking to Texas Motor Speedway, earning his first career XFINITY Series win on April 4, 1998 at the 1.5-mile speedway. He earned the victory with a thrilling last-lap pass of Joe Nemechek and then held off Elliott Sadler to capture the Coca-Cola 300.

Nearly two years later to the day Earnhardt Jr. would strike again, winning his first Cup Series race on April 2, 2000 in the DIRECTV 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. proved to be the class of the field, leading 106 of 334 laps to become the first Cup rookie driver to win at Texas Motor Speedway. The celebration that ensued in Victory Lane on that day with he and his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., provided moments that are embedded in NASCAR history.

“This place definitely has always been one of my preferred stops because of the success we’ve had in the XFINITY and Cup Series in our first races here,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “You never forget where you won your first race and neither do your fans. I always look forward to coming here.”

Helton will receive the Bruton Smith Legend Award for his leadership in his role as NASCAR President and shaping the legacy of the sport. Helton was instrumental in expanding NASCAR to new markets, both nationally and internationally. New tracks in Chicago and Kansas City were added to NASCAR’s schedule in 2001. Later, NASCAR’s presence grew with the addition of series in Mexico and Canada in 2007. He also was a key figure in the formation of the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, N.C. Dedicated to strengthening NASCAR’s competition and safety initiatives, it is the first R&D center owned and operated by a sanctioning body of a major motorsports series.

Busch will be honored with the 2016 Racer of the Year award following yet another impressive overall performance at Texas Motor Speedway last season. For the second time in his career, Busch swept both the Cup and XFINITY Series races at Texas in the same weekend after winning April’s Duck Commander 500 and O’Reilly Auto Parts 300. The wins were his 12th and 13th at Texas Motor Speedway among NASCAR’s three national series, the most among any driver.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call Speedway Children’s Charities at (817) 215-8421 or visit www.scctexas.org.

The Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame event, traditionally held during Texas Motor Speedway’s April NASCAR weekend, will now become part of November’s NASCAR playoff tripleheader weekend. The race weekend features the Camping World Truck Series JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief on Friday, Nov. 3; XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 on Saturday, Nov. 4; and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 on Sunday, Nov. 5.

For more race information or to purchase tickets, please visitwww.texasmotorspeedway.com or call the speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500.

Posted on October 9, 2017October 20, 2017 by Nascar

At least nine teams representing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series are expected to take part in a two-day organizational test Tuesday and Wednesday at Martinsville Speedway.

The .526-mile track will host the First Data 500 on Sunday, Oct. 29. It is the opening race in the Round of 8 for this year’s playoffs.

Drivers and teams scheduled to take part in the test are Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing), Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing), Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing), Ty Dillon (Germain Racing), Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports), Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Brad Keselowski (Team Penske), Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing).

Blaney, Busch, Elliott, Harvick, Keselowski, Larson and Stenhouse are seeking to advance to the Round of 8 after having advanced out of the opening round earlier this month.

NASCAR allows only one team per organization to participate in organizational tests. Playoff drivers not on the list of those testing at Martinsville are Martin Truex Jr. (Furniture Row Racing), Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin (JGR), Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick) and Jamie McMurray (CGR). Truex’s Charlotte win on Sunday locks him into the Round of 8.

Posted on October 8, 2017October 20, 2017 by Reid Spencer

After running seventh in Sunday’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is in a precarious position heading to the second race in the Round of 12 at Talladega Superspeedway, a track he doesn’t relish.

Johnson had worked his way into the top five before a snafu on pit road dropped him to 16th for a restart on Lap 284 of 337. The driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet had to wait several extra seconds while the lug nuts on the left front tire were tightened after the car had started to leave the pit box.

“We had a similar thing happen (at New Hampshire), and NASCAR informed us that we didn’t need to back up into our pit box to complete the stop, so that’s why Chad (Knaus) stopped me where he did,” Johnson said of the pit stop.

According to a NASCAR spokesperson, although Johnson’s car was not fully inside his own pit box — the Hendrick Motorsports driver had started to pull out of his box, but jammed on the brake when a lug nut was discovered missing — it did not warrant a penalty. The reasoning for that is a safety concern, which takes precedence in this type of situation.

Having to stop, back up and affix the missing lug nut took extra time, which in effect is the penalty, according to a spokesperson.

Johnson is seventh in the series standings and a mere eight points ahead of ninth-place Matt Kenseth facing the uncertainty and potential peril of a restrictor-plate race.

Posted on October 8, 2017October 20, 2017 by Reid Spencer

For the first half of Sunday’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kevin Harvick looked unbeatable. Wresting the lead from Chase Elliott after a restart on Lap 52, Harvick swept both the first and second stages of the first race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff’s Round of 12 — his first stage wins since he swept both the first and second stages on March 5 at Atlanta.

But late in the race, when the traction compound applied to the track began to lose some of its bite, Harvick couldn’t run his preferred line as effectively and finished third behind race-winner Martin Truex Jr. and Elliott. A slow stop near the end of the race—on Lap 327 of 337—also proved costly, to the tune of four positions.

“That’s about where we were going to run, second or third,” Harvick said. “We just kind of lost a little bit of the track there as the VHT (traction compound) started to wear off in the second half of the race.”

From a restart on Lap 284 to a caution on Lap 325, Harvick chased Truex relentlessly, closing up to his bumper in Turn 3 roughly midway through the run. But Harvick couldn’t pass the eventual race winner.

“I would get close, and then I would get loose, and as the day went I just got looser on the entrance to the corners,” said Harvick, who led a race-high 149 laps. “The car started bouncing really bad and started losing grip as the VHT went away and kind of lost what I had at the beginning of the race – to arc it into the corner and do all the things I needed to do to get through the middle of the corner and be in the throttle.

“I knew where I was running was kind of questionable as to how long it would last, and the entry was the first part that gave up for me, and I just had to be really cautious getting in there. That’s why I lost my speed from the first half of the race.”

Posted on October 8, 2017October 20, 2017 by Brad Norman

CONCORD, N.C. — Eight drivers will advance to the third round of the NASCAR Playoffs, and four drivers are on the outside looking in following the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Only nine points separate Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the bottom third of the playoff standings. On the heels of Jamie McMurray (final spot), Kenseth and Keselowski are one and two points, respectively, behind the cutoff mark.

Here’s a quick look at the four drivers below the line:

MORE: Updated playoff standings | Playoffs pulse following Charlotte

9. Matt Kenseth: 3,043 points (-1 from cutoff)

Kenseth, driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota, ran in the top five early at Charlotte, but finished in 11th place — his second consecutive 11th-place finish in the NASCAR Playoffs. With Talladega on the horizon, the veteran knows his team must find more speed if they are to advance to the next round.

“It was really frustrating, really puzzling,” Kenseth said following the race. “We were running third that one run, catching both leaders and the end of the run thought we were pretty close, just wanted a little adjustment. I don’t really know what happened. We took off the next stop and it was just totally out of control. It was just so loose you just couldn’t drive it. We got a little bit better that last long run. We’re going to get back up in the top 10 there somewhere, it’s just I couldn’t restart either. It was just a frustrating day all around.”

10. Brad Keselowski: 3,042 points (-2 from cutoff)

Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Ford, completed a lackluster performance at Charlotte with a 15th-place finish — the lowest run of the current first four drivers out. He dropped nine spots from his qualifying position (sixth). The four-time Talladega winner understands what’s at stake if he turns in another average performance next weekend.

“It wasn’t the day we wanted … so we’ve got two races left to go and we need to have two strong races,” Keselowski said. “It seems like Charlotte and Kansas we have just not been able to connect what we’re looking for here the last two fall races. Hopefully, we can go to Talladega and connect with what we’re looking for.”

11. Ryan Blaney: 3,039 points (-5 from cutoff)

Blaney, driver of the No. 21 Ford, landed his highest finish in the 2017 NASCAR Playoffs with an eighth-place run at Charlotte. He also was the first to cross the start/finish line of the current first four drivers out, but was unable to capitalize on any stage points, something the team hopes to change.

“It stinks we couldn’t get any stage points, especially in that first one, but I thought we did a good job of getting better throughout the race,” Blaney said. “We were a lot better at the end of the race than what we were at the beginning. That says a lot about the team and hopefully we can keep it up and run decent the next two weeks. I’m proud of the effort to get better and the hard work, so that’s what we needed. We just need to start better.”

12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 3,034 points (-10 from cutoff)

Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Ford, squeaked into the Round of 12, but cruised to his best finish of the playoffs by finishing 13th. Like Blaney, Stenhouse Jr. did not collect any stage points in the Bank of America 500. However, moving up the grid was a crucial tactic late in the race for the No. 17 team’s success heading into Talladega – a track they know quite well.

“We definitely brought a better Ford to the track this weekend than we did … at Chicago,” Stenhouse Jr said after the race in discussing the two 1.5-mile tracks. “I’m happy with our better effort. We thought if we could be 15th to 10th it would be a good day for us. We didn’t get any stage points, which was a bummer, but we rebounded there on that last restart, which was key.”

Posted on October 8, 2017June 22, 2021 by Reid Spencer

CONCORD, N.C. – The only thing typical about Martin Truex Jr.’s performance at Charlotte Motor Speedway was the win.

The No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team screwed up in qualifying on Friday — a rare occurrence in a remarkable season for the series leader.

Truex failed to score points in the first stage of Sunday’s Bank of America 500, the first race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 12. That marked the first time since Daytona in July that Truex had finished outside the top 10 in Stage 1 of a race. But with the event winding down, the series leader was back in his usual spot, at the front of the field. Truex survived two late restarts, the last in overtime, to win for a series-best six times this season, the second time at Charlotte and the 13th time in his career.

“We qualified horribly, and I was mad about it,” said Truex, who started 17th instead of his customary position on or near the front row. (Crew chief) Cole (Pearn) was mad about it and in 20 minutes we’re like ‘All right, I think this is where we went wrong.’ And he’s like ‘Yeah, that’s where we went wrong. We screwed up, we’ll get them Sunday.’”

That’s exactly what Truex did, with substantial help from his pit crew, which picked up positions on every stop and finally got Truex the lead on Lap 234 during an exchange of green-flag pit stops where he leap-frogged past Kevin Harvick into the top spot.

“Unbelievable win,” Truex said. “Just a total team effort. Every single guy – every guy on this team just did a perfect job today, and I can’t be more proud of them—and this time of the year is just when you want it to happen.

“You dream about days like today. I don’t know if we had the best car, but we damn sure got it in Victory Lane.”

At the end of the two-lap shootout that sent the race three laps past its scheduled distance of 334 laps, Truex took the checkered flag 0.911 seconds ahead of runner-up Chase Elliott, who finished second for the second consecutive week and third time in the last four races.

“We needed to be a little better I think in the middle stage and not lose so much track position,” said Elliott, who was ninth in both the first and second stages. “That was where Martin came on and got his track position, and we lost ours, and it was just hard to get all of it back there toward the end.

“It was a hard-fought day and really, from where we were in those middle stages, I was proud of the way we fought back and were able to get back to the front. It’s frustrating to run like this. We’re definitely tired of running second. But, if we keep running like we are, hopefully the opportunities will be there.”

Still looking for his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory, Elliott has finished second four times this season and six times in his fledgling career.

Harvick ran third after leading a race-high 149 laps and hounding Truex from a restart on Lap 284 until NASCAR called a caution for debris on Lap 325. Harvick lost four spots on pit road under yellow on Lap 327 and never recovered.

Truex surged ahead from the restart on Lap 329, but Kurt Busch’s spin off Turn 2 on Lap 332 caused the 10th caution and forced the overtime. Again Truex pulled away, and Elliott passed pole-sitter Denny Hamlin for the second spot. Ultimately, Hamlin came home fourth behind Harvick, with Jamie McMurray trailing in fifth.

Truex leaves Charlotte with a guaranteed spot in the postseason’s Round of 8 and a 34-point lead in the standings over second-place Kyle Larson, who ran 10th on Sunday in one of the race’s fastest cars after two pit road glitches and contact from Kurt Busch’s car during the Lap 325 spin.

Kyle Busch squandered his advantage in playoff points when he smacked the outside wall in Turn 4 and brought out the fifth caution on Lap 136. With a resulting 29th-place finish, Busch fell from second to sixth in the standings, only 12 points clear of ninth-place Matt Kenseth, with treacherous and unpredictable Talladega on the schedule for next Sunday (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) as the final restrictor-plate track of the year.

He exited his No. 18 Toyota and rested on the infield grass from exhaustion, complaining of fumes from his damaged car. He was later release after a trip to the infield care center.

Only 25 points separate Elliott in fourth place from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 12th, with Talladega all but certain to scramble the standings before the Round of 12 elimination race at Kansas Speedway two weeks later.

Contributing: Staff reports

Posted on October 8, 2017October 20, 2017 by Staff Report

After the fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race, and the first in the Round of 12, here’s a brief look at the playoffs picture. There are two races remaining in the Round of 12 before the field is whittled to eight, with four drivers eliminated from the postseason following Kansas on Oct. 22.

Winner

Martin Truex Jr. won on Oct. 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, clinching a spot in the Round of 8 of the playoffs. The win also gives him five playoff points to add to his total, which now sits at 64.

Who’s hot

Chase Elliott. Elliott started the playoffs hot, and he hasn’t faltered yet. One week after losing the lead late in a most agonizing of fashions, the Hendrick Motorsports driver led 12 laps and ran in the top five all day, finishing second and jumping to fourth in the standings in the process.

Kevin Harvick. Harvick had the fastest car for the majority of the afternoon at Charlotte. No win, but a third-place finish with 149 laps led seems to portend that a win is coming — and soon.

Who’s not

Brad Keselowski. One of the top performers in the Round of 16 surprisingly fell flat at Charlotte, with Keselowski struggling to keep pace with his fellow playoff drivers. His 15th-place finish, coupled with not finishing in the top 10 in either Stage 1 or Stage 2, dropped him from fourth place in the standings to 10th.

Kyle Busch. How quickly fortunes can change. Busch won the previous two races, and was running up front at Charlotte when he got into the outside wall hard on Lap 135. The resulting 29th-place finish puts added pressure on the Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who is sixth in the standings, heading into Talladega.

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BUBBLE WATCH

Rank	Driver	Points to cutoff
5.	Denny Hamlin	+13
6.	Kyle Busch	+12
7.	Jimmie Johnson	+8
8.	Jamie McMurray	+1
—————	CUT-OFF LINE	—————
9.	Matt Kenseth	-1
10.	Brad Keselowski	-2
11.	Ryan Blaney	-5
12.	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	-10

Next race

The Monster Energy Series travels to Talladega Superspeedway for a Sunday afternoon race on Oct. 15 (2 p.m. ET, NBC/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Who it favors

Wins: Brad Keselowski (4), Jimmie Johnson (2), Jamie McMurray (2)
Average Finish: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (10.4), Brad Keselowski (14.9), Kevin Harvick (15.3), Chase Elliott (15.7)
Driver Rating: Chase Elliott (91.4), Brad Keselowski (88.7), Jimmie Johnson (88.1), Matt Kenseth (87.1)

Who it hurts

Fewest Top-10s in past 10 starts at track: Chase Elliott (1), Ryan Blaney (2), Kyle Larson (2)
Worst Average Finish: Ryan Blaney (21.3), Martin Truex Jr. (21.0), Kyle Busch (20.5)
Worst Driver Rating: Martin Truex Jr. (78.2), Jamie McMurray (80.8), Kyle Busch (80.9), Kyle Larson (81.0)

Posted on October 8, 2017January 19, 2022 by Staff Report

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series continues the Round of 12 in the playoffs while the Camping World Truck Series trims its field to six. Both series will be action this weekend at the unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway.

Monster Energy Series are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Check out the full on-track weekend schedule below.

Note: All times are ET

SUNDAY, OCT. 15
2:00:00: Intro Presentation of Colors by: Alabama Army National Guard
2:00:20: Invocation by: Buster Taylor, Alabama Raceway Ministries
2:00:45: Intro National Anthem
2:01:00: National Anthem: 313th United States Army Band out of Birmingham, AL
2:02:15: Flyover By: USAF Heritage Flyover, F-16 Fighting Falcon and P-51 Mustang (Turn 4 to Turn 1)
2:07:30: “Driver’s, Start Your Engines” by: Kay Ivery, 54th Governor of Alabama
2:13:00 Green Flag — Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 (188 laps, 500.08 miles), NBC (Results) (Canada: TSN 3)

PRESS PASS (Watch Live)
10:30 a.m. Jeffrey Earnhardt
11 a.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
11:20 a.m.: Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award Finalist Julian Maha
5 p.m. (approx.): Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race

FRIDAY, OCT. 13
12-12:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1 (Results)
1-1:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN 2)
2-2:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
3-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN 2)

PRESS PASS (Watch Live)
10:45 a.m.: Kaz Grala
11 a.m.: Joey Logano
11:15 a.m.: Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric and John Hunter Nemechek
11:45 a.m.: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12 p.m.: Matt Kenseth
12:20 p.m.: Chase Elliott
4 p.m.: Christopher Bell
4:20 p.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

GARAGECAM (Watch Live)
11:30 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series
12:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

SATURDAY, OCT. 14
10:30 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS1 (Results)
1 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Fred’s 250 (94 laps, 250.04 miles), FOX (Results)
4:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN GO)

PRESS PASS (Watch Live)
11:45 a.m.: Bobby Allison and Liz Allison
3 p.m. (approx.): Post-Camping World Truck Series race
6 p.m. (approx.): Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

Posted on October 8, 2017October 24, 2017 by Staff Report

What channel is NASCAR programming on this week? We answer that and provide all the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

All Monster Energy Series and XFINITY Series events are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Events that are only available on NBC Sports App are noted below.

Monday, Oct. 9
3:30 a.m., Weathertech Sportscar Championship: Road Atlanta, FS1
2:30 p.m., NASCAR 120, NBCSN
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN

Tuesday, Oct. 10
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Wednesday, Oct. 11
2 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN

Thursday, Oct. 12
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Charlotte, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Friday, Oct. 13
2 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
12 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Talladega, FS1
1 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Talladega, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 2)
2 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Talladega, FS1
3 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Talladega, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 2)
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN

Saturday, Oct. 14
9:30 a.m., NASCAR Race Classic: The 1997 Daytona 500, FS1
10 a.m., 100,000 Cameras: Talladega, FS1
10:30 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying at Talladega, FS1
12:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Pre-Race Show, FOX
1 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola at Talladega, FOX
4 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)

Sunday, Oct. 15
7 a.m., Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge: Road Atlanta, FS1
11:30 a.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
1 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green, NBC
2 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 at Talladega, NBC (Canada: TSN 3)
6 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show at Talladega, NBCSN
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Victory Lap, NBCSN
11:30 p.m., NASCAR Victory Lane, FS1