Talladega Superspeedway hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series & NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series for their annual fall weekend. As usual, Trucks will race on Saturday in the Sugarlands Shine 250 & Cup cars will race for 500 miles on Sunday in the 1000Bulbs.com 500. Both races are at the start (or) middle of the current playoff bracket of both series. This is the final 2+ mile superspeedway race of the season - as the rest of the schedule will be contested across various 1.5 milers, Phoenix & Martinsville.
across NASCAR's regional & international tours (race discussion in the NASCAR Regional & Global Thread):
* - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park hosts the season finale for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this Sunday, as apart of the Sunoco World Series weekend.
* - All American Speedway hosts the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West on Saturday night.
Entry Lists:
Talladega
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega - 40 cars entered
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Talladega - 33 trucks entered
Thompson
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson - 39 cars entered
Roseville
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at Roseville - 17 cars entered
Other Essentials:
MRN Radio - (Local Affiliates)
Random Fantasy Racing Game
Weather Forecasts: Talladega
FOR DISCUSSION ON NASCAR REGIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SERIES + SHORT TRACK RACING & OTHER SUPPORTING CLASSES:
ARCA Menards Series
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR Pinty's Series
NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Local Racing (Late Models, Modifieds & Stock Cars)
Sprint Cars / Midgets & USAC Silver Crown
Notes:
* - All on-track sessions for the NASCAR Cup cars at Talladega will be broadcast on either NBC, NBCSN, MRN Radio (simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) & the NBC Sports App in the USA
* - International broadcast information for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series & NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series can be found here.
* - NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Roseville will be broadcast LIVE by FansChoice.TV this Saturday night
* - NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Thompson will be broadcast LIVE by FansChoice.TV this Sunday afternoon
- FansChoice.TV will have LIVE coverage from the following tracks: Langley, Tucson, Thompson (World Series - other divisions)
- NASCAR Drive features select onboard cameras during all NASCAR Cup races
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* - NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Roseville will also have a tape-delayed broadcast by NBCSN on October 16 at 06:00PM ET
* - NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Thompson will also have a tape-delayed broadcast by NBCSN on October 17 at 07:00PM ET
* - NAPA Super DIRT Week at Oswego is slated for a tape delayed broadcast by MavTV (National Speed Sport News) - date is TBA
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* - NASCAR's world championship esport series on iRacing : the eNASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series - will have it's season finale broadcast LIVE by NBCSN on Thursday night
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across short track racing (event & general discussion in local racing (or) sprint car threads):
* - Oswego (NY) has been converted to dirt, and will host NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week - featuring the Super DIRTcar Series this weekend
* - Winchester Speedway (IN) will have their annual Winchester 400 weekend, featuring the ARCA/CRA Super Series
* - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will visit a pair of tracks in Georgia - racing at Rome & Dixie
* - A pair of Indiana tracks will host 2 different 410c.i. Sprint Car series this weekend, Terre Haute will have USAC on Friday night & WoO on Saturday - Haubstadt hosts the Outlaws on Sunday
* - Las Vegas Bullring (NV) hosts their annual Fall Classic
* - Afton (NY) will host the annual Short Track SuperNationals - which runs alongside Super DIRT Week in the region. The event will feature the Short Track Super Series Big Blocks on Saturday night
* - Hickory (NC) hosts the PRA Tours, featuring the Southern Modified Racing Series on Saturday night
* - Carolina (Gastonia - NC) hosts their annual King of the Carolinas weekend - the Carolina Clash Super LM's will be in action on Saturday
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With this weekend featuring a insane amount of motorsport action around the globe, here is hot-links to the other race threads:
FIA Formula 1 | Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
Virgin Australia Supercars | Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
IMSA WeatherTech Championship | MOTUL Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta
BTCC season finale at Brands Hatch
World Superbikes at Albardón
NHRA at Charlotte
Super GT at Motegi
NASCAR Whelen Mods | World Series at Thompson
Super DIRT Week at Oswego - (featuring Super DIRTcar Series)
Winchester 400 - (featuring ARCA/CRA Super LM's)
VLN at the Nurburgring
SCCA National Championship Runoffs at VIR
NASCAR K&N West at Thompson
TCR Europe at Monza
Chinese Touring Cars at Zhengzhou
Hopefully things will be better than the last few Talladega fall races. I hate the new rules package this year, except it actually has been pretty damn great at Daytona and Talladega.
