Talladega Superspeedway announces 2027 NASCAR Cup Series race weekends

NASCAR announced the dates for the two race weekends at Talladega Superspeedway on Thursday.

The Cup Series will come by twice in 2027, the first time on April 25 and as part of the Chase on October 31. The spring weekend will have two days of racing with the NASCAR Auto Parts Series racing on April 24. The ARCA Menards Series will join NASCAR at the track.

The fall weekend will see all three series, Truck, O’Reilly and Cup Series racing at Talladega in part of the Chase for each series. The race weekend starts October 29 with the Truck Series and continues October 30 with the O’Reilly Series.

There is still one weekend of racing at Talladega in 2026, with the Cup Series coming for the chase on October 25 with the YellaWood 500. The truck and O’Reilly series will also be racing that weekend with trucks starting on October 23.

• Saturday, April 24 – NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and ARCA Menards Series races

• Sunday, April 25 – NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link’s 500

Saturday, April 24 – NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and ARCA Menards Series races

Sunday, April 25 – NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link’s 500

• Friday, Oct. 29 – NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225

• Saturday, Oct. 30 – NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series The Progress Group 250

• Sunday, Oct. 31 – NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500

Friday, Oct. 29 – NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 225

Saturday, Oct. 30 – NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series The Progress Group 250

Sunday, Oct. 31 – NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500

• Fall race weekend: October 23-25

• Cup Series raceday: Sunday, October 25

• Cup Series Start Time: 1 p.m. CT

Cup Series raceday: Sunday, October 25

The 2026 fall weekend falls on October 23-25 with races on all three days starting with the Craftsman Truck Series on Friday. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series is on Saturday and the YellaWood 500 is on Sunday.

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.