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TALLADEGA — It's race day at Talladega Superspeedway .
The NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 will cap off the spring weekend at Talladega on Sunday. The race starts at 1 p.m. CT on NBC.
Ryan Blaney is the defending race winner, while Tyler Reddick was victorious last time out at the track, winning the spring race. Both are looking for repeat performances to help their NASCAR playoff hopes.
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Cindric led 29 laps on the day but his day is over after Brad Keselowski gets into his bumper. Cindric was towed off the track, his day is done. A total of 28 cars were involved.
The No. 1 car of Chastain appeared to be on fire with a lot of smoke but Chastain was able to get out and walked away. Blaney tried to get the car back to pit road. Joey Logano gets caught up and made it to pit road.
Chastain and Blaney are out for the day.
End of Stage One: Chris Buescher wins the first stage
William Byron, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric and Ryan Blaney are the playoff drivers who got stage points
NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega starting order
Michael McDowell will lead the field to green after winning his sixth career pole, all coming this season.
Row 1: Michael McDowell, Austin Cindric
Row 2: Todd Gilliland, Kyle Busch
Row 3: Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano
Row 4: Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin
Row 5: Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric
Row 6: Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson
Row 7: Brad Keselowski, Tyler Reddick
Row 8: Ty Gibbs, William Byron
Row 9: Shane Van Gisbergen, Ryan Preece
Row 10: Josh Berry, Chris Buescher
Row 11: Christopher Bell, Noah Gragson
Row 12: Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr.
Row 13: AJ Allmendinger, Bubba Wallace
Row 14: Ross Chastain, Corey LaJoie
Row 15: John H. Nemechek, Erik Jones
Row 16: Daniel Suarez, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Row 17: Anthony Alfredo, Cody Ware
Row 18: Justin Haley, Chase Briscoe
Row 19: Carson Hocevar, BJ McLeod
Row 20: Zane Smith, JJ Yeley
YellaWood 500 Talladega Superspeedway race on today?
TV Channel: NBC
Livestream: Fubo (free trial): Peacock (subscriber only).
NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 race at Talladega Superspeedway will be on NBC and can be streamed on FUBO (free trial) and Peacock .
NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 Talladega Superspeedway race time today
- Date: Sunday, Oct. 6
- Start time: 1 p.m. CT
The NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 race will start at 1 p.m. CT at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
Talladega Race Day weather
As of Saturday, Oct. 5, from the Weather Channel
The high on Sunday will be 87 ℉, with a low of 61 in the morning. The temperature will drop into the 80s by 5 p.m. and even lower after that. There is little chance of rain, but there will be some clouds.
Sunset will be at 6:21 p.m. CT.
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This article originally appeared on The Gadsden Times: NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega: Live updates from race day ahead of the green flag
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