TALLADEGA, Al. (WFXR) -- This weekend, competitors will have to face one of the biggest hurdles in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs - Talladega Superspeedway - and its 2.66 miles of asphalt with 33 degrees of banked turns in Sunday’s (YellaWood 500 | 2 p.m. ET | NBC).
- Talladega is the second race of the Playoffs Round of 12, following Kansas Speedway and leading into the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- The action begins on Friday afternoon, as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opens the Playoffs Round of 8 with the (Love's RV Stop 225 | 4:30 p.m. ET | FS1).
- Saturday afternoon's United Rentals 250 will serve as the second race in the Playoffs Round of 12 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series (4:00 p.m. ET | CW).
- Happening simultaneously on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. from Toledo Speedway is the ARCA Menards Series Championship race (Owens Corning 200 | FS2).