Saturday's NASCAR schedule at Talladega Superspeedway for the Cup, Xfinity Series

The NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series are both at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.

Xfinity teams qualify and then race. It will be the middle race of the opening round of the series playoffs.

Cup drivers qualify for the playoff race on Sunday.

Talladega Superspeedway weather

Saturday: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 83 degrees and a 4% chance of rain during Cup qualifying. Partly cloudy skies with a high of 85 degrees and a 2% chance of rain as the Xfinity race begins.

Talladega Superspeedway schedule

Saturday, October 5th

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

• 9:30 a.m. – Xfinity Series
• 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Cup Series

Track activity

• 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Xfinity Qualifying (NBC Sports App, USA Network)
• 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Cup Qualification (USA Network, MRN)
• 4 p.m. – Xfinity Race (94 laps/250.04 miles; CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)