NASCAR at Talladega October 2026: Odds and more info

This weekend, all three national touring NASCAR series head to Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, AL.

NASCAR Cup Series’ YellaWood 500

• Sunday, Oct. 25
• 188 laps
  • Stages end on laps 98, 143, 188
• 2 p.m. (All times Eastern)
  • NBC, MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90
• Last year’s winner: Chase Briscoe

Talladega will feature a full field with 40 drivers entered for 40 spots. Notable entries include:

• No. 44 Joey Gase for NY Racing
• No. 62 Casey Mears for Beard Motorsports
• No. 66 Gray Gaulding for Garage 66
• No. 78 Daniel Dye for Live Fast Motorsports

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series’ 2026 YellaWood 500

Below are the opening odds* for all drivers as of Tuesday, Oct. 20 per Caesar’s Sportsbook.

*DISCLAIMER: This article is solely for news and entertainment purposes. This content is not financial or betting advice.

• Ryan Blaney +1000
• Joey Logano +1100
• Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick +1400
• Christopher Bell, Carson Hocevar, Brad Keselowski +1500
• William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson +1600
• Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace +1800
• Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs +2000
• Josh Berry +2800
• Ryan Preece, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez +3000
• Alex Bowman, Todd Gilliland +3500
• Austin Dillon +4000
• Erik Jones, Michael McDowell, Zane Smith, Shane Van Gisbergen +5000
• Austin Hill +5500
• A.J. Allmendinger +6500
• John Hunter Nemechek, Connor Zilisch +7000
• Noah Gragson +7500
• Riley Herbst +8000
• Cole Custer +8500
• Ty Dillon +10000
• Cody Ware +15000
• Daniel Dye, Joey Gase, Gray Gaulding, Casey Mears +25000

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series’ The Progress Group 250

• Saturday, Oct. 24
  • 3:30 p.m.
• 94 laps
  • Stages end on laps 25, 50, 94
• CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
• Last year’s winner: Austin Hill

With 41 drivers entered, three will miss the race. Notable entries include:

• No. 0 Garrett Smithley for SS-Greenlight Racing
• No. 1 Carson Kvapil for JR Motorsports
• No. 4 Caesar Bacarella
• No. 07 Josh Bilicki for SS-Greenlight Racing
• No. 9 Jake Finch for JR Motorsports
• No. 32 Daniel Dye for Jordan Anderson Racing
• No. 38 Patrick Emerling for RSS Racing
• No. 39 Ryan Sieg for RSS Racing
• No. 42 Nick Leitz for Young’s Motorsports
• No. 43 Connor Mosack for SPS Racing
• No. 47 Carson Ware for Mike Harmon Racing
• No. 53 Will Rodgers for Joey Gase Motorsports
• No. 55 Joey Gase for Joey Gase Motorsports
• No. 71 Leland Honeyman Jr. for DGM Racing x JIM
• No. 87 Lee Pulliam for Peterson Racing Group
• No. 88 Rajah Caruth for JR Motorsports
• No. 91 Mason Maggio for DGM Racing x JIM
• No. 92 Josh Williams for DGM Racing x JIM

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Love’s RV Stop 225

• Friday, Oct. 23
• 85 laps
  • Stages end on laps 20, 40, 85
• 4 p.m.
  • FS1 NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
• Last year’s winner: Gio Ruggiero

Two drivers will miss the race (38 drivers entered for 36 spots). Notable entries include:

• No. 1 Corey Heim for TRICON Garage
• No. 2 Jason White for Team Reaume
• No. 4 Cleetus McFarland for Niece Motorsports
• No. 5 Thomas Annunziata for TRICON Garage
• No. 6 Norm Benning for Norm Benning Racing
• No. 7 Sammy Smith for Spire Motorsports
• No. 10 Corey LaJoie for Kaulig Racing
• No. 22 Josh Reaume for Team Reaume
• No. 25 Tony Stewart for Kaulig Racing
• No. 26 Dawson Sutton for Rackley W.A.R.
• No. 28 Bryan Dauzat for FDNY Racing
• No. 33 Frankie Muniz for Team Reaume
• No. 42 Connor Jones for Niece Motorsports
• No. 45 Landen Lewis for Niece Motorsports
• No. 56 Timmy Hill for Hill Motorsports
• No. 62 Cory Roper for Halmar Friesen Racing
• No. 76 Spencer Boyd for Freedom Racing Enterprises
• No. 77 Austin Green for Spire Motorsports
• No. 95 Clay Greenfield for GK Racing

SOURCES
Caesar’s Sportsbook, Jayski, NASCAR, Racing-Reference.info