Twelve drivers will enter Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in the Chase. Eight will remain after the checkered flag falls.
Several drivers are on the bubble, including Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman.
Other than Joey Logano – who has won the first two races in Round 2 – every other Chase driver is vulnerable to elimination Sunday.
Also, the Camping World Truck Series returns to action after a two-week layoff. The Xfinity Series is off this weekend.
Here’s how the weekend shapes up (times listed are Eastern):
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
8 am – 8 pm – Sprint Cup garage open
10 am – 9 pm – Truck garage open
1 – 1:55 pm – Truck practice (Fox Sports 1)
2 – 2:55 pm – Sprint Cup practice (NBCSN, Motor Racing Network)
3 – 3:55 pm – Truck final practice (FS1)
4:30 – 5:25 pm – Sprint Cup final practice (NBCSN, MRN)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
9 am – 6 pm – Sprint Cup garage open
9 am – Truck garage opens
10 am – Truck driver/crew chief meeting
10:30 am – Truck qualifying (FS1)
12:30 pm – Truck driver introductions
1 pm -- Fred’s 250 Truck race (94 laps, 250.04 miles) (FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
4:15 pm – Sprint Cup qualifying (NBCSN, MRN)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
10 am – Sprint Cup garage opens
12:30 pm – Sprint Cup driver/crew chief meeting
1:55 pm – Sprint Cup driver introductions
2:30 pm – Sprint Cup race – CampingWorld.com 500 (188 laps, 500.8 miles) (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
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