{"id":946686,"date":"2026-10-26T08:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946686\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T08:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:04:15","slug":"how-to-watch-2026-nascar-chase-race-at-talladega-tv-info-schedule-entry-list-cup-points-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946686\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch 2026 NASCAR Chase race at Talladega: TV info, schedule, entry list, Cup points standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NASCAR Cup Series schedule will continue Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway with the return of the Chase to NBC for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Talladega will begin a stretch of the final three NASCAR Cup Series races this season airing on NBC, which also will have the broadcasts at Martinsville Speedway (Nov. 1) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 8). The Chase, which replaced the elimination playoffs this year, is in its second edition after a 2004-13 run that included races on NBC through 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday will mark the second race this season at Talladega. On April 26, Carson Hocevar took the lead on the last lap at the 2.66-mile oval in Talladega, Alabama, to earn the first Cup Series victory of his career.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"A viewer\u2019s guide to the NASCAR Chase at Talladega: Five storylines to watch on NBC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/a-viewers-guide-to-the-nascar-chase-at-talladega-five-storylines-to-watch-on-nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link's 500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793001855_463_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With three races remaining in the Cup Series season, seven drivers are separated by less than 60 points for the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details for Sunday\u2019s race:<\/p>\n<p>How to watch 2026 NASCAR Chase at Talladega: TV info<\/p>\n<p>The NBC broadcast will start with prerace at 1:30 p.m. ET. The green flag is scheduled to wave shortly after 2 p.m. Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage.<\/p>\n<p>2026 NASCAR Chase at Talladega schedules, start timesFriday, Oct. 2312:30 p.m.: Craftsman Truck Series qualifying (FS2)4 p.m.: Craftsman Truck Series race (FS1)Saturday, Oct. 2411 a.m.: O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying1 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying (truTV)3:30 p.m.: O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series race (CW)Sunday, Oct. 252 p.m.: Cup Series race (NBC)2026 NASCAR Chase at Talladega entry list<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/8e\/d0\/2319f5db4fd787384e6b351b46b3\/talladega-chase-2026-entry-list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here for the 40 cars entered in Sunday\u2019s Cup race at Talladega.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase standingsDriverPointsGap1. Kyle Larson2,370&#8211;2. Christopher Bell2,365-53. Chase Briscoe2,346-244. Denny Hamlin2,339-315. Ryan Blaney2,330-406. Joey Logano2,326-447. Tyler Reddick2,314-568. Austin Cindric2,240-1309. Ty Gibbs2,238-13210. Chase Elliott2,221-14911. Carson Hocevar2,212-15812. Bubba Wallace2,208-16213. Daniel Suarez2,182-18814. William Byron2,180-19015. Chris Buescher2,166-20416. Ryan Preece2,159-211Who is the favorite to win the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship?<\/p>\n<p>According to NASCAR data analytics firm Racing Insights, Kyle Larson remains a 41.2% favorite to win the title (down from 59.7% before his 34th at Phoenix Raceway). Christopher Bell is at 23.9%, followed by Denny Hamlin (14.5%) and <br \/>Chase Briscoe (10.5%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NASCAR Cup Series schedule will continue Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway with the return of the Chase to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-946686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}