2025 NASCAR YellaWood 500: Weather forecast for the Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway

The 2025 YellaWood 500 is officially back, and fans are in for a high-octane 34th stock-car racing weekend of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at the Talladega Superspeedway on October 19. This year's edition at the 2.66-mile-long track will mark the 57th annual YellaWood 500.

Forty NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be in action for qualifying on October 18, at 11:30 a.m. ET before Sunday’s afternoon race. The main event will be spread over 188 laps in Lincoln, Alabama, divided into three stages, totaling 500 miles.

Weather forecast for the 2025 YellaWood 500

Here’s the weather report for NASCAR’s three national series at Talladega Superspeedway, as per raceweather.net:

Friday, October 17, 2025

NASCAR Truck Series Love's RV Stop 225: High 84°F, Low 60°F, Variably cloudy, Wind 5-10 mph, and 0% chance of rain.

Saturday, October 18, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: High 83°F, Low 60°F, Partly cloudy, Wind 5-10 mph, and 20% chance of rain.

NASCAR Xfinity Series United Rentals 250: High 83°F, Low 60°F, Partly cloudy, Wind 5-10 mph, and 20% chance of rain.

Sunday, October 19, 2025

YellaWood 500: High 75°F, Low 62°F, Morning Storms, Wind 5-10 mph, and 30% chance of rain.

Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 Talladega playoff race

The 2025 YellaWood 500 iteration is set to see 40 Cup cars lined up on the grid. Here's a look at the list of drivers who will be vying to win the eighth race of the playoffs:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #3 - Austin Dillon
4. #4 - Noah Gragson
5. #5 - Kyle Larson (P)
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Justin Haley
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #9 - Chase Elliott (P)
10. #10 - Ty Dillon
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin (P)
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney (P)
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #19 - Chase Briscoe (P)
16. #20 - Christopher Bell (P)
17. #21 - Josh Berry
18. #22 - Joey Logano (P)
19. #23 - Bubba Wallace
20. #24 - William Byron (P)
21. #33 - Austin Hill (i)
22. #34 - Todd Gilliland
23. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
24. #38 - Zane Smith
25. #41 - Cole Custer
26. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
27. #43 - Erik Jones
28. #45 - Tyler Reddick
29. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
30. #48 - Alex Bowman
31. #51 - Cody Ware
32. #54 - Ty Gibbs
33. #60 - Ryan Preece
34. #62 - Anthony Alfredo (i)
35. #66 - Casey Mears
36. #71 - Michael McDowell
37. #77 - Carson Hocevar
38. #78 - B. J. McLeod (i)
39. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
40. #99 - Daniel Suárez

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Edited by Yash Soni