NASCAR: Updated broadcast info for delayed Talladega race
By Asher Fair
With the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway having been postponed, take a look at the updated broadcast information and other key details.
Following Sunday’s rain postponement, three of the last five NASCAR Cup Series race weekends at Talladega Superspeedway have seen the 188-lap race around the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked oval in Lincoln, Alabama postponed from Sunday to Monday.
The YellaWood 500 is the second playoff race at the track to be postponed in the last three years. The round of 12 playoff race there in October 2019 was suspended on Sunday, October 13 and completed on Monday, October 14.
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Last year’s regular season race at the track, which was initially postponed from Sunday, April 26 due to COVID-19-related restrictions, was suspended on Sunday, June 21 and completed on Monday, June 22
Updated Talladega broadcast information
The YellaWood 500, the second of three races in the round of 12 of the four-round, 10-race playoffs, is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET this afternoon. Be sure to start your free trial of FuboTV today if you have not done so!
Updated Talladega weather outlook
There is rain projected for later today, but NASCAR may have enough of a window to get all 188 scheduled laps in. A full weather outlook can be found here.
Who is on pole at Talladega?
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin is set to start this race from the pole position behind the wheel of his #11 Toyota due to NASCAR’s starting lineup formula. A full starting lineup can be found here.
Talladega betting odds
WynnBET lists Hamlin as the favorite at +850 to win this afternoon’s race.
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Hamlin won last Sunday night’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and he also won the round of 12 playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway last October.
Full odds among the 12 championship contenders can be found here.
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