NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2025 Talladega Superspeedway Cup Series playoff race kick off?

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Talladega Superspeedway for the YellaWood 500. A total of 40 drivers will contest the season’s eighth playoff race over the 188 laps at the 2.66-mile-long track.

Last year, it was Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who took the checkered flag at Talladega Superspeedway after beating Brad Keselowski. The #47 driver will look to make it back-to-back YellaWood 500 wins and will start from the 37th position for Sunday’s (October 19) main event.

What is the green flag time for the NASCAR race today?

The green flag for the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega will be waved at 2:28 p.m. ET on Sunday.

The live coverage of the YellaWood 500 will be available on NBC Sports, while MRN and SiriusXM Radio will provide the radio broadcast in the United States.

Michael McDowell is on the pole for the YellaWood 500 at Dega

Michael McDowell, driver of the #71 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, took the early upper hand in qualifying and will start on the pole to lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s YellaWood 500. He won the pole with a time of 52.481 and a speed of 182.466 mph during Sunday’s Cup Series qualifying session.

Chase Briscoe will start alongside him on the front row on Sunday. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch and Austin Cindric will start from the second row.

NASCAR YellaWood 500 starting lineup

Here is the Cup Series Talladega Superspeedway race lineup:

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

Fans will be able to watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s YellaWood 500 live on the USA Network.

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Edited by Yash Soni