Talladega Weather Update: Rain expected to clear before 2025 NASCAR Cup playoff race

The NASCAR Talladega playoff race had uncertainty surrounding its starting time, as there was a substantial possibility of rain hitting the superspeedway. However, this is expected not to be the case anymore, as the precipitation is slated to drift away from the track hours before the race goes green.

The Yellawood 500 was expected to throw another superspeedway classic this year. Austin Cindric had emerged as the race winner at the spring race this year, but the fall race is the one that usually gets viewers glued to their screens to find out how the playoff dynamics pan out.

But, before the start of the race weekend, the possibility of rain hitting the track during raceday could not be ruled out. This concern had the NASCAR realm looking for possible alterations in the weather forecast for the race.

To the racing world's relief, the rain clouds at the 2.66-mile track are set to drift away from the race track around 8:30 AM ET. FOX Sports Motorsports reporter and famous NASCAR insider, Bob Pockrass, is present in Talladega and showed how the precipitation is tapering off as time passes by:

This should provide a sigh of relief to the fans about the race getting underway on time, and the chance of rain making a comeback remains minimal unless a sudden switch in wind and cloud patterns occurs before the race.

Starting order for the NASCAR Cup Series playoff Yellawood 500 at the Talladega Speedway

With only two races left in the NASCAR calendar before the championship goes down to the wire in Phoenix, the Round of 8 drivers would be squabbling to possibly get a race win and get themselves a championship four berth.

But all of the eligible drivers had a topsy-turvy qualifying session, which has led to a scrambled field for the start of the race:

1. #71 Michael McDowell
2. #19 Chase Briscoe (P)
3. #8 Kyle Busch
4. #2 Austin Cindric
5. #60 Ryan Preece
6. #21 Josh Berry
7. #20 Christopher Bell (P)
8. #12 Ryan Blaney (P)
9. #35 Riley Herbst
10. #23 Bubba Wallace
11. #48 Alex Bowman
12. #41 Cole Custer
13. #21 William Byron (P)
14. #17 Chris Buescher
15. #45 Tyler Reddick
16. #22 Joey Logano (P)
17. #11 Denny Hamlin (P)
18. #54 Ty Gibbs
19. #5 Kyle Larson (P)
20. #6 Brad Keselowski
21. #3 Austin Dillon
22. #7 Justin Haley
23. #38 Zane Smith
24. #1 Ross Chastain
25. #9 Chase Elliott (P)
26. #99 Daniel Suarez
27. #34 Todd Gilland
28. #42 John Hunter Nemechek
29. #10 ty Dillon
30. #43 Erik Jones
31. #88 Shane van Gisbergn
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 Burton Darwin McLeod
40. #66 Casey Mears

Fans can tune in at 2 PM ET to witness the race through the various broadcasters around the American continent.

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Edited by Geetansh Pasricha