Talladega Superspeedway

• Longest oval
• Pack draft
• The Big One

Booth notes

Talladega is the longest oval Cup races — 2.66 miles, 33-degree banks, and a draft that turns 30 cars into one organism. Strategy is fuel, allies, and when to pull the trigger. Carson Hocevar took the 2026 Jack Link’s 500 for his first Cup win after a 26-car pileup in Stage 2. The Chase date is the YellaWood 500 on Oct. 25, noon Mountain, NBC. Nobody is safe. Longshots love this place. The Big One is not folklore; it is a weekly planning assumption. If you are leading at the white flag, check your mirrors twice.

1. 012026

   Carson Hocevar · #77

   Jack Link's 500

2. 022025

   Chase Briscoe · #19

   YellaWood 500

3. 032025

   Austin Cindric · #2

   Jack Link's 500

4. 042024

   Ricky Stenhouse Jr. · #47

   YellaWood 500

5. 052024

   Tyler Reddick · #45

   GEICO 500

6. 062023

   Ryan Blaney · #12

   YellaWood 500

7. 072023

   Kyle Busch · #8

   GEICO 500

8. 082022

   Chase Elliott · #9

   YellaWood 500

9. 092022

   Ross Chastain · #1

   GEICO 500

10. 102021

    Bubba Wallace · #23

    YellaWood 500

    rain-shortened

Fun facts

• Longest oval on the Cup calendar at 2.66 miles. Daytona is 2.5.

• 33° turns. The banking does the turning; the draft does the passing.

• Hocevar’s April 2026 win was his first in Cup. Stenhouse’s 2024 fall win was 0.006 seconds.

• Bubba Wallace’s first Cup win (Oct. 2021) was rain-shortened after 117 of 188 laps.

• Lore

  The Big One is the multi-car wreck the draft invents when someone flinches.

• First Cup race: 1969 Talladega 500. Richard Brickhouse won after most stars, led by Petty, boycotted over tires.