NASCAR 2025 Jack Link’s 500: Weather forecast for the upcoming race at Talladega Superspeedway

The 2025 Jack Link’s 500 is officially back and fans are in for a high-octane 10th stock-car racing weekend of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at the Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, April 27. The 2.66-mile-long superspeedway track will mark the 56th annual Jack Link’s 500.

Thirty-nine NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be in action for qualifying on Saturday (April 26) before Sunday’s afternoon race. The main event will be spread over 188 laps in Lincoln, Alabama, divided into three stages, adding up to 500 miles.

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Weather forecast for the 2025 Jack Link’s 500

Here’s the weather forecast for NASCAR’s top two national series at Talladega Superspeedway:

Friday, April 25, 2025

NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying: High 85°F, Low 70°F, Wind 6 to 5 mph, and an 45% chance of rain

Saturday, April 26, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: High 83°F, Low 75°F, 5 to 2 mph, and a 40% chance of rain

Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300: High 83°F, Low 75°F, 5 to 2 mph, and a 40% chance of rain

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Jack Link’s 500: High 83°F, Low 70°F, 5 to 3 mph, and 20% chance of rain.

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Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 Jack Link’s 500

The 2025 iteration of the Jack Link’s 500 is set to see a total of 39 Cup cars lined up on the grid. Here's a look at the list:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #3 - Austin Dillon
4. #4 - Noah Gragson
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Justin Haley
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #9 - Chase Elliott
10. #10 - Ty Dillon
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #19 - Chase Briscoe
16. #20 - Christopher Bell
17. #21 - Josh Berry
18. #22 - Joey Logano
19. #23 - Bubba Wallace
20. #24 - William Byron
21. #34 - Todd Gilliland
22. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #41 - Cole Custer
25. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
26. #43 - Erik Jones
27. #44 – JJ Yeley
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
35. #71 - Michael McDowell
36. #77 - Carson Hocevar
37. #78 – BJ McLeod
38. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
39. #99 - Daniel Suárez

Fans can catch the action-packed NASCAR weekend live at the Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday at 3 pm ET on FOX and MRN.