The Team Penske duo of Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney had control of Sunday’s Round of 8 playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway. They started up front on the Stage 3 restart with 17 laps to go, in good position for at least one of them to win the race.

Friday: Sunny with a high of 85 degrees and a 4% chance of rain with winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. It's expected to be 84 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Truck race. Talladega Superspeedway will open for business with qualifying and racing for the Craftsman Truck Series.

At the conclusion of the final round of qualifying, it was Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell that topped the speed chart to claim the pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Here's everything you need to know about how to watch NASCAR's Cup Series YellaWood 500 this weekend and every other playoff race of the post-season.

Cup Series qualifying will begin at 1:30 p.m. to set the field for Sunday's 500-miler that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won a year ago. Austin Cindric won at Talladega in April to qualify for the playoffs (the Team Penske driver was eliminated after the Round of 12).

The final lap at Talladega Superspeedway turned sour quickly for Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron.It started off well enough with Larson and Byron leading in the inside lane off Turn 2,

Bubba Wallace showed why he's earned a reputation as one of NASCAR's best superspeedway racers at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.