Trackhouse Racing — Good news: Ross Chastain, who won at Kansas, has four top-five finishes in the last eight races this season. … Daniel Suarez has three top 10s in the last four races at Talladega. Bad news: Chastain has one top 10 in the last 10 races at drafting tracks.

The NASCAR weekend at Talladega kicks off with the Truck Series events on Friday, October 4, followed by the Xfinity Series on Saturday. The main event, the NASCAR Cup Series race, billed as "YellaWood 500," is scheduled for Sunday October 6, at 2 p.m. ET.

Talladega is a tricky track with strict rules designed for safety purposes that can be arbitrarily applied. For example, a yellow line circles the 2.66-mile superspeedway, and drivers are prohibited from using it to gain position or to force another driver below the line to preserve position.