CONCORD, N.C. — It’s NASCAR race day at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and we’ve got all the information you need to get ready for tonight's Coca-Cola 600.
START TIME: Retired Gen. George Casey Jr., chairman of the USO, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 6:09 p.m. ET tonight, followed by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin waving the green flag at 6:18 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's longest race by distance, is 400 laps around the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for a total of 600 miles.
NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: The 82nd Airborne Division’s All American Chorus from Fort Bragg will sing the national anthem, followed by a flyover from four F-15s.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast the race on TV and has a pre-race show beginning at 5:30 ET. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius/XM will broadcast the race on the radio.
LIVE STREAMING: FOX is offering a live stream through its FOX Sports Go app.
WEATHER: Iffy. There's a chance of rain in the area due to a tropical system moving up the Carolina coast on Sunday.
LAST TIME: Joey Logano has won the last two Charlotte races -- in October during the Chase for the Sprint Cup and last week at the Sprint All-Star Race. And one year ago, Carl Edwards won the Coke 600 on a fuel mileage gamble that paid off.
STARTING LINEUP: Martin Truex Jr. won his second pole position of the season and will try to score his first victory of the year.
Here's the starting lineup for the 2016 Coke 600:
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Denny Hamlin
- Brad Keselowski
- Greg Biffle
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Trevor Bayne
- Paul Menard
- Chase Elliott
- Kurt Busch
- Ryan Newman
- AJ Allmendinger
- Kyle Busch
- Casey Mears
- Ryan Blaney
- Danica Patrick
- Aric Almirola
- Tony Stewart
- Chris Buescher
- Jamie McMurray
- Kyle Larson
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
- Austin Dillon
- Kasey Kahne
- Brian Scott
- Regan Smith
- Michael McDowell
- Landon Cassill
- Matt DiBenedetto
- David Ragan
- Cole Whitt
- Josh Wise
- Michael Annett
- Jeffrey Earnhardt
- Reed Sorenson
