NASCAR at Fontana: Start time, lineup, TV schedule
FONTANA, Calif. — It's NASCAR race day at Southern California's Auto Club Speedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday's Auto Club 400.
START TIME: : D.J. Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki, stars of the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation, will give the command for drivers to fire their engines at 3:07 p.m. Eastern time Sunday (12:07 local). Following a few pace laps, drivers will take the green flag at 3:16 p.m. ET. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race itself, turn on your TV at 3:16.
RACE DISTANCE: The Auto Club 400 is a 400-mile race around the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway. That means drivers will need 200 laps to complete the full distance.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: The Tenors, formerly known as The Canadian Tenors, are a vocal quartet and will sing the anthem Sunday.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast Sunday's race and has a pre-race show beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will call the race on the radio.
WEATHER: A perfect California day. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 70s with no chance of rain.
LAST TIME: Unlike this year, last year's race was plagued by weather and was eventually shortened by rain. Tony Stewart won the abbreviated race.
STARTING LINEUP: Denny Hamlin won the pole position for Sunday's race.
Here's the starting lineup for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Fontana:
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Tony Stewart
- Mark Martin
- Kurt Busch
- Casey Mears
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Clint Bowyer
- Kevin Harvick
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kasey Kahne
- Jamie McMurray
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Newman
- Marcos Ambrose
- Jeff Burton
- Aric Almirola
- Carl Edwards
- Bobby Labonte
- AJ Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- David Reutimann
- Dave Blaney
- Josh Wise
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- David Stremme
- Travis Kvapil
- David Gilliland
- Michael McDowell
- Landon Cassill
- JJ Yeley
- Scott Riggs
- Timmy Hill
- Danica Patrick
- Mike Bliss
- David Ragan
- Joe Nemechek