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NASCAR Daytona start time, lineup, TV schedule and more

Jeff Gluck  |  Paste BN Sports

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It's NASCAR race night at Daytona International Speedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for tonight's Coke Zero 400.

START TIME: This should be epic: Grown Ups 2 stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Shaquille O'Neal will give the command to fire engines tonight at 7:41 p.m. EDT, followed by the green flag at 7:53 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 7:41.

RACE DISTANCE: The Coke Zero 400 is a 160-lap race around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for a total of 400 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: The Navy Band Southeast's Ceremonial Band is performing the national anthem tonight, a patriotic selection for Fourth of July weekend.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: TNT will broadcast tonight's race and has a pre-race show beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: It's Florida in the summer, so that means it's going to be hot and steamy with a chance of thunderstorms. That's pretty much the forecast for every day in Daytona during July, though.

LAST TIME: One year ago, Tony Stewart won yet another Daytona race — the 19th he's won at the "World Center of Racing" across all series. And at February's Daytona 500, Jimmie Johnson earned his second win in NASCAR's crown jewel event.

STARTING LINEUP: Kyle Busch won his first-ever restrictor-plate pole position — in any series — on Friday at Daytona. Overall, Toyota drivers took five of the top seven spots.

Here is the full starting lineup for tonight's Coke Zero 400:

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Clint Bowyer
  4. Kasey Kahne
  5. Martin Truex Jr.
  6. Paul Menard
  7. Michael Waltrip
  8. Jimmie Johnson
  9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  10. Greg Biffle
  11. Danica Patrick
  12. Carl Edwards
  13. Tony Stewart
  14. Juan Pablo Montoya
  15. Brad Keselowski
  16. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  17. Jeff Burton
  18. Joey Logano
  19. Casey Mears
  20. Trevor Bayne
  21. Ryan Newman
  22. Kurt Busch
  23. Jeff Gordon
  24. Denny Hamlin
  25. Marcos Ambrose
  26. Kevin Harvick
  27. Jamie McMurray
  28. David Gilliland
  29. Dave Blaney
  30. Aric Almirola
  31. Michael McDowell
  32. JJ Yeley
  33. AJ Allmendinger
  34. Bobby Labonte
  35. David Stremme
  36. Scott Speed
  37. Josh Wise
  38. David Ragan
  39. Terry Labonte
  40. Travis Kvapil
  41. David Reutimann
  42. Joe Nemechek
  43. Landon Cassill

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