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NASCAR at Talladega: Start time, lineup, TV/radio schedule and more

Jeff Gluck   | Paste BN Sports

TALLADEGA, Ala. — It's NASCAR race day at Talladega Superspeedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for today's Aaron's 499.

START TIME: Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will instruct drivers to start their engines at 1:07 p.m. Eastern time today (12:07 local), followed by the green flag at 1:19 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 1:19 p.m.

RACE DISTANCE: The Aaron's 499 is 188 laps around the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway for a total of 500.08 miles (the "499" is for marketing purposes).

NATIONAL ANTHEM: The Arsenal Brass Quintet from the Army Materiel Command will perform the national anthem prior to today's race.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast today's race and has a pre-race show beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies with a high near 86 degrees. There will be a slight breeze but no chance of rain.

LAST TIME: David Ragan got the upset win one year ago as he and Front Row Motorsports teammate David Gilliland scored a 1-2 finish. In October, Jamie McMurray won his only race of the season in a green-white-checkered finish that ended under caution.

STARTING LINEUP: A wild knockout qualifying session Saturday resulted in Brian Scott winning a pole for Circle Sport Racing, part of a six-car contingent of Earnhardt Childress Racing-powered cars up front.

Here's the full starting lineup for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega:

  1. Brian Scott
  2. Paul Menard
  3. AJ Allmendinger
  4. Casey Mears
  5. Austin Dillon
  6. Ryan Newman
  7. Danica Patrick
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Kurt Busch
  10. Carl Edwards
  11. Jeff Gordon
  12. Tony Stewart
  13. Brad Keselowski
  14. Michael McDowell
  15. Aric Almirola
  16. Joey Logano
  17. Michael Annett
  18. Brian Vickers
  19. Kyle Busch
  20. Jimmie Johnson
  21. Matt Kenseth
  22. Reed Sorenson
  23. Trevor Bayne
  24. Ryan Truex
  25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  26. Marcos Ambrose
  27. Clint Bowyer
  28. Michael Waltrip
  29. Kyle Larson
  30. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  31. Cole Whitt
  32. Jamie McMurray
  33. Alex Bowman
  34. Denny Hamlin
  35. Greg Biffle
  36. Josh Wise
  37. Terry Labonte
  38. Justin Allgaier
  39. David Ragan
  40. David Gilliland
  41. Landon Cassill
  42. Kasey Kahne
  43. Martin Truex Jr.

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