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NASCAR at Sonoma: Start time, lineup, TV schedule, more

Jeff Gluck   | Paste BN Sports

SONOMA, Calif. — It's NASCAR race day at Sonoma Raceway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for today's Toyota/Save Mart 350.

START TIME: Baseball Hall of Famer Vida Blue will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:08 p.m. Eastern time today (12:08 local), followed by the green flag at 3:20 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 3:20 p.m.

RACE DISTANCE: The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is actually 350 kilometers, not 350 miles. That means drivers will need to complete 110 laps around the 1.99-mile Sonoma Raceway for a total of 218.9 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Broadway star Carrie Manolakos will sing the national anthem before today's race.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: TNT will broadcast today's race and has a pre-race show beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for a typically beautiful Northern California day: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 80 degrees and a light breeze.

LAST TIME: Martin Truex Jr. became the latest surprise Sonoma winner -- the ninth different winner at this track in nine races. Michael Waltrip Racing has won two straight Sonoma races (Clint Bowyer, 2012).

STARTING LINEUP: Jamie McMurray won the Sonoma pole for the second straight year ahead of Northern California natives AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Larson.

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

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

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