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NASCAR at Texas: Start time, lineup, TV/radio schedule

Jeff Gluck   | Paste BN Sports

FORT WORTH — It's NASCAR race day at Texas Motor Speedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday's AAA Texas 500.

START TIME: The Harlem Globetrotters will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:09 p.m. Eastern time today (2:09 local), followed by the green flag at 3:18 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 3:18 p.m.

RACE DISTANCE: The AAA Texas 500 is 334 laps around the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway for a total of 501 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: The Air National Guard's Band of the Southwest will perform the national anthem prior to today's race.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: ESPN 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 partly sunny skies with a high near 69. It will be a little breezy -- winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 25 mph.

LAST TIME: Joey Logano won the April race at Texas Motor Speedway to lock himself into the Chase -- one of five wins so far for him this season. And one year ago, Jimmie Johnson won the November race at Texas on his march toward a sixth championship.

STARTING LINEUP: Matt Kenseth won the pole for today's race, ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Johnson.

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

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

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