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NASCAR at Phoenix: Start time, lineup, TV schedule

Jeff Gluck   | Paste BN Sports
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AVONDALE, Ariz. — It's NASCAR race day at Phoenix International Raceway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday's CampingWorld.com 500 Sprint Cup Series race.

START TIME: Brad Woods, Camping World's national training director, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:38 p.m. Eastern time today (12:38 local), followed by the green flag at 3:45 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 3:45 p.m. ET.

RACE DISTANCE: The CampingWorld.com 500 is not 500 miles — that would take a very long time — but actually 312 miles (500 kilometers). That's 312 laps around the 1-mile Phoenix International Raceway.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Singer/songwriter Tori Kelly will perform the national anthem today.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast today's race and will come on the air at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for a warm day in the Valley of the Sun, with a high of 85 degrees under sunny skies.

LAST TIME: Kevin Harvick, Kevin Harvick, Kevin Harvick. Harvick has won three straight races at Phoenix and four of the last five. In November, his clutch win propelled him into NASCAR's championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which he also won.

STARTING LINEUP: You guessed it — it's Harvick again. Harvick won the pole for the Phoenix race on Friday and was also fastest in the final practice on Saturday.

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

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

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