NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway: Start time, lineup for tonight's race
FORT WORTH, Texas — It's NASCAR race night at Texas Motor Speedway, and we've got some essential information you need to get ready for tonight's Sprint Cup Series race.
START TIME: Si Robertson from Duck Dynasty will instruct drivers to start their engines at 7:38 p.m. Eastern time tonight (6:38 local), followed by the green flag at 7:46 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 7:46 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Duck Commander 500 is 334 laps around the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway for a total of 501 miles. Duck Commander is the company owned by the family in Duck Dynasty, and many of the family members will participate in tonight's race. Sadie Robertson will give the invocation, Al Robertson will drive the honorary pace car, Willie Robertson will speak to the crowd, Jase Robertson will introduce the top 10 drivers and Phil Robertson will be the honorary starter.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Another Robertson family member, Reed Robertson, will sing the national anthem tonight.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast tonight's race and has a pre-race show beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) will call the race on the radio.
WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for a 30-40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. The race is expected to be run under mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid-to-high 60s and a slight breeze.
LAST TIME: Jimmie Johnson took advantage of late contact between Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski to win last November's Texas race. And one year ago, Joey Logano beat Gordon on a late restart and went to victory lane over his childhood hero.
STARTING LINEUP: Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick made an all-Stewart-Haas Racing front row for the second time in three races when Busch won the pole on Friday.
Here's the starting lineup for tonight's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas:
- Kurt Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Brad Keselowski
- Kasey Kahne
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano
- Ryan Newman
- Paul Menard
- Kyle Larson
- Jamie McMurray
- Tony Stewart
- Jeff Gordon
- Ryan Blaney
- Austin Dillon
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Carl Edwards
- Matt Kenseth
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Casey Mears
- Danica Patrick
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Trevor Bayne
- Justin Allgaier
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- AJ Allmendinger
- Clint Bowyer
- Michael Annett
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- David Ragan
- Cole Whitt
- Aric Almirola
- Landon Cassill
- Alex Bowman
- Josh Wise
- Brett Moffitt
- Mike Bliss
- David Gilliland
- Michael McDowell
- Chris Buescher
- JJ Yeley
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Alex Kennedy