NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway 2016: Start time, lineup, TV schedule
HAMPTON, Ga. — It’s NASCAR race day at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and we've got everything you need to know to get ready for today's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
START TIME: Actor Robert Patrick, a Georgia native who has starred on Scorpion and had a notable role in Terminator 2, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 1:07 p.m. ET today, followed by the green flag at 1:16 p.m. So if you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV by 1:16 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 is 325 laps around the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway for a total of 500 miles.
NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: Robin Meade, from HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade, will sing the national anthem prior to today's race. She has made a couple other appearances at NASCAR races to sing the anthem. The flyover will be from two T-38s out of Tyndall Air Force Base.
TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast the race on TV and has a pre-race show beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and Sirius/XM Radio will call the race on the radio.
LIVE STREAMING: FOX is offering a live stream through its FOX Sports Go app.
WEATHER: Quite nice by Atlanta standards in February. The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies with a high of 66 and mild winds.
LAST TIME: Jimmie Johnson picked up his first of five wins during the 2015 season by dominating the latter stages of last year's Atlanta race. If Johnson wins today, he will tie Dale Earnhardt Sr. on the all-time wins list with 76.
STARTING LINEUP: Kyle Busch won the pole for today's race, but then had it stripped when his car failed inspection. Instead, Busch will start at the rear of the field while older brother Kurt Busch gets the pole. There are only 39 cars in today's race, the smallest field since Sept. 1996 at North Wilkesboro.
Here's the starting lineup for today's Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
- Kurt Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- Trevor Bayne
- Ryan Newman
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Austin Dillon
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Brian Scott
- Kasey Kahne
- Denny Hamlin
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Casey Mears
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Brad Keselowski
- Ty Dillon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kyle Larson
- Paul Menard
- AJ Allmendinger
- Ryan Blaney
- Chase Elliott
- Danica Patrick
- Joey Logano
- Aric Almirola
- Clint Bowyer
- Landon Cassill
- Regan Smith
- Chris Buescher
- Michael McDowell
- David Ragan
- Michael Annett
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Cole Whitt
- Josh Wise
- Jeffrey Earnhardt
- Kyle Busch
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