NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland 2017: Start time, lineup, TV, more
It’s NASCAR race day at Chicagoland Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Tales of the Turtles 400. This is the opening event in the 10-race, 16-driver playoff:
START TIME: Greg Cipes, voice of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:07 p.m. ET., followed by the green flag at 3:16 p.m.
RACE DISTANCE: The Tales of the Turtles 400 is 267 laps around the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway. That's 400 miles.
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SEGMENTS: Beginning this season, NASCAR is dividing every race into segments and awarding one bonus point to the winner of each stage. Segment lengths will be different for every race. Also, the top 10 finishers of segments 1 and 2 will be awarded regular-season points in descending order from 10 to 1. Here are the segments for the Tales of the Turtles 400: Stage 1: 80 laps; Stage 2: 80 laps; Stage 3: 107 laps.
NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: Jim Cornelison will perform the national anthem followed by a flyover by 1 KC 135 from the 171st Air Refueling Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan.
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TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: NBC Sports Network will broadcast the race on TV and has a pre-race show beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. Motor Racing Network and Sirius/XM Radio will call the race on the radio.
LIVE STREAMING: NBCSports.com will live-stream the race for those who sign in with their cable/satellite provider's credentials.
WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly after 11 a.m. It will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 82 degrees. Light winds.
LAST TIME: Martin Truex Jr. beat Joey Logano in a green-white-checkered finish.
STARTING LINEUP: Kyle Busch posted a fast lap at 187.963 mph Friday. Denny Hamlin will start alongside his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate on the front row.
Here is the starting lineup for the Tales of the Turtles 400 (car number in parentheses):
1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 187.963 mph.
2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 186.168 mph.
3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 185.893 mph.
4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 185.656 mph.
5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 185.236 mph.
6. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 185.084 mph.
7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 185.077 mph.
8. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 185.065 mph.
9. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 185.039 mph.
10. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 184.024 mph.
11. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 183.949 mph.
12. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 185.147 mph.
13. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 184.641 mph.
14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 184.414 mph.
15. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 184.326 mph.
16. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 184.281 mph.
17. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 183.874 mph.
18. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 183.231 mph.
19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 182.970 mph.
20. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 182.914 mph.
21. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 182.729 mph.
22. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 182.648 mph.
23. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 181.720 mph.
24. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 184.729 mph.
25. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 181.904 mph.
26. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 181.671 mph.
27. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 181.659 mph.
28. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 181.415 mph.
29. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 181.366 mph.
30. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 181.336 mph.
31. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 180.729 mph.
32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 179.647 mph.
33. (23) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 179.235 mph.
34. (15) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 176.730 mph.
35. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 176.551 mph.
36. (55) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 176.424 mph.
37. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 175.222 mph.
38. (66) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 174.261 mph.
39. (51) Ray Black II, Chevrolet, 170.218 mph.
40. (83) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 0.000 mph.
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