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NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 2019: Schedule, lineup, TV and weather at Charlotte Motor Speedway

It’s race day at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and we've got all the information you need to get ready for Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600, the 13th race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

START TIME: 6 p.m. ET. GREEN FLAG: 6:10 p.m. ET.

General Robert Neller, 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 6:10 p.m. ET. 

TV: Fox. Pre-race broadcast begins at 5:30 p.m. ET.

RADIO: Performance Racing NetworkSTREAMINGFox Sports Go.

RACE DISTANCE: 400 laps around the 1.5-mile track for a total of 600 miles.

STAGE LENGTHS (laps per stage): Stage 1: 100, Stage 2: 100, Stage 3: 100, Stage 4: 100.

OPINION:Is a 600-mile race too long? Drivers weigh in

Fans and drivers gear up for the start of the 2018 Coca-Cola 600.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Chief Musician William Edwards of The United States Navy Band will perform the anthem at 6:03 p.m. ET followed by a flyover by 4 MV-22s from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 of the United States Marine Corps.

WEATHER: Hot. The race will begin with temperatures in the low 90s under partly cloudy skies. Once the sun goes down, the area should cool off with temperatures sliding into the low 80s. 

LAST TIME: Kyle Busch put on a clinic, leading 377 of 400 laps to win NASCAR’s longest race for the first time. Busch topped runner-up Martin Truex Jr., the 2016 race winner, by 3.823 seconds.

LINEUP: Daytona 500 pole winner William Byron, 21, became the youngest driver ever to capture the pole for the Coca-Cola 600. Aric Almirola will start alongside Byron on the front row

Here is the lineup for the Gander RV 400 (car number in parentheses):

1. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

2. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford

3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

4. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford

6. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford

7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

8. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford

9. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford

10. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet

11. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet

12. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

13. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

14. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota

15. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

16. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota

17. (21) Paul Menard, Ford

18. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford

19. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

21. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

22. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet

23. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford

24. (47) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet

25. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

26. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford

27. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota

28. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

29. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet

30. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford

31. (38) David Ragan, Ford

32. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet

33. (52) Bayley Currey, Ford

34. (96) Parker Kligerman, Toyota

35. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

36. (53) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet

37. (27) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet

38. (51) Cody Ware, Ford

39. (77) Quin Houff, Chevrolet

40. (66) Joey Gase, Toyota

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