NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono Raceway 2018: Start time, lineup, TV schedule, more

It's NASCAR race day at Pocono Raceway, and we’ve got all the information you need to get ready for Sunday's Pocono 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race:

START TIME: Lt. General Steven Rudder, Deputy Commandant Aviation USMC; Lt. General Todd Semonite, Commanding General, Army Corp of Engineers; Major General Warren Berry, Deputy Commander Air Force Material Command; Major General Anthony Carrelli, The Adjutant General Pennsylvania National Guard, TAG, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:01 p.m. ET followed by the green flag at 2:12 p.m. ET.

RACE DISTANCE: The Pocono 400 is 400 miles and 160 laps around the 2.5-mile "Tricky Triangle."

RACE STAGES: After a successful run last season, NASCAR will once again be dividing races into stages and handing out points. Here are the segments for today's race: Stage 1: 50 laps, Stage 2: 50 laps, Stage 3: 60 laps.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: The U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, based on Washington D.C., will perform the national anthem at 1:55 p.m. ET. The U.S. Army Golden Knights skydiver team will parachute into the raceway following the anthem.

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HALFWAY POINT:Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick setting torrid pace

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: The race will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 starting at 2 p.m., with a pre-show starting at 12:30 p.m. Radio calls can be found on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio.

LIVE STREAMING: Fox is offering a live stream through its Fox Sports Go app.

WEATHER: The Weather Channel is calling for cool conditions under cloudy skies in the Pocono Mountains, with highs in the low 60s and a 15% chance of rain.

LAST TIME: Kyle Busch snapped a 36-race winless streak with his victory in July 2017, beating runner-up Kevin Harvick by more than six seconds to score his first win of the season and the first of his Cup Series career at Pocono. And one year ago last June, Ryan Blaney broke through for his first career victory in the Cup Series, also topping Harvick but by a much smaller 0.139 seconds.

LINEUP: Blaney posted the top speed in Friday's qualifying, edging Harvick for the pole.

Here's the starting lineup for today's Pocono 400 (car number in parentheses):

1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford

3. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet

4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

6. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford

7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

8. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet

9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford

10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

13. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

14. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

15. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

16. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

17. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota

19. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet

20. (21) Paul Menard, Ford

21. (38) David Ragan, Ford

22. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet

23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford

24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

25. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 172.808.

26. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford

27. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet

28. (51) Cole Custer, Ford

29. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

30. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford

31. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford

33. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet

34. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford

35. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet

36. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota

37. (7) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet

38. (99) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet

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