NASCAR Atlanta 2019: Key information for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
It's NASCAR race day at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and we've got all the information you need to get ready for today's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, the second race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
START TIME: 2 p.m. ET. GREEN FLAG: 2:16 p.m. ET.
United State Marine Corps Brigadier General Julian Dale Alford (via video) will instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:08 p.m. ET.
TV: Fox. Pre-race broadcast begins at 1:30 p.m. ET.
RADIO: Performance Racing Network. STREAMING: Fox Sports Go.
RACE DISTANCE: 325 laps around the 1.5-mile track for a total of 500 miles.
STAGE LENGTHS (laps per stage): Stage 1: 85, Stage 2: 85, Stage 3: 155.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Singer Billy Gilman, runner-up on season 11 of The Voice, will perform the anthem at 2:01 p.m., followed by a flyover by four T-38s from the 301st Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base.
WEATHER: Decent. The Weather Channel is calling for partly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the low 60s.
LAST TIME: Kevin Harvick dominated, leading 181 of 325 laps, en route to the first of three consecutive victories early in 2018.
LINEUP: Aric Almirola gave the new Mustang its first pole of the NASCAR season as Ford swept the top three spots in qualifying.
Here is the lineup for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (car number in parentheses):
1. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford
2. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
3. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford
4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
5. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
7. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
8. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet
9. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
10. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
12. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford
13. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford
14. (21) Paul Menard, Ford
15. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota
16. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
17. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet
18. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford
19. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
20. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota
21. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
22. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
23. (38) David Ragan, Ford
24. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford
25. (47) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet
26. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford
27. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
28. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet
29. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet
30. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet
31. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford
32. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
33. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet
34. (96) Parker Kligerman, Toyota
35. (77) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet
36. (51) Cody Ware, Ford
37. (52) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet
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