NASCAR Cup Series

Everything you need to know about the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

Published May. 1, 2016 9:21 a.m. ET

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Sunday's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway is race No. 10 of 36 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Here's everything you need to know before drivers take the green flag.

Green flag:

1:02 p.m. ET

Tune-in:

10:30 a.m. ET: "NASCAR RaceDay" (FS1)

12:30 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series race (FOX)

12 a.m. ET: "NASCAR Victory Lane" (FS1)

Race distance: 188 laps, 500.08 miles

Track size: 2.66-mile tri-oval

Grid size: 40 cars

Forecast: 80 percent chance of thunderstorms, 84 degrees

National anthem: 313th United States Army Band

Grand Marshal: Master Sergeant Larry D. Nix

Flyover: Maxwell AFB 908th Airlift Wing C-130

Defending race winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Front row: Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon

Starting lineup:

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