NASCAR Cup Series
Everything you need to know for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series

Everything you need to know for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Published Apr. 17, 2016 10:26 a.m. ET

Sunday afternoon's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway is race No. 8 of 36 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Here's everything you need to know the field takes the green flag at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile."

Green flag:

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1:13 p.m. ET

Tune-in:

11:30 a.m. ET: "NASCAR RaceDay" (FS1)

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

5:30 p.m. ET: "NASCAR Victory Lane" (FS1)

Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles

Track size: .533-mile concrete oval

Grid size: 40 cars

Forecast: Mostly sunny, 78 degrees, zero percent chance of rain

National anthem: Country music entertainer Clare Dunn

Grand Marshal: Rusty Wallace

Honorary Race Official: NFL legend Peyton Manning

Flyover: A-10s, 74th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base

Defending race winner: Matt Kenseth

Front row: Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth

Starting lineup:

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