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

TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 19: Fans hold up an American flag during the flyover peior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2014 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)

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:

1:20 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: