Everything you need to know about the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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:
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Tune-in:
10:30 a.m. ET: "NASCAR RaceDay" (FS1)
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Track size: 2.66-mile tri-oval
Grid size: 40 cars
Forecast: 80 percent chance of thunderstorms, 84 degrees
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}National anthem: 313th United States Army Band
Grand Marshal: Master Sergeant Larry D. Nix
Flyover: Maxwell AFB 908th Airlift Wing C-130
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Defending race winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Front row: Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon
Starting lineup: