NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond 2017: Start time, lineup, TV, more
Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 has the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series back at a short track for a third time in four races. Here's what you need to know about Sunday's race:
START TIME: Major Eric Phillips will instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:07 p.m. ET.
RACE DISTANCE: The Toyota Owners 400 is 400 laps around the 0.75-mile Richmond International Raceway. That's 300 miles.
SEGMENTS: Beginning this season, NASCAR is dividing every race into segments and awarding one bonus point to the winner of each stage. Segment lengths will be different for every race. Also, the top 10 finishers of segments 1 and 2 will be awarded regular-season points in descending order from 10 to 1. Here are the segments for the Toyota Owners 400: Stage 1: 100 laps; Stage 2: 100 laps; Stage 3: 200 laps.
NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: Local talent Sophia Nadder will perform the national anthem before Sunday's race. Team FasTrax Skydive is scheduled to land on the grassy front stretch, followed by a flyby from the Bandit Flight Team and a flyover by two F‐18s from the Navy VFA-83.
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TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: Fox will broadcast Sunday's race beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius/XM Radio will call the race on the radio.
LIVE STREAMING: Fox is offering a live stream through its Fox Sports Go app.
WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 88 degrees.
JUNIOR WATCH: This is the first race that kicks off the retirement tour for Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR's 14-time most popular driver. Earnhardt announced Tuesday this will be his final season in Cup. He has three wins in 34 starts here, his last in 2006.
LAST TIME: Denny Hamlin won the fall race that wrapped up the regular season, holding off Kyle Larson by .609 seconds in overtime. In the spring race, Carl Edwards bumped Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch on the final lap to get around him for the win.
STARTING LINEUP:Matt Kenseth won just the 19th pole position for his 623rd start. Earnhardt will go off 12th. Here's the starting lineup for today's NASCAR race at Richmond International Raceway (car number in parentheses):
1. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 121.076 mph.
2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 120.854.
3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 120.681.
4. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 120.471.
5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 120.380.
6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 120.326.
7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 120.171.
8. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 120.144.
9. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 120.027.
10. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 119.691.
11. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 119.090.
12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 119.000.
13. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 119.697.
14. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 119.670.
15. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 119.670.
16. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 119.665.
17. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 119.638.
18. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 119.379.
19. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 119.226.
20. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 118.948.
21. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 118.896.
22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 118.640.
23. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 118.437.
24. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 117.025.
25. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 119.079.
26. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 119.011.
27. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 118.917.
28. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 118.864.
29. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 118.796.
30. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 118.369.
31. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 118.131.
32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 117.940.
33. (15) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 117.386.
34. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 117.096.
35. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 116.995.
36. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 116.939.
37. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 116.189.
38. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 82.792.
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