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USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James breaks down the AAA Texas 500.
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FORT WORTH — It’s NASCAR race day at Texas Motor Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500.

START TIME: Actor John Krasinski is scheduled to instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:08 p.m. (ET) Sunday. If you want to skip the pre-race show and just tune in for the race, turn on your TV at 2:16 p.m. for the green flag.

RACE DISTANCE: The AAA Texas 500, the second of two Sprint Cup races this season at Texas Motor Speedway, is 334 laps around the 1.5-mile track for a total of 501 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Barbara Padilla, runnerup on the fourth season of America’s Got Talent, will perform the national anthem.

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TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: NBC will broadcast today’s race. The pre-race show is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. (ET). The Performance Racing Network will call the race on the radio.

WEATHER: Sunday’s forecast calls for good weather – a high of 64 with sunny skies and almost no chance of rain.

LAST TIME: Jimmie Johnson, winner of four of the past six races at TMS, won last year’s AAA Texas 500 after leading 191 laps. Johnson led a race-high 128 laps to win this year’s spring race at Texas.

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STARTING LINEUP: Brad Keselowski won the pole Friday with a speed of 196.929 miles per hour. Also starting in the top five: Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Kyle Larson.

Here’s the starting lineup for today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas:

1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet

3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

6. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota

7. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet

8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

9. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

10. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet

11. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet