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Everything you need to know about the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

By Chase Wilhelm, Chase Wilhelm

Published May 29, 2016

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CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: The field restart during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is race No. 13 of 36 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Before drivers roll off pit road for the pace laps, here's everything you need to know about NASCAR's Memorial Day classic:

Green flag:

6:18 p.m. ET

Tune-in:

4 p.m. ET: "NASCAR RaceDay" (FS1)

5:30 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series race (FOX)

Race distance: 400 laps, 600 miles

Track size: 1.5-mile D-shaped oval

Grid size: 40 cars

Forecast: Cloudy, wind gusts of 10 mph, 15 percent chance of rain, high of 72 degrees

National anthem: Singer, actor Travis Jackson

Grand Marshal: USO Chairman General George W. Casey and 75 USO members

Honorary Starter: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin

Flyover: Four F-15s, 334th Fighter Squadron, Fighting Eagles, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC

Defending race winner: Carl Edwards

Front row: Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano

Starting lineup:

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