Start time, schedule, TV schedule and more for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Start time, schedule, TV schedule and more for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

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Five races, five different winners.

NASCAR continues its surprising start to the 2021 Cup Series season towards Hampton, Georgia. Of the five winners – Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr. – only Truex, who won last week at the Phoenix Raceway, won a championship or even advanced to the final round of the NASCAR playoffs.

So, what will race 6 bring?

Here is all the information you need to prepare for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway:

STARTING TIME: 3 pm east time The green flag is scheduled for 3:19 pm ET

TV: Fox. The pre-race broadcast starts at 2:30 pm ET.

RADIO: Peformance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

STREAMING: Fox Sports Go (must have TV provider) and FOX Sports app, YouTube TV (2-week free trial), Hulu + Live TV (7-day free trial), Sling TV (3-day free trial), fuboTV (7 days) free trial day).

RACING DISTANCE: 325 laps around the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway for a total of 500 miles.

INTERNSHIP LENGTH (laps per stage): Stage 1: 105, Stage 2: 105, Stage 3: 115.

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 7, 2020.

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 7, 2020.

LAST TIME: Kevin Harvick dominated, leading 151 of the 325 laps last June for his third victory in Atlanta. Harvick led the last 55 laps, fleeing the field and beating Kyle Busch for 3.527 seconds.

QUALIFYING: There was no track qualification for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Instead, the lineup was determined using NASCAR’s new competition-based formula:

  • 25 percent: final position of the driver in the previous race

  • 25 percent: position of arrival of the car owner in the previous race

  • 35 percent: rating the team owner’s points

  • 15 percent: fastest lap of the previous race

LINE UP: Denny Hamlin, who has four first five races this year, will start on pole on Sunday with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Truex, on the front row.

Here is the schedule for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (with the car number in parentheses):

1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

2. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota

3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

5. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

6. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford

8. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota

9. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

10. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

11. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet

12. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet

13. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

14. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

15. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota

16. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford

17. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford

18. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford

19. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

20. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford

21. (42) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

22. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet

23. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet

24. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford

25. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

26. (77) Justin Haley, Chevrolet

27. (41) Cole Custer, Ford

28. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford

29. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet

30. (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet

31. (78) BJ McLeod, Ford

32. (38) Anthony Alfredo, Ford

33. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet

34. (15) James Davison, Chevrolet

35. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet

36. (53) Joey Gase, Ford

37. (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford

38. (66) Timmy Hill, Ford

39. (33) Austin Cindric, Ford

This article was originally published in USA TODAY: NASCAR in Atlanta 2021: Start time, programming, TV, streaming programming

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