Talladega Sunday Pre-Race Schedule:

1:00:00: Intro to presentation of colors by Alabama National Guard
1:00:20: Invocation by Allen Singley, volunteer Alabama Raceway Ministries, student pastor Grandview Baptist Church, Dothan, Alabama
1:01:00: National anthem by 313th United States Army Band
1:02:30: Fly-by: Alabama State Police (3 helicopters, Semi truck flying American flag passes by start-finish line)
1:05:30: Grant Lynch addresses crowd from start-finish line
1:07:30: “Drivers, start your engines” by Sr. Airman James A. Sottile, biomedical equipment tech, Maxwell AFB
1:19:30: Green flag GEICO 500
eastern time (NASCAR.com)