Charlotte Pre-Race Schedule:

(eastern time)
“” 4:00:00pm: NSCS Driver/Crew Chief Meeting
“” 4:40:00pm: Military Appreciation
“” 5:20:00pm: NSCS Drivers Introductions (43 Service members will introduce the drivers from a mic on stage and walk off behind driver.)
“” 5:43:30pm: “God Bless America” by: Danielle Johnson, Speedway Superstar
“” 5:50:00pm: Armed Forces Service Medley Performed by: Central Church of God Choir
“” 6:00:00pm: Presentation of Colors by: 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Color Guard Ft. Bragg
“” 6:00:20pm: Invocation by: Douglas Carver, Executive Director of Chaplaincy for the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board
“” 6:00:45pm: Amazing Grace by: Charlotte Fire Department Pipe Band
“” 6:02:05pm: “21 Gun Salute”: Fort Bragg Firing Party
“” 6:02:35pm: Taps by: Bugler from Fort Bragg
“” 6:03:40pm: National Anthem: 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus
“” 6:05:00pm: Fly-by: 4 F-18’s from VFA 103, Naval Air Station Oceana, VA
“” 6:09:30: Command to start engines by: Dr. JD Crouch II, USO President and GM Dawn Seif, wife of Andrew Seif Silver Star winner and USO Marine of the year in 2013
“” 6:18:30pm: Start of the Coca-Cola 600
eastern time (NASCAR.com)