BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Saturday night is alright for fighting … and racing … and everything else Bristol Motor Speedway has become synonymous with over the past half century in NASCAR.

It’s race day for the Bristol Night Race and we have the actual green flag time, starting lineup and television information for one of the most anticipated events of the season in the post below.

START TIME: Drivers will be instructed to start their engines at 7:40 p.m.


ET with the green flag coming at 7:45. So if you want to skip the pre-race, plan to be on the couch at roughly 7:45. SMI chairman O. Bruton Smith will issue the command and is the grand marshall.

RACE DISTANCE: The Irwin Tools Night Race is 500 laps around Thunder Valley for a grand total of 266.5 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: The children of the drivers and crews who belong to the Motor Racing Outreach program will once again sing the national anthem.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: The Irwin Tools Bristol Night will air on NBCSN and has a pre-race show that starts at 7 p.m. The Performance Racing Network and its affiliates will have the radio broadcast.

WEATHER: The National Weather Service is calling for a perfect day of racing with a ZERO percent chance of rain. The high is 83 degrees and the low is set for 70 by the conclusion of the event.

LAST YEAR: Joey Logano won the Bristol Night Race last year -- calling it the biggest Mama Jamma of Them All.

STARTLING LINEUP:

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Kyle Busch
3. Carl Edwards
4. David Ragan

1. Joey Logano
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kurt Busch
8. Kyle Larson
9. Matt Kenseth
10. Justin Allgaier
11. Ryan Blaney
12. Austin Dillon
13. Greg Biffle
14. Ryan Newman
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
17. Jamie McMurray
18. Trevor Bayne
19. Martin Truex, Jr.
20. Jeff Gordon
21. A.J. Allmendinger
22. Sam Hornish, Jr.
23. Brett Moffitt
24. Casey Mears
25. Paul Menard
26. Michael McDowell
27. Aric Almirola
28. Danica Patrick
29. Cole Whitt
30. Josh Wise
31. Michael Annett
32. Alex Bowman
33. David Gilliland
34. JJ Yeley
35. Landon Cassill
36. Tony Stewart
37. Timmy Hill
38. Matt DiBenedetto
39. Mike Bliss
40. Travis Kvapil
41. Jeb Burton
42. Reed Sorenson