It’s NASCAR race day at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday's Bank of America Roval 400, the third playoff race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

START TIME: Carolina Panther’s head coach Ron Rivera will instruct drivers to start their engines at 2:07 p.m. ET followed by the green flag at 2:19 p.m. ET.

RACE DISTANCE: The Bank of America Roval 400 is 109 laps around the 17-turn, 2.28-mile roval — a part oval, part road course circuit — for a total of 248.52 miles.

RACE STAGES: After a successful run last season, NASCAR will once again be dividing races into stages and handing out points. Here are the segments for today's Cup race: Stage 1: 25 laps, Stage 2: 25 laps, Stage 3: 59 laps.

PLAYOFFS: Today's race is the third overall playoff race and the final one of the first round. Following the race, the bottom four of the 16 playoff drivers will be eliminated from championship contention while 12 move on to the second round, beginning next Sunday at Dover International Speedway. Clint Bowyer (13th), Jimmie Johnson (14th), Erik Jones (15th) and Denny Hamlin (16th) are currently below the cutline.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Jordan Smith, winner of season 9 of The Voice, will perform the national anthem at 2:01 p.m. ET, followed by a flyover by a C-17 of the North Carolina Air National Guard 145th Fighter Wing.

TV RADIO SCHEDULE: The race will be broadcast on NBC starting at 2 p.m. ET, with a pre-show beginning at 1 p.m. ET. Radio calls can be found on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio.

LIVE STREAMING: NBCSports.com will live-stream the race for those who sign in with their cable/satellite provider's credentials.

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WEATHER: Pleasant. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with temperatures in the high 70s and little to no chance of rain.

LAST TIME: This is the inaugural "roval" race, but the last time Cup drivers raced at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch led 377 of 400 laps in May's Coca-Cola 600 for his first win at the track in a points race. And one year ago in the Charlotte playoff race, Martin Truex Jr. led the final 57 laps and 91 overall on his way to the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship.

LINEUP: Playoff driver Kurt Busch claimed his fourth pole of the season and the 26th of his career, beating out road course ace AJ Allmendinger in Friday's qualifying session. Playoff drivers occupy six of the top seven starting spots.

Here is the starting lineup for the Bank of America Roval 400 (car number in parentheses):

1. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford

2. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

3. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

4. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

7. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford

8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet

9. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

10. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet

11. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet

12. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota

13. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

14. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

15. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

16. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford

17. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota

18. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford

19. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford

20. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford

21. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

22. (21) Paul Menard, Ford

23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford

24. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

25. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

26. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

27. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

28. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford

29. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet

30. (38) David Ragan, Ford

31. (15) Justin Marks, Chevrolet

32. (95) Regan Smith, Chevrolet

33. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet

34. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet

35. (7) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

36. (23) JJ Yeley, Toyota

37. (96) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota

38. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet

39. (51) Stanton Barrett, Ford

40. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota