Tonight’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is race No. 13 of 36 of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Get ready for NASCAR’s longest race of the year with everything you need to know:

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The green flag will drop on the Coca-Cola 600 at 6:18 p.m. ET.

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NASCAR RaceDay: 4:30 p.m. ET (FS1)

Coca-Cola 600: 5:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

Monster Energy Series drivers will complete 600 miles in 400 laps in NASCAR’s longest race of the year. Stages will end at Lap 100, 200, 300 and 400.

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Charlotte Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile quad-oval with 24 degrees of banking in the turns.

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It will be a 40-car field for tonight’s race at Charlotte.

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Today’s forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon and a high of 87 degrees.

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Actor Channing Tatum will serve as Grand Marhsal and give drivers the command to start engines.

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The 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus from Fort Bragg, North Carolina will perform the National Anthem.

Greenwood will perform “God Bless the U.S.A” during pre-race ceremonies.

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F-16 fighter jets from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base will soar over Charlotte Motor Speedway during the National Anthem.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will compete in his final Coca-Cola 600 after announcing his retirement from full-time Monster Energy Series racing at the end of the 2017 season.

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Martin Truex Jr. is the defending winner of the Coca-Cola 600 after leading a record-setting 392 of 400 laps in last year’s event.

Kevin Harvick (above) and Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag in tonight’s race.

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See above for the full Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup.