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NASCAR at Atlanta spring 2021: Start time, lineup, TV schedule and more for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY
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Five races, five different winners.

NASCAR continues its surprising start to the 2021 Cup Series season as it heads to Hampton, Georgia. Of the five winners — Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr. — only Truex, who won last week at Phoenix Raceway, has won a championship or even advanced to the final round of NASCAR's playoffs.

So, what will race No. 6 bring?

Here's all the information you need to get ready for Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway:

START TIME: 3 p.m. ET. Green flag is scheduled for 3:19 p.m. ET.

TV: Fox. Pre-race broadcast begins at 2:30 p.m. ET.

RADIO: Peformance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

STREAMING: Fox Sports Go (must have TV provider) and FOX Sports app.

RACE DISTANCE: 325 laps around the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway for a total of 500 miles.

STAGE LENGTHS (laps per stage): Stage 1: 105, Stage 2: 105, Stage 3: 115.

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 7, 2020.
Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 7, 2020.

LAST TIME: Kevin Harvick dominated, leading 151 of 325 laps last June for his third win at Atlanta. Harvick led the final 55 laps, running away from the field and beating Kyle Busch by 3.527 seconds.

QUALIFYING: There was no on-track qualifying for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Instead, the lineup was determined by using NASCAR’s new competition-based formula:

  • 25 percent: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race

  • 25 percent: Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race

  • 35 percent: Team owner points ranking

  • 15 percent: Fastest lap from the previous race

LINEUP: Denny Hamlin, who has four top-fives in five races this year, will start on the pole Sunday with Truex, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, alongside on the front row.

Here is the lineup for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (with car number in parentheses):

1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

2. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota

3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford

5. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

6. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford

8. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota

9. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

10. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

11. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet

12. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet

13. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

14. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

15. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota

16. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford

17. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford

18. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford

19. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota

20. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford

21. (42) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

22. (43) Erik Jones, Chevrolet

23. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet

24. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford

25. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

26. (77) Justin Haley, Chevrolet

27. (41) Cole Custer, Ford

28. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford

29. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet

30. (7) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet

31. (78) BJ McLeod, Ford

32. (38) Anthony Alfredo, Ford

33. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet

34. (15) James Davison, Chevrolet

35. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet

36. (53) Joey Gase, Ford

37. (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford

38. (66) Timmy Hill, Ford

39. (33) Austin Cindric, Ford

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NASCAR at Atlanta 2021: Start time, lineup, TV, streaming schedule