All times are ET
SUNDAY, MARCH 8:
RACE-DAY RUNDOWN10:30 a.m.: NSCS Driver/Crew Chief Meeting (Neon Garage)
11:33 a.m.: NASCAR Special Award Read
11:34 a.m.: Intro
Las Vegas Motor Speedway President: Chris Powell
11:37 a.m.:Intro Grand Marshal: Rascal Flatts
11:37:30 a.m.: Intro Miss
Sprint Cup: Madison Martin
11:38 a.m.: Intro Miss zMAX: Christina Davidson
11:39 a.m.: Intro LVMS Mascot: Pit Boss
11:40 a.m.: Concert: Craig Wayne Boyd
11:56 a.m.: USAF Enlistment Ceremony
12:04:30 p.m.: Intro Driver Introductions Guest Announcer: Robin Leach
12:20 p.m.: Red Bull Air Race Demonstration outside of Turn 3
12:30 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by: Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard
12:30:20 p.m.: Invocation by: Kurt Schulke, Chaplain,
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
12:31 p.m.: National Anthem by: Rascal Flatts (Large American Flag Unfurled by 433rd Fighter Weapons Squadron, Nellis AF
12:32:30 p.m.: Fly-By TOT: US Air Force Thunderbirds/Backstretch to Frontstretch
12:37:30 p.m.: "Drivers, Start Your Engines" by: Rascal Flatts
12:46 p.m.: Start of the
Kobalt 400 (267 Laps, 400.5 Miles)
ON TRACK
--3:30 p.m.: NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kobalt 400, FOX (267 laps, 400.5 miles) (
Follow live)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- noon: Announcement with
Joey Logano
-- 1 p.m.:
Jimmie Johnson
-- Post-NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series race