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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona 500 race day atDaytona International Speedway is on the horizon, and we’ve got all the information you need to get ready for Sunday's 58th running of the “Great American Race and the start of the 2016 NASCAR season.

START TIME: Gerard Butler, star of the upcoming movie London Is Falling, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 1:19 p.m. ET Sunday, followed by new baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. waving the green flag at 1:31 p.m.

RACE DISTANCE: The Daytona 500 is 200 laps around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for a total of — you guessed it — 500 miles.

NATIONAL ANTHEM/FLYOVER: The 82nd Airborne Division’s All American Chorus from Fort Bragg will sing the national anthem, followed by a flyover from the famed U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

TV/RADIO SCHEDULE: FOX will broadcast the race on TV and has a pre-race show beginning at noon ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius/XM Radio will call the race on the radio.

LIVE STREAMING: FOX is offering a live stream through its FOX Sports Go app.

WEATHER: Beautiful. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny skies with a high of 74 and calm winds with no chance of rain. Can’t beat that.

LAST TIME: Joey Logano held off Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. on a green-white-checkered finish to win his first Daytona 500 one year ago. And in July, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coke Zero 400 after a lengthy rain delay and Austin Dillon’s horrifying crash behind him.

STARTING LINEUP: Rookie Chase Elliott, taking over the No. 24 from the retired Jeff Gordon, will start on the pole for Sunday's race. Matt Kenseth will officially start second but will have to drop to the back prior to the green flag due to driving a backup car. Jimmie Johnson, AJ Allmendinger, Brian Scott and Ryan Newman will also drop to the rear of the field before the green because of crashes that required backup cars.

Here's the starting lineup for the 2016 Daytona 500: