NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2024 Homestead-Miami Speedway Cup Series playoff race kick off?

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the second race of the Round of 8 playoffs, the Straight Talk Wireless 400. The Homestead-Miami Cup Series playoff race will be contested between 38 drivers for 267 laps at the 1.5-mile track.

Joey Logano locked his championship 4 spot last week at Las Vegas, leaving three spots among seven drivers. With only two races left before the Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway, there is no room for mistake for playoff drivers. Drivers who are below the elimination line are Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, and Chase Elliott.

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What is the green flag time for NASCAR race today?

The green flag for the NASCAR Cup Series Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway is set to wave at 2:35 pm ET on Sunday (October 27).

The live action of Sunday’s Homestead-Miami NASCAR race can be watched on NBC Sports, while radio coverage will be available at MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio in the United States.

Last year, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell emerged victorious at the Homestead race while Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick grabbed the podium finish.

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Tyler Reddick is on the pole for Homestead-Miami race

The #45 Toyota 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick took the early upper hand among the playoff drivers by winning the pole for Sunday’s Homestead-Miami playoff race. He scored the pole with a time of 32.248 and a speed of 167.452 mph. He also had the fastest car in the practice session with a speed of 167.770 mph.

Kyle Larson will start alongside Reddick in the front row.

Homestead-Miami playoff race starting lineup:

1. #45 - Tyler Reddick
2. #5 - Kyle Larson
3. #20 - Christopher Bell
4. #11 - Denny Hamlin
5. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
6. #19 - Martin Truex, Jr.
7. #9 - Chase Elliott
8. #23 - Bubba Wallace
9. #31 - Daniel Hemric
10. #7 - Justin Haley
11. #48 - Alex Bowman
12. #4 - Josh Berry
13. #14 - Chase Briscoe
14. #54 - Ty Gibbs
15. #77 - Carson Hocevar
16. #10 - Noah Gragson
17. #8 - Kyle Busch
18. #6 - Brad Keselowski
19. #71 - Zane Smith
20. #12 - Ryan Blaney
21. #17 - Chris Buescher
22. #1 - Ross Chastain
23. #99 - Daniel Suarez
24. #34 - Michael McDowell
25. #24 - William Byron
26. #22 - Joey Logano
27. #15 - Kaz Grala
28. #43 - Erik Jones
29. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
30. #3 - Austin Dillon
31. #38 - Todd Gilliland
32. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
33. #51 - Corey LaJoie
34. #21 - Harrison Burton
35. #41 - Ryan Preece
36. #2 - Austin Cindric
37. #44 - JJ Yeley
38. #66 - Chad Finchum