Chase Elliott was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.

[8] NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.

Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action from the booth, the first time since the March Phoenix round that commentators have been on site other than Charlotte.

Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties, Rutledge Wood and Super Bowl XLVII champion Bernard Pollard handled the features from their homes during the race.

Winston Kelley and Steve Post covered the action for MRN from pit lane.