2019 Pocono 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | ||||||
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Race 14 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series | ||||||
Date | June 2, 2019 | |||||
Location | Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km) | |||||
Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (640 km) | |||||
Average speed | 134.718 miles per hour (216.808 km/h) | |||||
Pole position | ||||||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | |||||
Time | 51.875 | |||||
Most laps led | ||||||
Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||||
Laps | 79 | |||||
Winner | ||||||
No. 18 | Kyle Busch |
Network |
FS1 | |||
Announcers |
Nielsen Ratings | 2.386 million[9] | ||||
Radio in the United States | ||||||
Radio | MRN | |||||
Booth Announcers | Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | |||||
Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1), Mike Bagley (2) and Kurt Becker (3) |
The 2019 Pocono 400 is a
Entry list
- (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Practice
First practice
Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 52.565 seconds and a speed of 171.217 mph (275.547 km/h).[10]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
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1 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Ford | 52.565 | 171.217 |
2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 52.604 | 171.090 |
3 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 52.836 | 170.338 |
Official first practice results |
Final practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 52.110 seconds and a speed of 172.712 mph (277.953 km/h).[11]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
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1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 52.110 | 172.712 |
2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 52.387 | 171.798 |
3 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 52.444 | 171.612 |
Official final practice results |
Qualifying
William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 51.875 and a speed of 173.494 mph (279.212 km/h).[12]
Qualifying results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 50
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
2 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 8 |
4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 7 |
5 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 6 |
6 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 5 |
7 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 4 |
8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 3 |
9 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 1 |
Official stage one results |
Stage Two Laps: 50
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
2 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 9 |
3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 7 |
5 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 6 |
6 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
7 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
8 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
9 | 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
10 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 1 |
Official stage two results |
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 60
Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
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1 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 40 |
2 | 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 160 | 50 |
3 | 4 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 34 |
4 | 12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 33 |
5 | 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 160 | 32 |
6 | 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 31 |
7 | 16 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 160 | 42 |
8 | 9 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 160 | 34 |
9 | 1 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 45 |
10 | 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 160 | 33 |
11 | 21 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 31 |
12 | 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 160 | 30 |
13 | 23 | 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 26 |
14 | 24 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 26 |
15 | 15 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 22 |
16 | 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 160 | 27 |
17 | 22 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Leavine Family Racing | Toyota | 160 | 20 |
18 | 14 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 160 | 20 |
19 | 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 18 |
20 | 28 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 17 |
21 | 26 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 20 |
22 | 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 159 | 22 |
23 | 29 | 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 14 |
24 | 32 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 |
25 | 34 | 51 | Bayley Currey (i) | Petty Ware Racing | Ford | 159 | 0 |
26 | 7 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 31 |
27 | 25 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 10 |
28 | 35 | 27 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 157 | 9 |
29 | 36 | 77 | Quin Houff | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 157 | 8 |
30 | 27 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 156 | 7 |
31 | 31 | 00 | Landon Cassill (i) | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 |
32 | 18 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 146 | 5 |
33 | 30 | 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 128 | 4 |
34 | 37 | 52 | J. J. Yeley | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 110 | 3 |
35 | 20 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 91 | 4 |
36 | 32 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 68 | 1 |
37 | 10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28 | 1 |
Official race results |
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 8 for 28
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 9 seconds
- Average speed: 134.718 miles per hour (216.808 km/h)
Media
Television
FS1 Television
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Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip |
Jamie Little Vince Welch Matt Yocum |
Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by
MRN | ||
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Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace |
Turn 1: Dave Moody Turn 2: Mike Bagley Turn 3: Kurt Becker |
Jason Toy Steve Post Dillon Welch |
Standings after the race
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References
- ^ "2019 schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Pocono Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "Pocono 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Pocono 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Utter, Jim (May 31, 2019). "Daniel Suarez tops opening Cup practice at Pocono". Motorsport.com. Long Pond, Pennsylvania: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Utter, Jim (May 31, 2019). "Three-time Pocono winner Kurt Busch fastest in final practice". Motorsport.com. Long Pond, Pennsylvania: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ DeGroot, Nick (June 1, 2019). "William Byron earns Pocono pole over Kyle Busch". Motorsport.com. Long Pond, Pennsylvania: Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 1, 2019.