The 2019 Daytona 500, the 61st running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 17, 2019, Contested over 207 laps—extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the asphalt superspeedway. After three multiple cars crash in the last 20 laps (including the Big One on lap 191 which involved 21 cars), only 19 of the 40 cars were running at the end of the race and only 14 completed every lap. It was the first race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and also marked the debut of the Ford Mustang, which Ford brought in as a replacement for the Fusion. 2016 winner Denny Hamlin held off teammate Kyle Busch over the final laps to win his second Daytona 500 in four years.
This Daytona 500 was the first not to feature the Earnhardt name in the starting lineup since 1978.
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Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of two superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other being Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin (W) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (W) Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 31 Tyler Reddick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 40 Jamie McMurray (W) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Cody Ware (R) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 71 Ryan Truex (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
Practice First practice (February 9) Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 45.937 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.937 195.920 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.953 195.852 3 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.967 195.793Official first practice results
Second practice (February 9) Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 46.149 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 46.149 195.020 2 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 46.152 195.008 3 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 46.168 194.940Official second practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.319 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 124 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.432 46.319 288 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.408 46.355 348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.649 46.438 49 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.469 46.444 58 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.861 46.763 622 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 46.782 46.766 719 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.803 46.789 814 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 46.857 46.804 92 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 46.797 46.811 103 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.938 47.018 1121 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 47.072 47.094 1211 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47.009 47.246 1318 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47.080 — 1420 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47.089 — 154 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 47.131 — 1631 Tyler Reddick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.161 — 1712 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 47.170 — 1817 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway RacingFord 47.177 — 1910 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas RacingFord 47.185 — 2041 Daniel Suárez Stewart–Haas RacingFord 47.195 — 211 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 47.222 — 2237 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 47.261 — 2338 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.264 — 246 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway RacingFord 47.364 — 2534 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.374 — 2627 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 47.406 — 2771 Ryan Truex (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 47.434 — 2847 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 47.441 — 2940 Jamie McMurray Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 47.498 — 3095 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 47.515 — 3162 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 47.520 — 3242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 47.565 — 3343 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47.571 — 3413 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 47.691 — 3536 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.703 — 3696 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 47.820 — 3715 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 47.898 — 3800 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 48.025 — 3932 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 48.427 — 4052 Cody Ware (R) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 48.983 — 4151 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 49.266 — 4266 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 49.743 —Official qualifying results
Gander RV Duel
The Gander RV Duels are a pair of NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races held in conjunction with the Daytona 500 annually in February at Daytona International Speedway. They consist of two races 60 laps and 150 miles (240 km) in length, which serve as heat races that set the lineup for the Daytona 500. The first race sets the lineup for cars that qualified in odd-numbered positions on pole qualifying day, while the second race sets the lineup for cars that qualified in even-numbered positions. The Duels set the lineup for positions 3–38, while positions 39 and 40 are filled by the two "Open" (teams without a charter) cars that set the fastest times in qualifying, but did not lock in a spot in the Duels.
For championship purposes, each Duel is a full Championship Stage, except there is no playoff point awarded. The top ten drivers receive championship points.
Duel 1
Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 8 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 102 10 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 93 6 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 84 16 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 60 75 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 66 17 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 60 57 12 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 48 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 39 13 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 210 15 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 111 11 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 012 19 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 60 013 9 31 Tyler Reddick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 014 14 71 Ryan Truex (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 60 015 20 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 60 016 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 017 3 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 59 018 7 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 59 019 18 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 59 020 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 58 021 21 52 Cody Ware (R) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 58 0Official race results
Duel 2
Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 60 102 4 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 93 9 10 Aric Almirola Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 84 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 75 10 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 66 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 60 57 14 40 Jamie McMurray Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 48 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 39 5 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 210 17 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 60 111 11 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 012 16 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 013 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 59 014 7 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 59 015 15 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 59 016 19 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 59 017 13 27 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 59 018 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 58 019 18 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 57 020 21 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 57 021 20 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 57 0Official race results
Starting lineup