The 2019 Food City 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 7, 2019, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman 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 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 Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 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 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 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Gray Gaulding (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.804 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14.804 129.614 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 14.888 128.882 3 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.890 128.865Official first practice results
Qualifying
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.568 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 19 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.746 14.604 14.568 224 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.781 14.641 14.606 312 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14.671 14.528 14.627 420 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.715 14.636 14.641 511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.752 14.699 14.681 610 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.695 14.625 14.692 722 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 14.781 14.677 14.734 814 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.707 14.665 14.741 921 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 14.821 14.703 14.757 1048 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.697 14.646 14.780 116 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.799 14.703 14.801 122 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 14.872 14.693 14.803 134 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.806 14.706 — 1488 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.780 14.706 — 153 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.835 14.729 — 1642 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.709 14.734 — 1718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.783 14.780 — 1834 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.880 14.784 — 1917 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.745 14.799 — 2041 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.882 14.809 — 2195 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 14.858 14.834 — 2238 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.808 14.838 — 2319 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.809 14.854 — 2413 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14.899 14.951 — 2537 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 14.914 — — 268 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.926 — — 271 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.955 — — 2843 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 14.957 — — 2936 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.987 — — 3047 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15.078 — — 3100 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 15.156 — — 3232 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 15.268 — — 3351 Gray Gaulding (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 15.280 — — 3452 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 15.495 — — 3566 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 15.741 — — 3677 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 16.656 — — 3715 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — —Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 14.771 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.771 129.903 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.777 129.850 3 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.819 129.482Official second practice results
Final practice Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.894 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 14.894 128.830 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.924 128.571 3 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.925 128.563Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 102 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 93 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 84 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 250
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 17 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 512 27 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 500 403 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 500 514 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 500 465 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 326 9 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 500 347 8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500 428 20 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500 309 11 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 500 3610 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 3311 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 2712 21 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 500 2513 13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 500 2414 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 2515 24 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 500 3216 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 2117 23 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 499 2218 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 499 3419 16 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 499 1820 28 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 499 1721 22 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 498 1622 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 498 1923 14 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 497 1424 4 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 497 1325 30 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 496 1226 31 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 495 1127 29 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 494 1028 18 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 493 929 37 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 491 030 26 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 490 731 34 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 488 032 36 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 476 533 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 395 434 32 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 308 335 35 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 239 036 33 51 Gray Gaulding (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 142 037 6 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 3 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 21 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 11 for 77 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 56 minutes and 38 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon and 12-time Bristol winner – and all-time Bristol race winner – Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.
FS1Booth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleRegan SmithVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett Mcmillan, Jim Noble, and Steve Richards covered the action on pit lane.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark GarrowAnnouncer: Wendy Venturini Backstretch: Rob Albright Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleSteve Richards
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 361 2 Denny Hamlin 334 (–27) 1 3 Joey Logano 326 (–35) 1 4 Kevin Harvick 301 (–60) 1 5 Brad Keselowski 271 (–90) 2 6 Ryan Blaney 265 (–96) 7 Martin Truex Jr. 254 (–107) 2 8 Kurt Busch 253 (–108) 4 9 Aric Almirola 246 (–115) 1 10 Chase Elliott 245 (–116) 11 Clint Bowyer 234 (–127) 2 12 Daniel Suárez 210 (–151) 2 13 Jimmie Johnson 209 (–152) 2 14 Kyle Larson 203 (–158) 5 15 Ryan Newman 188 (–173) 3 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 187 (–174)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 303 2 Ford 291 (–12) 3 Chevrolet 261 (–42)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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