The 2019 AAA Texas 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 3, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.
Report
Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. (R) denotes rookie driver.
Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) 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 Joe Nemechek (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 27 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 John Hunter Nemechek (i) 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 Josh Bilicki (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.620 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.620 188.679 2 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.636 188.574 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.674 188.324Official first practice results
Final practice Aric Almirola was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.638 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.638 188.561 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.670 188.350 3 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.684 188.258Official final practice results
Qualifying Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.465 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 14 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.465 220 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.588 311 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.615 41 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.657 588 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.669 610 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.675 741 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.723 82 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.727 917 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.734 1095 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 28.740 1122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.755 1218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.764 1342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.782 149 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.817 1512 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.841 168 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.846 1719 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.863 1824 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.901 1913 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 28.901 2037 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.914 213 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.915 2243 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 28.931 2348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.936 2414 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.938 256 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.951 2638 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.983 2734 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.004 2847 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.018 2936 John Hunter Nemechek (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.097 3096 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 29.123 3121 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.135 3200 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.194 3332 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 29.311 3453 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.534 3527 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.633 3652 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.830 3777 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.831 3815 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.025 3951 Josh Bilicki (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.278 4066 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.647Official qualifying results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 102 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 93 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 84 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 48 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 102 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 75 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 66 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 57 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 164
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 552 6 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 453 7 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 374 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 334 395 5 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 436 17 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 317 12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 388 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 334 319 4 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334 3210 2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 3611 22 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 3512 13 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334 4013 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 2914 10 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 334 2315 25 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 333 2216 16 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 333 2217 18 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 333 2118 19 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 333 1919 20 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 333 1820 31 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 333 1721 29 36 John Hunter Nemechek (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 333 022 30 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 332 023 28 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 331 1724 22 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 331 1325 27 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 329 1226 34 53 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 329 027 32 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 328 028 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 328 929 38 15 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 327 030 39 51 Josh Bilicki (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 323 031 35 27 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 319 032 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 533 37 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 202 434 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 199 1135 26 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 189 236 36 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 188 037 40 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 156 038 33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 67 139 8 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 52 140 9 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 52 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 26 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 11 for 56 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCSNBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio PRN covered their final 2019 broadcast, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Doug Turnbull covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 &2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 &4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Heather DeBeaux had the call from pit lane for PRN.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Doug TurnbullTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy VenturiniHeather DeBeaux
Standings after the race
Pos Driver Points 1 Martin Truex Jr. 4,133 3 2 Kevin Harvick 4,113 (–20) 3 Kyle Busch 4,113 (–20) 4 Joey Logano 4,111 (–20) 3 5 Denny Hamlin 4,091 (–20) 6 Ryan Blaney 4,088 (–23) 7 Kyle Larson 4,088 (–23) 8 Chase Elliott 4,033 (–78) 9 Brad Keselowski 2,265 (–1,868) 10 William Byron 2,247 (–1,886) 11 Clint Bowyer 2,225 (–1,908) 12 Alex Bowman 2,215 (–1,918) 1 13 Aric Almirola 2,204 (–1,929) 1 14 Kurt Busch 2,193 (–1,940) 15 Ryan Newman 2,170 (–1,963) 16 Erik Jones 2,127 (–2,006)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,238 2 Ford 1,201 (–37) 3 Chevrolet 1,160 (–78) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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