2019 AAA Texas 500 – Wikipedia

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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.

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Background[edit]

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 1.5 miles (2.4 km) 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[edit]

(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
(R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

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Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.620 seconds and a speed of 188.679 mph (303.649 km/h).^[10]

Final practice[edit]

Aric Almirola was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.638 seconds and a speed of 188.561 mph (303.460 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying[edit]

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.465 and a speed of 189.707 mph (305.304 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying results[edit]

Stage results[edit]

Stage One
Laps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage Two
Laps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results[edit]

Stage Three
Laps: 164

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	334	55
2	6	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	334	45
3	7	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	334	37
4	11	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	334	39
5	5	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	43
6	17	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	31
7	12	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	38
8	15	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	334	31
9	4	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	334	32
10	2	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	36
11	22	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	334	35
12	13	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	334	40
13	21	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	334	29
14	10	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	334	23
15	25	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	333	22
16	16	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	333	22
17	18	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	333	21
18	19	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	333	19
19	20	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	333	18
20	31	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	333	17
21	29	36	John Hunter Nemechek (i)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	333	0
22	30	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	332	0
23	28	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	331	17
24	22	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	331	13
25	27	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	329	12
26	34	53	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	329	0
27	32	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	328	0
28	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	328	9
29	38	15	Joe Nemechek (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	327	0
30	39	51	Josh Bilicki (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	323	0
31	35	27	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	319	0
32	14	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	312	5
33	37	77	Quin Houff	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	202	4
34	23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	199	11
35	26	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	189	2
36	36	52	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	188	0
37	40	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	156	0
38	33	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	67	1
39	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	52	1
40	9	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	52	1
Official race results

Race statistics[edit]

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: 133.759 miles per hour (215.264 km/h)

Television[edit]

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.

Radio[edit]

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.

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PRN
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow	Turns 1 & 2: Doug Turnbull Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson	Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Wendy Venturini Heather DeBeaux

Standings after the race[edit]

	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

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References[edit]

^ “2019 schedule”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ “Texas Motor Speedway”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ “Entry List”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
^ “First Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ “Final Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ “Starting Lineup”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ “AAA Texas 500 Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ “Points standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ “2019 AAA Texas 500 ratings”. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ Utter, Jim (November 1, 2019). “Clint Bowyer tops Friday’s first Cup practice at Texas”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Utter, Jim (November 1, 2019). “Aric Almirola fastest in final Cup practice at Texas”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Utter, Jim (November 2, 2019). “Kevin Harvick wins the pole for Texas playoff race”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[1] “2019 schedule”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[2] “Texas Motor Speedway”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[3] “Entry List”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

[4] “First Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[5] “Final Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[6] “Starting Lineup”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[7] “AAA Texas 500 Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[8] “Points standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[9] “2019 AAA Texas 500 ratings”. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[10] Utter, Jim (November 1, 2019). “Clint Bowyer tops Friday’s first Cup practice at Texas”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[11] Utter, Jim (November 1, 2019). “Aric Almirola fastest in final Cup practice at Texas”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[12] Utter, Jim (November 2, 2019). “Kevin Harvick wins the pole for Texas playoff race”. Motorsport.com. Fort Worth, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 2, 2019.