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Fourth race of the 2019 Monster Energy Cup Series

Motor car race

The 2019 TicketGuardian 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 10, 2019, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Background[edit]

ISM Raceway was the site of the fourth race of the season

ISM Raceway, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list[edit]

First practice[edit]

Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.403 seconds and a speed of 141.716 mph (228.070 km/h).[11]

Qualifying[edit]

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.480 and a speed of 141.287 mph (227.379 km/h).[12]

Qualifying results[edit]

Practice (post-qualifying)[edit]

Second practice[edit]

Chris Buescher was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.092 seconds and a speed of 137.973 mph (222.046 km/h).[13]

Final practice[edit]

Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.126 seconds and a speed of 137.794 mph (221.758 km/h).[14]

Stage Results[edit]

Stage One
Laps: 75

During pre-race ceremonies, the Luke Air Force Base presented the nation’s colors. Pastor Rick Derbyshire would give out the invocation.16-year old Chevel Shepherd, who had won Season 15 of The Voice, would sing the national anthem. The son of the CEO of TicketGuardian. Hudson Derbyshire, accompanied by his father and CEO, Brian and his mom, gave out the starting command.

At the race start, NASCAR judged that Chase Elliott jumped the restart against Ryan Blaney, and Elliott, while leading the first couple of laps, had to make a pass through penalty on pit road. Ryan Blaney would lead the first 35 laps before being passed by Kyle Busch on lap 36. Three laps later, Erik Jones would suffer a flat tire and spin in Turn 2, causing the first caution of the day. After cycling through pit stops, Denny Hamlin would lead the field to green on lap 46, before being passed for the lead by Busch just a lap later. Busch would lead until lap 65, when Brad Keselowski also suffering a flat tire and hitting the Turn 2 wall, almost collecting Ryan Preece. After more pit stops, Ryan Blaney would restart in the lead on lap 71 and would hang on to win the first stage.

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 10
2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 9
3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 8
4 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6
6 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 5
7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
8 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1
Official stage one results

Stage Two
Laps: 75

The field restarted on lap 84, with Kyle Busch leading the field to green. Busch, starting from lap 80 would go on to lead the next 73 laps. Alex Bowman would suffer a flat tire with just three laps to go in the stage, hitting the turn 1 wall. Kyle Busch would win the stage under caution.

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 9
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 8
4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7
5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6
6 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 5
7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 3
9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results[edit]

Stage Three
Laps: 162

Kyle Busch would jump to the lead on the initial restart, but a lap later Michael McDowell after missing the exit of the turn 2 wall, got hit in the rear by David Ragan and hit the wall. His car would not steer and would then hit the turn 3 wall, causing McDowell to retire. Kyle Busch would once again lead the field to the restart on lap 166, and would stay in the lead until lap 195, when Alex Bowman had another flat tire and pounded the turn 3 wall. Alex Bowman would retire from the race. Busch restarted and held on to the lead until lap 219, when Elliott spun off of turn 4. Hemric would take the lead after pit stops cycled, and restarted in first. However, on the first lap of the restart, Preece would hit the wall and clip the right front end of Daniel Suarez’s car, sending Preece into the inside backstretch wall. Blaney would take the lead again, however Preece would again cause another caution, causing him to retire. Almirola would restart and take the lead until lap 251 when Blaney took the lead. Blaney held on to the lead until Busch, after a few laps battling took the lead on lap 296. Busch would pull away from Blaney and win.

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 4 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 56
2 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 42
3 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 312 44
4 14 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 42
5 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 38
6 31 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 312 36
7 16 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 312 31
8 15 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 33
9 8 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 37
10 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 312 38
11 26 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 35
12 18 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 312 30
13 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 312 24
14 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 27
15 20 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 312 22
16 22 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 312 21
17 17 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 311 20
18 11 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 311 19
19 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 311 18
20 30 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 311 17
21 13 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 311 20
22 23 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 311 15
23 28 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 311 14
24 7 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 310 16
25 29 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 310 12
26 24 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 310 11
27 33 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 308 0
28 25 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 308 9
29 10 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 304 8
30 35 77 Quin Houff (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 302 7
31 36 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 301 0
32 34 51 Cody Ware (R) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 300 5
33 32 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 267 4
34 21 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 229 3
35 6 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 191 9
36 27 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 157 1
Official race results

Race statistics[edit]

  • Lead changes: 17 among 6 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 9 for 57
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 5 seconds
  • Average speed: 101.693 miles per hour (163.659 km/h)

Television[edit]

Fox Sports covered their 15th race at the ISM Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Phoenix winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio[edit]

MRN covered the radio action for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace		 Turns 1 & 2: Dan Hubbard
Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey		 Jason Toy
Steve Post
Dillon Welch

Standings after the race[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ “Phoenix International Raceway”. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  3. ^ “Entry List”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. ^ “First Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  5. ^ “Qualifying Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  6. ^ “Second Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. ^ “Final Practice Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  8. ^ “TicketGuardian 500 Results”. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  9. ^ “Points standings” (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski’s Silly Season Site. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  10. ^ “TicketGuardian 500 ratings”. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  11. ^ Utter, Jim (March 8, 2019). “Team Penske leads the way in NASCAR Cup practice at Phoenix”. Motorsport.com. Avondale, Arizona: Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Skretta, Dave (March 8, 2019). “Blaney qualifies on pole for Sunday’s race outside Phoenix”. Associated Press. Avondale, Arizona: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  13. ^ Utter, Jim (March 9, 2019). “Chris Buescher paces Saturday’s first Cup practice at Phoenix”. Motorsport.com. Avondale, Arizona: Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  14. ^ Utter, Jim (March 9, 2019). “Joey Logano keeps Team Penske out front in final Cup practice”. Motorsport.com. Avondale, Arizona: Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 9, 2019.