2019 AAA Texas 500 explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	AAA Texas 500
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2019
Race No:	34
Season No:	36
Location:	Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	334
Distance Mi:	501
Distance Km:	801.6
Avg:	133.759mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Pole Time:	28.465
Most Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Most Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Most Laps:	119
Car:	4
First Driver:	Kevin Harvick
First Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ratings:	2.199 million^[9]
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

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 1.5miles 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)		Chevrolet
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3			Chevrolet
4			Ford
6			Ford
8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet
9			Chevrolet
10			Ford
11			Toyota
12			Ford
13			Chevrolet
14			Ford
15	Joe Nemechek (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
24			Chevrolet
27	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet
32			Ford
34			Ford
36	John Hunter Nemechek (i)		Ford
37			Chevrolet
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
52	Garrett Smithley (i)		Ford
53	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford
66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
96			Toyota
Official 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 188.679mph.^[10]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	14				28.620	188.679
2	1				28.636	188.574
3	11				28.674	188.324
Official 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 188.561mph.^[11]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	10				28.638	188.561
2	11				28.670	188.350
3	14				28.684	188.258
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.465 and a speed of 189.707mph.^[12]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	4			Ford	28.465
2	20			Toyota	28.588
3	11			Toyota	28.615
4	1			Chevrolet	28.657
5	88			Chevrolet	28.669
6	10			Ford	28.675
7	41			Ford	28.723
8	2			Ford	28.727
9	17			Ford	28.734
10	95			Toyota	28.740
11	22			Ford	28.755
12	18			Toyota	28.764
13	42			Chevrolet	28.782
14	9			Chevrolet	28.817
15	12			Ford	28.841
16	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	28.846
17	19			Toyota	28.863
18	24			Chevrolet	28.901
19	13			Chevrolet	28.901
20	37			Chevrolet	28.914
21	3			Chevrolet	28.915
22	43			Chevrolet	28.931
23	48			Chevrolet	28.936
24	14			Ford	28.938
25	6			Ford	28.951
26	38			Ford	28.983
27	34			Ford	29.004
28	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	29.018
29	36	John Hunter Nemechek (i)		Ford	29.097
30	96	Parker Kligerman (i)		Toyota	29.123
31	21			Ford	29.135
32	00	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	29.194
33	32			Ford	29.311
34	53	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford	29.534
35	27	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	29.633
36	52	Garrett Smithley (i)		Ford	29.830
37	77			Chevrolet	29.831
38	15	Joe Nemechek (i)		Chevrolet	30.025
39	51	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	30.278
40	66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota	30.647
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 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 TwoLaps: 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

Stage ThreeLaps: 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

• 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: 133.759mph

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.

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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 schedule. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. September 30, 2019. May 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Texas Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. September 30, 2019. January 3, 2013. October 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151030043513/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/texas-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. October 29, 2019. October 29, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. November 1, 2019.
5. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 1, 2019. November 1, 2019.
6. Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 2, 2019. November 2, 2019.
7. Web site: AAA Texas 500 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. November 3, 2019. November 3, 2019.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. November 3, 2019. November 3, 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 AAA Texas 500 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20191105152119/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-10-28-11-3-2019.html. dead. 5 November 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 5 November 2019.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Clint Bowyer tops Friday's first Cup practice at Texas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. November 1, 2019. Fort Worth, Texas. November 1, 2019.
11. Web site: Utter. Jim. Aric Almirola fastest in final Cup practice at Texas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. November 1, 2019. Fort Worth, Texas. November 1, 2019.
12. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kevin Harvick wins the pole for Texas playoff race. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. November 2, 2019. Fort Worth, Texas. November 2, 2019.