2019 Digital Ally 400 Explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Digital Ally 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2019
Race No:	12
Season No:	36
Location:	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Mi:	406.5
Distance Laps:	271
Distance Km:	650.4
Scheduled Mi:	400.5
Scheduled Laps:	267
Scheduled Km:	644.542
Avg:	131.023mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Pole Time:	30.131
Most Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Most Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Most Laps:	105
Car:	2
First Driver:	Brad Keselowski
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Ratings:	2.177 million^[9]
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2019 Digital Ally 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 11, 2019, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 271 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 12th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Brad Keselowski won the race, his third of the season and 30th career victory overall.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5miles tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

	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	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
24			Chevrolet
27			Chevrolet
31	Tyler Reddick (i)		Chevrolet
32			Ford
34			Ford
36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford
37			Chevrolet
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
46	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota
47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51	Cody Ware (i)		Chevrolet
52	Bayley Currey (i)		Ford
66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Aric Almirola was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.311 seconds and a speed of 178.153mph.^[10]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	10				30.311	178.153
2	14				30.443	177.381
3	18				30.481	177.160
Official first practice results

Final practice

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.383 seconds and a speed of 177.731mph.^[11]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	1				30.383	177.731
2	88				30.452	177.328
3	14				30.459	177.288
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.131 and a speed of 179.217mph.^[12]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	4			Ford	30.131
2	10			Ford	30.214
3	14			Ford	30.282
4	41			Ford	30.295
5	9			Chevrolet	30.345
6	19			Toyota	30.447
7	24			Chevrolet	30.483
8	42			Chevrolet	30.530
9	2			Ford	30.540
10	88			Chevrolet	30.542
11	20			Toyota	30.577
12	43			Chevrolet	30.579
13	18			Toyota	30.586
14	1			Chevrolet	30.586
15	13			Chevrolet	30.605
16	21			Ford	30.644
17	11			Toyota	30.651
18	48			Chevrolet	30.673
19	12			Ford	30.676
20	22			Ford	30.729
21	17			Ford	30.732
22	3			Chevrolet	30.751
23	34			Ford	30.818
24	32			Ford	30.820
25	00	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	30.823
26	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	30.825
27	37			Chevrolet	30.889
28	6			Ford	30.893
29	95			Toyota	30.917
30	31	Tyler Reddick (i)		Chevrolet	30.932
31	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	30.938
32	52	Bayley Currey (i)		Ford	30.956
33	38			Ford	30.992
34	77			Chevrolet	31.123
35	36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford	31.192
36	15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	31.242
37	51	Cody Ware (i)		Chevrolet	31.590
38	46	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota	32.027
39	66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota	34.485
40	27			Chevrolet	0.000
Official qualifying results

• Eleven cars failed post-qualifying inspection and started at the rear, including 5 of the top 8 qualifiers (Nos. 10, 41, 9, 19, 42, 13, 22, 34, 00, 46, 66).^[13]

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	8
4	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	6
6	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 107

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	271	44
2	5	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	42
3	6	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	271	44
4	32	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	52
5	2	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	38
6	12	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	31
7	9	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	271	40
8	35	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	271	37
9	21	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	271	0
10	18	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	271	37
11	14	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	271	40
12	33	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	25
13	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	43
14	34	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	271	23
15	30	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	270	23
16	11	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	270	21
17	15	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	270	20
18	17	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	270	19
19	31	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	270	18
20	3	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	270	17
21	26	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	270	16
22	16	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	270	15
23	19	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	269	14
24	10	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	269	13
25	22	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	269	12
26	37	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	269	11
27	24	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	269	10
28	36	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	269	9
29	7	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	269	8
30	8	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	268	9
31	27	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	268	0
32	13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	264	5
33	23	52	Bayley Currey (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	263	0
34	25	77	Quin Houff	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	263	3
35	29	27	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	262	2
36	20	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	261	1
37	38	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	261	0
38	40	46	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	258	0
39	39	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	257	0
40	28	51	Cody Ware (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	245	0
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 23 among 12 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 131.023mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their ninth race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Jason Toy, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Joey Logano	478
1	2	Kyle Busch	469 (–9)
	3	Kevin Harvick	440 (–38)
3	4	Chase Elliott	423 (–55)
1	5	Brad Keselowski	421 (–57)
2	6	Denny Hamlin	404 (–74)
2	7	Martin Truex Jr.	396 (–82)
	8	Kurt Busch	387 (–91)
1	9	Clint Bowyer	357 (–121)
1	10	Ryan Blaney	340 (–138)
	11	Aric Almirola	334 (–144)
1	12	Alex Bowman	329 (–149)
1	13	Daniel Suárez	315 (–163)
2	14	Erik Jones	308 (–170)
	15	Kyle Larson	304 (–174)
1	16	Jimmie Johnson	292 (–186)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Toyota	444
	2	Ford	432 (–12)
	3	Chevrolet	402 (–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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 schedule. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. April 17, 2019. May 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Kansas Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. April 17, 2019. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428025309/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/kansas-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 7, 2019. May 7, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 10, 2019. May 10, 2019.
5. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 10, 2019. May 10, 2019.
6. Web site: Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 10, 2019. May 10, 2019.
7. Web site: Digital Ally 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 11, 2019. May 11, 2019.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 11, 2019. May 11, 2019.
9. Web site: Digital Ally 400 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190514143217/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-5-6-5-12-2019.html. dead. 14 May 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 14 May 2019.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Aric Almirola tops Bowyer in first Cup practice at Kansas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 10, 2019. Kansas City, Kansas. May 10, 2019.
11. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kurt Busch leads final practice at Kansas; Larson spins. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 10, 2019. Kansas City, Kansas. May 10, 2019.
12. Web site: Utter. Jim. Harvick wins Kansas pole, SHR sweeps first two rows. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 10, 2019. Kansas City, Kansas. May 10, 2019.
13. Web site: Five of top eight fail inspection, lose Kansas starting spots NASCAR.com. 2019-05-11. Official Site Of NASCAR. en-US. 2019-05-12.