2019 Gander RV 400 (Pocono) explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Gander RV 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2019
Race No:	21
Season No:	36
Location:	Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course Mi:	2.5
Course Km:	4
Distance Laps:	163
Distance Mi:	407.5
Distance Km:	652
Scheduled Laps:	160
Scheduled Mi:	400
Scheduled Km:	640
Avg:	133.804mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Pole Time:	51.707
Most Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Most Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Most Laps:	63
Car:	11
First Driver:	Denny Hamlin
First Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Steve Letarte (booth), Mike Bagley (Turn 1), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Turn 2) and Jeff Burton (Turn 3)
Ratings:	2.705 million^[9]
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Jeff Striegle and A. J. Allmendinger
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1), Kyle Rickey (2) and Jason Toy (3)

The 2019 Gander RV 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 28, 2019 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 163 laps—extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5miles superspeedway, it was the 21st race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
24			Chevrolet
27			Chevrolet
32			Ford
34			Ford
36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford
37			Chevrolet
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford
52			Ford
53	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 52.169 seconds and a speed of 172.516mph.^[10]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	41				52.169	172.516
2	24				52.203	172.404
3	10				52.204	172.401
Official first practice results

Final practice

Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 52.290 seconds and a speed of 172.117mph.^[11]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	20				52.290	172.117
2	1				52.310	172.051
3	95				52.517	171.373
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 51.707 and a speed of 174.058mph.^[12]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	4			Ford	51.707
2	22			Ford	51.910
3	10			Ford	51.974
4	20			Toyota	51.990
5	3			Chevrolet	52.126
6	48			Chevrolet	52.148
7	18			Toyota	52.196
8	24			Chevrolet	52.213
9	1			Chevrolet	52.321
10	41			Ford	52.346
11	19			Toyota	52.365
12	11			Toyota	52.388
13	95			Toyota	52.436
14	2			Ford	52.482
15	88			Chevrolet	52.499
16	14			Ford	52.545
17	34			Ford	52.597
18	17			Ford	52.618
19	38			Ford	52.623
20	12			Ford	52.638
21	21			Ford	52.747
22	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	52.800
23	9			Chevrolet	52.848
24	6			Ford	53.002
25	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	53.048
26	43			Chevrolet	53.221
27	36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford	53.255
28	37			Chevrolet	53.301
29	42			Chevrolet	53.370
30	32			Ford	53.417
31	00	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	53.861
32	13			Chevrolet	53.979
33	53	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	54.800
34	51	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford	54.809
35	15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	54.890
36	27			Chevrolet	55.423
37	77			Chevrolet	55.539
38	52			Ford	56.011
Official qualifying results

• Note: Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Corey LaJoie, Ross Chastain, and Reed Sorenson all started at the back due to failing inspection and had their times disallowed and started based on owner points.

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 50

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 50

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 60

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	9	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	163	53
2	4	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	163	43
3	8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	163	47
4	31	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	163	33
5	23	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	163	38
6	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	163	48
7	17	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	163	30
8	11	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	163	32
9	5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	163	38
10	30	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	163	27
11	13	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	163	27
12	3	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	163	28
13	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	163	41
14	19	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	163	23
15	32	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	163	32
16	33	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	163	21
17	10	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	163	20
18	16	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	163	19
19	34	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	163	23
20	12	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	163	19
21	14	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	163	16
22	21	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	163	15
23	22	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	163	14
24	7	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	163	13
25	35	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	163	12
26	36	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	162	11
27	6	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	162	12
28	24	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	159	0
29	25	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	159	8
30	37	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	159	0
31	28	77	Quin Houff	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	158	6
32	38	27	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	158	5
33	27	51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford	158	0
34	29	52	Austin Theriault	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	157	3
35	26	53	Josh Bilicki (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	146	0
36	15	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	123	1
37	20	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	114	1
38	18	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	83	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 9 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 24
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 59 minutes and 22 seconds
• Average speed: 133.804mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. NBC had a radio-style broadcast for the race similar to the Watkins Glen and Indianapolis races which had Rick Allen and Steve Letarte calling in the regular booth for the race; Motor Racing Network broadcaster Mike Bagley calling from Turn 1, Dale Earnhardt Jr. calling from Turn 2, and Jeff Burton calling from Turn 3. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

Motor Racing Network covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Jeff Striegle and A. J. Allmendinger called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the action from turn 1, Kyle Rickey called the action when the field raced thru the tunnel turn, and Jason Toy called the action from turn 3. Winston Kelley, Steve Post, Kim Coon, & Glenn Jarrett will handle the pit road duties for MRN.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Joey Logano	824
	2	Kyle Busch	818 (–6)
	3	Kevin Harvick	739 (–85)
	4	Denny Hamlin	722 (–102)
1	5	Martin Truex Jr.	701 (–123)
1	6	Brad Keselowski	695 (–129)
	7	Kurt Busch	650 (–174)
	8	Chase Elliott	616 (–208)
	9	Aric Almirola	614 (–210)
1	10	Ryan Blaney	599 (–225)
1	11	Alex Bowman	596 (–228)
	12	William Byron	582 (–242)
1	13	Erik Jones	559 (–265)
1	14	Kyle Larson	557 (–267)
1	15	Clint Bowyer	532 (–292)
1	16	Ryan Newman	532 (–292)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Toyota	767
	2	Ford	744 (–23)
	3	Chevrolet	708 (–59)

• 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.. June 21, 2019. May 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Pocono Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. June 21, 2019. January 3, 2013. April 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170429055158/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/pocono-raceway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 22, 2019. July 22, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 27, 2019. July 27, 2019.
5. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 27, 2019. July 27, 2019.
6. Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 27, 2019. July 27, 2019.
7. Web site: Gander RV 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. July 28, 2019. July 28, 2019.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 28, 2019. July 28, 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 Gander RV 400 (Pocono) ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730142048/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-7-22-7-28-2019.html. dead. 30 July 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 30 July 2019.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Daniel Suarez tops incident-marred Pocono Cup practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 27, 2019. Long Pond, Pennsylvania. July 27, 2019.
11. Web site: Utter. Jim. Erik Jones leads final Cup practice at Pocono. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 27, 2019. Long Pond, Pennsylvania. July 27, 2019.
12. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kevin Harvick tops Joey Logano for Pocono pole. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 27, 2019. Long Pond, Pennsylvania. July 27, 2019.