2019 Gander RV Duels explained

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2019 Gander RV Duels
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Header1:	Race details^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Label2:	Date
Label3:	Location
Data3:	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida
Label4:	Course
Data4:	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Label5:	Distance
Data5:	Race 1: 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km) Race 2: 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km)
Label6:	Avg Speed
Data6:	Race 1: 177.749mph Race 2: 193.133mph
Label7:	Weather
Header10:	Race 1
Label11:	Pole position
Data11:	William Byron
Label12:	Most laps led
Data12:	Kevin Harvick (44)
Label13:	Winner
Data13:	Kevin Harvick
Header14:	Race 2
Label16:	Pole position
Data16:	Alex Bowman
Label17:	Most laps led
Data17:	Clint Bowyer (41)
Label19:	Winner
Data19:	Joey Logano
Header20:	Television
Label21:	Network
Data21:	FS1 & MRN
Label22:	Announcers
Data22:	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip (Television) Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)
Label23:	Nielsen Ratings
Data23:	1.725 million^[7]

The 2019 Gander RV Duels were a pair of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 14, 2019, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2019 Daytona 500.

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Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is 2.5miles long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.319 and a speed of 194.305mph.^[8]

Pos		Driver	Manufacturer
1	24		Chevrolet	46.432	46.319
2	88		Chevrolet	46.408	46.355
3	48		Chevrolet	46.649	46.438
4	9		Chevrolet	46.469	46.444
5	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Chevrolet	46.861	46.763
6	22		Ford	46.782	46.766
7	19		Toyota	46.803	46.789
8	14		Ford	46.857	46.804
9	2		Ford	46.797	46.811
10	3		Chevrolet	46.938	47.018
11	21		Ford	47.072	47.094
12	11		Toyota	47.009	47.246
13	18		Toyota	47.080	—
14	20		Toyota	47.089	—
15	4		Ford	47.131	—
16	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Chevrolet	47.161	—
17	12		Ford	47.170	—
18	17		Ford	47.177	—
19	10		Ford	47.185	—
20	41		Ford	47.195	—
21	1		Chevrolet	47.222	—
22	37		Chevrolet	47.261	—
23	38		Ford	47.264	—
24	6		Ford	47.364	—
25	34		Ford	47.374	—
26	27		Chevrolet	47.406	—
27	71	Ryan Truex (i)	Chevrolet	47.434	—
28	47	Ryan Preece (R)	Chevrolet	47.441	—
29	40		Chevrolet	47.498	—
30	95		Toyota	47.515	—
31	62	Brendan Gaughan (i)	Chevrolet	47.520	—
32	42		Chevrolet	47.565	—
33	43		Chevrolet	47.571	—
34	13		Chevrolet	47.691	—
35	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Ford	47.703	—
36	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Toyota	47.820	—
37	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Chevrolet	47.898	—
38	00		Chevrolet	48.025	—
39	32		Ford	48.427	—
40	52	Cody Ware (R)	Chevrolet	48.983	—
41	51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Chevrolet	49.266	—
42	66	Joey Gase (i)	Toyota	49.743	—
Official qualifying results

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60	10
2	10	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	60	9
3	6	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	60	8
4	16	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	60	7
5	4	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	6
6	17	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	5
7	12	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	60	4
8	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	3
9	13	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	60	2
10	15	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	60	1
11	11	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60	0
12	19	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	60	0
13	9	31	Tyler Reddick (i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	0
14	14	71	Ryan Truex (i)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	60	0
15	20	00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	60	0
16	1	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
17	3	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	59	0
18	7	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	59	0
19	18	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	59	0
20	5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	58	0
21	21	52	Cody Ware (R)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	58	0
Official race results

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	60	10
2	4	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60	9
3	9	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60	8
4	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	7
5	10	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	60	6
6	8	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	60	5
7	14	40	Jamie McMurray	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	4
8	2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	3
9	5	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	2
10	17	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	60	1
11	11	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	60	0
12	16	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	60	0
13	1	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	59	0
14	7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	59	0
15	15	62	Brendan Gaughan (i)	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	59	0
16	19	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	59	0
17	13	27	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	59	0
18	12	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	58	0
19	18	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	57	0
20	21	66	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	57	0
21	20	51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	57	0
Official race results

Web site: 2019 schedule . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. . December 14, 2018.
Web site: Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. January 14, 2019. January 3, 2013. July 4, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150704230431/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/daytona-international-speedway.html. dead.
Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 7, 2019. February 7, 2019.
Web site: Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 10, 2019. February 10, 2019.
Web site: Duel Race 1 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 14, 2019. February 14, 2019.
Web site: Duel Race 2 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 14, 2019. February 14, 2019.
Web site: Gander RV Duels ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035426/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-14-2019.html. dead. 16 February 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 15 February 2019.
News: Long. Mark. Byron wins Daytona 500 pole, puts Hendrick up front again. February 10, 2019. Associated Press. Associated Press. AP Sports. February 10, 2019. Daytona Beach, Florida.