2019 Pennzoil 400 Explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Pennzoil 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2019
Race No:	3
Season No:	36
Location:	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	267
Distance Mi:	400.5
Distance Km:	640.8
Avg:	154.849mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Pole Time:	29.914
Most Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Most Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Most Laps:	88
Car:	22
First Driver:	Joey Logano
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	Fox
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Ratings:	5.115 million^[9]
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2019 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 3, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5miles asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1200acres complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
00			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
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	Cody Ware (R)		Chevrolet
52	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford
66	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
96	Parker Kligerman (i)		Toyota
Official entry list

First practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.951 seconds and a speed of 180.294mph.^[10]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	3				29.951	180.294
2	8	Daniel Hemric (R)			29.987	180.078
3	11				29.995	180.030
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.914 and a speed of 180.517mph.^[11]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	4			Ford	30.222	29.814	29.914
2	11			Toyota	30.083	30.046	29.924
3	18			Toyota	30.151	30.001	30.049
4	3			Chevrolet	30.006	29.816	30.082
5	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	30.076	30.049	30.087
6	38			Ford	30.174	30.003	30.092
7	42			Chevrolet	30.030	29.929	30.131
8	17			Ford	30.048	29.992	30.234
9	48			Chevrolet	30.153	30.003	30.255
10	22			Ford	30.073	30.047	30.356
11	88			Chevrolet	30.080	29.985	30.504
12	9			Chevrolet	30.159	30.008	30.533
13	12			Ford	30.078	30.055	—
14	13			Chevrolet	30.123	30.061	—
15	21			Ford	30.256	30.071	—
16	34			Ford	30.126	30.082	—
17	14			Ford	30.241	30.096	—
18	20			Toyota	30.100	30.101	—
19	2			Ford	30.276	30.132	—
20	24			Chevrolet	30.165	30.163	—
21	43			Chevrolet	30.213	30.168	—
22	41			Ford	30.221	30.169	—
23	19			Toyota	30.171	30.174	—
24	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	30.124	30.344	—
25	10			Ford	30.283	—	—
26	95			Toyota	30.296	—	—
27	37			Chevrolet	30.300	—	—
28	1			Chevrolet	30.310	—	—
29	6			Ford	30.329	—	—
30	32			Ford	30.458	—	—
31	00			Chevrolet	30.626	—	—
32	96	Parker Kligerman (i)		Toyota	30.640	—	—
33	51	Cody Ware (R)		Chevrolet	31.324	—	—
34	52	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford	31.820	—	—
35	36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford	32.450	—	—
36	66	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota	33.864	—	—
37	77			Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
38	15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.^[12]

Final practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.299 seconds and a speed of 178.224mph.^[13]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	3				30.299	178.224
2	8	Daniel Hemric (R)			30.496	177.072
3	17				30.521	176.927
Official final practice results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	5
7	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	2
10	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	10
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3
9	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 107

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	267	58
2	19	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	267	43
3	3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	43
4	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	52
5	28	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	32
6	8	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	267	39
7	25	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	34
8	23	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	41
9	12	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	36
10	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	40
11	11	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	28
12	7	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	25
13	18	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	30
14	17	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	23
15	15	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	267	22
16	20	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	21
17	22	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	22
18	27	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	267	19
19	9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	19
20	4	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	266	17
21	26	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	266	16
22	13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	266	15
23	5	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	265	14
24	29	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	265	13
25	24	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	265	12
26	21	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	265	11
27	30	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	264	10
28	6	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	264	9
29	14	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	264	8
30	16	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	263	7
31	32	96	Parker Kligerman (i)	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	263	0
32	31	00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	260	5
33	38	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	259	0
34	35	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	259	3
35	33	51	Cody Ware (R)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	253	2
36	37	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	252	1
37	34	52	B. J. McLeod (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	220	0
38	36	66	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	10	0
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 19 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 2 for 12 (both for end of stage breaks; first race to go without an incident-related caution since the 2012 Auto Club 400, which went green until the race-ending caution for rain)
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 35 minutes and 11 seconds
• Average speed: 154.849mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called from the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
4	1	Joey Logano	133
	2	Kevin Harvick	131 (–2)
2	3	Denny Hamlin	127 (–6)
1	4	Kyle Busch	121 (–12)
1	5	Brad Keselowski	115 (–18)
2	6	Kyle Larson	102 (–31)
3	7	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	99 (–34)
4	8	Martin Truex Jr.	98 (–35)
2	9	Erik Jones	98 (–35)
2	10	Kurt Busch	95 (–38)
	11	Aric Almirola	92 (–41)
1	12	Alex Bowman	85 (–48)
4	13	Clint Bowyer	83 (–50)
3	14	Chase Elliott	81 (–52)
1	15	Ryan Blaney	69 (–64)
2	16	William Byron	66 (–67)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Ford	113
1	2	Toyota	109 (–4)
	3	Chevrolet	97 (–16)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. February 11, 2019. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428042515/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/las-vegas-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 25, 2019. February 25, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 1, 2019. March 1, 2019.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 1, 2019. March 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210326/https://www.mrn.com/2019/03/01/pennzoil-400-qualifying-results-2/. March 2, 2019. dead.
6. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 2, 2019. March 2, 2019.
7. Web site: Pennzoil 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 3, 2019. March 3, 2019.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 4, 2019. March 4, 2019.
9. Web site: Pennzoil 400 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043538/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-2-25-3-3-2019.html. dead. 6 March 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 5 March 2019.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Richard Childress Racing paces first Cup practice at Las Vegas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 1, 2019. Las Vegas. March 1, 2019.
11. News: Beacham. Greg. Harvick earns Vegas pole after Bowman, Elliott start late. March 1, 2019. Associated Press. Associated Press. AP Sports. March 1, 2019. Las Vegas.
12. Web site: McFadin. Daniel. Saturday’s first Cup practice cancelled due to rain. NASCARTalk.com. NBC Sports. March 2, 2018. March 2, 2018.
13. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Austin Dillon leads the way in final Cup practice at Las Vegas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 2, 2019. Las Vegas. March 2, 2019.