2019 Toyota Owners 400 Explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Toyota Owners 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2019
Race No:	9
Season No:	36
Location:	Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course Mi:	0.75
Course Km:	1.2
Distance Laps:	400
Distance Mi:	300
Distance Km:	480
Avg:	99.852mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Pole Time:	21.722
Most Driver:	Martin Truex Jr.
Most Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most Laps:	186
Car:	19
First Driver:	Martin Truex Jr.
First Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Network:	Fox
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Ratings:	2.787 million^[8]
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Ann:	Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2019 Toyota Owners 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 13, 2019, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the ninth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it hostes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, formerly hosted an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

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	Jeb Burton (i)		Ford
52	Bayley Currey (i)		Chevrolet
66	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.185 seconds and a speed of 121.704mph.^[9]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	42				22.185	121.704
2	11				22.189	121.682
3	37				22.197	121.638
Official first practice results

Final practice

Final practice session scheduled for Friday was cancelled due to rain.

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.722 and a speed of 124.298mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	4			Ford	21.579	21.698	21.722
2	20			Toyota	21.588	21.703	21.760
3	1			Chevrolet	21.460	21.782	21.797
4	22			Ford	21.699	21.777	21.832
5	18			Toyota	21.735	21.640	21.845
6	19			Toyota	21.649	21.725	21.880
7	9			Chevrolet	21.662	21.785	21.924
8	3			Chevrolet	21.573	21.730	21.958
9	41			Ford	21.645	21.834	22.021
10	48			Chevrolet	21.698	21.841	22.101
11	37			Chevrolet	21.718	21.794	22.106
12	2			Ford	21.789	21.763	22.120
13	21			Ford	21.760	21.848	—
14	42			Chevrolet	21.511	21.855	—
15	10			Ford	21.766	21.865	—
16	17			Ford	21.539	21.871	—
17	88			Chevrolet	21.705	21.891	—
18	11			Toyota	21.571	21.898	—
19	24			Chevrolet	21.730	21.899	—
20	36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford	21.755	21.900	—
21	14			Ford	21.594	21.925	—
22	38			Ford	21.678	21.934	—
23	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	21.770	21.951	—
24	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	21.796	22.099	—
25	34			Ford	21.802	—	—
26	43			Chevrolet	21.821	—	—
27	95			Toyota	21.823	—	—
28	32			Ford	21.843	—	—
29	12			Ford	21.849	—	—
30	13			Chevrolet	21.873	—	—
31	6			Ford	21.898	—	—
32	00			Chevrolet	21.920	—	—
33	52	Bayley Currey (i)		Chevrolet	22.046	—	—
34	51	Jeb Burton (i)		Ford	22.211	—	—
35	77			Chevrolet	22.384	—	—
36	66	Joey Gase (i)		Toyota	22.652	—	—
37	15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
Official qualifying results

• Note: Erik Jones, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Jimmie Johnson, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin, Matt Tifft, and Joey Gase all had their times disallowed and started at the rear of the field due to failing inspection and started based on owner points.

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	2
10	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 200

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	5	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	57
2	3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	400	54
3	14	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	46
4	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	48
5	30	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	32
6	6	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	31
7	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	400	42
8	4	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	39
9	24	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	28
10	9	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	30
11	2	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	400	34
12	34	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	25
13	13	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	24
14	35	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	26
15	32	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	22
16	11	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	21
17	12	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	399	20
18	33	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	399	25
19	17	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	399	18
20	16	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	399	17
21	23	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	398	16
22	7	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	398	20
23	31	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	398	14
24	20	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	398	13
25	22	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	398	12
26	21	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	396	11
27	19	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	396	10
28	15	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	396	9
29	36	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	395	8
30	29	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	394	0
31	27	51	Jeb Burton (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford	392	0
32	26	52	Bayley Currey (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	392	0
33	37	66	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	387	0
34	28	77	Quin Houff	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	386	3
35	25	00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	322	2
36	18	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	240	1
37	10	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	125	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 8 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 41
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 16 seconds
• Average speed: 99.852mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Jeff Gordon and six-time Richmond winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and six-time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Winston Kelley, Steve Post and Glenn Jarrett worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kyle Busch	400
1	2	Joey Logano	380 (–20)
1	3	Denny Hamlin	366 (–36)
	4	Kevin Harvick	349 (–51)
	5	Brad Keselowski	313 (–87)
1	6	Martin Truex Jr.	311 (–89)
1	7	Kurt Busch	287 (–113)
3	8	Clint Bowyer	280 (–120)
3	9	Ryan Blaney	277 (–123)
	10	Chase Elliott	267 (–133)
2	11	Aric Almirola	260 (–140)
	12	Daniel Suárez	235 (–165)
	13	Jimmie Johnson	234 (–166)
4	14	Austin Dillon	216 (–184)
	15	Ryan Newman	216 (–184)
3	16	Paul Menard	213 (–187)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Toyota	343
	2	Ford	326 (–17)
	3	Chevrolet	292 (–51)

• 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.. March 19, 2019. May 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 19, 2019. January 3, 2013. September 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903070908/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 9, 2019. April 9, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 12, 2019. April 12, 2019.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 12, 2019. April 12, 2019.
6. Web site: Toyota Owners 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 13, 2019. April 13, 2019.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 13, 2019. April 13, 2019.
8. Web site: Toyota Owners 400 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416142204/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-4-8-4-14-2019.html. dead. 16 April 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 16 April 2019.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kyle Larson leads first NASCAR Cup practice at Richmond. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 12, 2019. Richmond, Virginia. April 12, 2019.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kevin Harvick tops Erik Jones for Richmond Cup pole. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 12, 2019. Richmond, Virginia. April 12, 2019.