2019_Pennzoil_400

2019 Pennzoil 400

2019 Pennzoil 400

Third race of the 2019 Monster Energy Cup Series


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 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

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 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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First practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.951 seconds and a speed of 180.294 mph (290.155 km/h).[10]

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Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.914 and a speed of 180.517 mph (290.514 km/h).[11]

Qualifying results

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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 178.224 mph (286.824 km/h).[13]

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Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 80

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Stage Two Laps: 80

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Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 107

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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: 154.849 miles per hour (249.205 km/h)

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.

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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.

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Standings after the race

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References

  1. "2019 schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. "Las Vegas Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  4. "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  7. "Pennzoil 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  9. "Pennzoil 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  10. Beacham, Greg (March 1, 2019). "Harvick earns Vegas pole after Bowman, Elliott start late". Associated Press. Las Vegas: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  11. McFadin, Daniel (March 2, 2018). "Saturday's first Cup practice cancelled due to rain". NASCARTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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