The 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 31, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.459 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.459 189.747 2 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.668 188.363 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.668 188.180Official first practice results
Qualifying
Jimmie Johnson scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.588 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.628 28.730 28.588 224 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.786 28.869 28.660 38 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.877 28.736 28.678 49 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.862 28.899 28.682 541 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.819 28.743 28.741 63 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.704 28.856 28.862 711 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.068 28.816 28.895 822 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.996 28.743 28.928 913 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 28.915 28.896 28.956 1043 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 28.922 28.884 28.990 1120 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.696 28.908 29.071 122 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 29.016 28.847 29.412 1312 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.729 28.927 — 1421 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.067 28.937 — 1534 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.954 28.964 — 1618 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.888 28.971 — 1717 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.922 28.971 — 186 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.869 29.005 — 1937 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.948 29.016 — 2019 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.914 29.161 — 2110 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.886 29.226 — 2242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.070 29.235 — 234 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.011 29.239 — 2488 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.992 0.000 — 2514 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.096 — — 2695 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 29.110 — — 2747 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.164 — — 2838 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.265 — — 2936 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.265 — — 301 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.283 — — 3132 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 29.305 — — 3200 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.429 — — 3396 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 29.549 — — 3451 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 29.844 — — 3515 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.987 — — 3652 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.235 — — 3727 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.513 — — 3877 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.530 — — 3966 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.416 — —Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.
Final practice Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.879 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.879 186.987 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.979 186.342 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.989 186.278Official final practice results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 57 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 210 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 57 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three
Laps: 164
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 502 25 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 353 4 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 464 11 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 335 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 426 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 347 21 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 308 23 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 334 299 30 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334 2810 16 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 3711 18 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 334 3112 20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 2513 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 3214 5 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 3015 15 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 334 2416 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 333 2517 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 333 3018 24 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 333 1919 14 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 333 2920 19 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 333 1821 9 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 332 1622 27 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 332 1523 10 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 332 1424 29 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 332 1325 28 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 331 1226 26 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 331 1127 33 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 330 028 31 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 330 929 35 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 329 030 32 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 326 731 34 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 325 032 38 77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 325 033 7 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 324 434 37 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 322 335 36 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 320 036 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 279 137 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 225 1638 39 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 168 039 22 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 147 3Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 26 among 13 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 29 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 16 minutes and 11 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2009 race winner Jeff Gordon and 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.
FoxBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 310 2 Denny Hamlin 302 (–8) 3 Kevin Harvick 277 (–33) 4 Joey Logano 275 (–35) 1 5 Aric Almirola 245 (–65) 1 6 Brad Keselowski 237 (–73) 7 Martin Truex Jr. 232 (–78) 8 Ryan Blaney 219 (–91) 9 Chase Elliott 218 (–92) 10 Kurt Busch 213 (–97) 2 11 Clint Bowyer 192 (–118) 1 12 Kyle Larson 185 (–125) 1 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 183 (–127) 2 14 Daniel Suárez 180 (–130) 15 Jimmie Johnson 176 (–134) 2 16 Erik Jones 173 (–137)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 263 2 Ford 257 (–6) 3 Chevrolet 226 (–37)
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.
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