The 2019 Gander RV 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 6, 2019, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was postponed from Sunday, May 5 to Monday, May 6 due to rain.
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Background
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) 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 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.372 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.372 168.445 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.415 168.106 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.435 167.950Official first practice results
Qualifying
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.692 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 19 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.692 224 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.745 342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.757 422 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.855 588 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.857 64 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.907 710 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.918 811 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.931 92 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.936 1014 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.949 1112 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.008 1248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.039 1319 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.055 1441 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.073 1520 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.086 163 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.090 1795 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 22.108 1821 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22.136 191 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 22.140 2017 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.152 216 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.176 2218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.233 238 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.267 2438 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.317 2513 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 22.325 2634 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.326 2743 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 22.419 2832 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 22.572 2947 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.698 3037 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.829 3100 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 22.948 3236 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.132 3351 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 23.369 3452 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 23.384 3577 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 23.465 3615 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 3727 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000Official qualifying results
Four cars were sent to the back at the start of the race (Nos. 19, 36, 47, 88). The 36 of Matt Tifft was also forced to complete a pass through penalty on the start because of failing inspection after qualifying 3 times.
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to fog.
Final practice Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.241 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.241 161.863 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.261 161.718 3 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.300 161.435Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 120
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 75 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 39 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 120
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 66 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 160
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 502 5 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 483 3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 464 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing Ford 400 475 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 476 15 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 34 7 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 408 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 349 10 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 3110 22 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 3011 14 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 2612 9 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 399 4013 19 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 399 2414 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 2315 11 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 399 2916 7 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 399 2117 18 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 398 2018 21 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 1919 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 398 1820 17 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 398 1721 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 397 1622 25 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 397 1523 30 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 397 1424 26 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 395 1325 23 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 394 1226 24 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 393 1127 27 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 393 1028 29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 392 929 28 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 392 830 36 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 389 031 31 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 389 032 32 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 387 533 20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 386 434 33 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 383 035 37 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 356 236 35 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 168 137 34 52 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 96 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 31 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Dover International Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and two-time Dover winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.
FS1Booth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Backstretch: Mike Bagley Jason ToySteve PostDillon WelchKim Coon
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 460 2 Joey Logano 455 (–5) 1 3 Kevin Harvick 397 (–63) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 383 (–77) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 378 (–82) 1 6 Brad Keselowski 377 (–83) 7 Chase Elliott 371 (–89) 8 Kurt Busch 347 (–113) 9 Ryan Blaney 335 (–125) 10 Clint Bowyer 319 (–141) 11 Aric Almirola 309 (–151) 12 Daniel Suárez 292 (–168) 2 13 Alex Bowman 287 (–173) 1 14 Ryan Newman 270 (–190) 6 15 Kyle Larson 267 (–193) 2 16 Erik Jones 264 (–196)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 410 2 Ford 392 (–18) 3 Chevrolet 367 (–43)
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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