The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXV) was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 18, 2019 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 88 laps—extended from 85 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the second exhibition race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Report Background
The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2019 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.
Entry list Monster Energy Open Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick 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 46 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race Driver Team Manufacturer 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 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 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Monster Energy Open/All-Star first practice Aric Almirola was the fastest in the Open/All-Star first practice session with a time of 29.775 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.775 181.360 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.070 179.581 3 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.182 178.915Official Monster Energy Open/All-Star first practice results
Monster Energy Open final practice Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open final practice session with a time of 29.961 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.961 180.234 2 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.077 179.539 3 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.168 178.998Official Monster Energy Open final practice results
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice Austin Dillon was the fastest in the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice session with a time of 30.092 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.092 179.450 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.242 178.560 3 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.280 178.336Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice results
Qualifying (Open) Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.643 and a speed of .
Open qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 18 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.693 29.643 234 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.847 29.797 324 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.820 29.819 441 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.941 29.827 521 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.940 29.890 688 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.951 29.918 742 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.965 29.918 837 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.963 30.132 938 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.046 — 1043 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 30.073 — 1147 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.105 — 1295 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 30.106 — 1336 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.136 — 1413 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 30.152 — 1517 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.162 — 1632 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 30.317 — 1700 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 30.508 — 1815 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.688 — 1953 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.801 — 2052 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.097 — 2151 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 31.711 — 2266 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.019 — 2377 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 32.316 — 2446 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 0.000 —Official Open qualifying results
Qualifying (All-Star Race) Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 118.794 and a speed of .
All-Star Race qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 114 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 118.794 218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 118.971 34 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 119.058 43 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 119.314 519 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 120.334 66 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 120.383 720 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 120.405 848 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 120.660 912 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 120.892 1022 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 121.584 119 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 121.978 1211 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 122.125 1310 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 123.814 142 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 124.059 151 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 128.176Official All-Star qualifying results
Monster Energy Open
Monster Energy Open results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer 1 7 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 622 14 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 623 6 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 624 12 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 625 15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 626 11 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 627 5 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 628 9 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 629 16 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 6210 2 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 6211 13 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 6212 4 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6213 17 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 6214 20 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 6215 22 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 6216 23 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 5517 10 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 52 18 1 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4619 21 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 3820 18 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 3521 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 22 24 46 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 2123 8 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 1624 19 53 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 15 Winner of the second segment. Winner of the first segment.Official Monster Energy Open race results
All-Star Race
Race The pole-sitter was Clint Bowyer, although the person who dominated the race was Kevin Harvick, who was seeking his third win in the All-Star Race. Kyle Larson took the lead in the #42 Chevrolet with 13 laps to go and held it to the end, winning his first All-Star Race victory.
Post-race Scuffle On the final lap of the race, pole-sitter Clint Bowyer chopped into the front of Ryan Newman's #6 Acorns Ford Fusion, almost taking both cars out of the race. When the checkered flag waved and during the cool-down lap, Newman tapped Bowyer in the back, igniting a post-race scuffle that ended with Bowyer running up to Newman's car and punching him several times while Newman was strapped in his car. Both drivers were summoned to the NASCAR Hauler post-race, but no penalties were assessed to either driver.
All-Star Race results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer 1 18 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 882 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 883 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 884 10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 885 17 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 886 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 887 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 888 19 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 889 16 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 8810 5 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8811 14 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 8812 1 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 8813 11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 8814 6 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8815 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 8816 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 8817 15 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8318 12 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7919 7 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 77Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race results
Media
Television Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer Mike Joy was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. This was Waltrip's final planned All Star race in the booth, as he retired from NASCAR broadcasting after the June 23rd Toyota/Save Mart 350 (although he was a guest during the 2020 broadcast). Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.
FS1 TelevisionBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, Steve Post and Dillon Welch were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Winston KellyKim CoonSteve PostDillon Welch
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