The 2019 Pocono 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 2, 2019 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the triangular racecourse, it was the 14th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race, his fourth of the season and 55th career cup series win overall, tying Rusty Wallace for 9th on NASCAR's all-time Cup Series wins list.
Entry list (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. (R) denotes rookie driver.
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 Bayley Currey (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 J. J. Yeley 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
Practice
First practice Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 52.565 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 52.565 171.217 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 52.604 171.090 3 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 52.836 170.338Official first practice results
Final practice Kurt Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 52.110 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 52.110 172.712 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 52.387 171.798 3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 52.444 171.612Official final practice results
Qualifying
William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 51.875 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 124 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51.875 218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 52.135 314 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 52.168 420 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 52.201 52 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 52.212 611 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 52.344 742 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 52.359 848 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 52.369 941 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 52.420 103 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 52.429 114 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 52.438 129 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 52.442 1310 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 52.454 1421 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 52.458 1588 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 52.461 1622 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 52.518 1712 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 52.574 1817 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 52.586 196 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 52.761 2019 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 52.803 211 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 52.884 2295 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 52.910 238 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 52.915 2437 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 52.928 2513 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 52.942 2643 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 53.189 2738 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 53.373 2834 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 53.434 2947 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 53.711 3036 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 53.862 3100 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 53.905 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 54.063 3332 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 54.073 3451 Bayley Currey (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 54.086 3527 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 54.982 3677 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 55.458 3752 J. J. Yeley Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 0.000Official qualifying results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 50
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 84 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 75 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 50
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 75 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 66 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 48 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 39 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 60
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 402 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 160 503 4 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 344 12 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 335 3 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 160 326 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 317 16 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 160 428 9 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 160 349 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 4510 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 160 3311 21 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 3112 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 160 3013 23 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 2614 24 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 160 2615 15 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2216 19 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 2717 22 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 160 2018 14 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 2019 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 1820 28 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 1721 26 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2022 11 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 159 2223 29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 159 1424 32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 159 025 34 51 Bayley Currey (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 159 026 7 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 159 3127 25 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 158 1028 35 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 157 929 36 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 157 830 27 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 156 731 31 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 154 032 18 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 146 533 30 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 128 434 37 52 J. J. Yeley Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 110 335 20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 91 436 32 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 68 137 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 28 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 9 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on FS1 for the fifth consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while six-time Pocono winner, Jeff Gordon and four-time winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.
FS1 TelevisionBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and four-time Pocono winner Rusty Wallace announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 1 when the field was racing through turn 1 while Mike Bagley called the race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turn 2. Kurt Becker reported the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turn 3. Winston Kelley, Steve Post and Dillon Welch reported from pit lane during the race.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turn 1: Dave MoodyTurn 2: Mike BagleyTurn 3: Kurt Becker Jason ToySteve PostDillon Welch
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 568 2 Joey Logano 564 (–4) 3 Chase Elliott 511 (–57) 1 4 Brad Keselowski 509 (–59) 1 5 Kevin Harvick 500 (–68) 1 6 Denny Hamlin 465 (–103) 1 7 Martin Truex Jr. 452 (–116) 8 Kurt Busch 437 (–131) 9 Ryan Blaney 406 (–162) 1 10 Clint Bowyer 402 (–166) 1 11 Alex Bowman 395 (–173) 12 Aric Almirola 393 (–175) 13 Daniel Suárez 368 (–200) 1 14 William Byron 361 (–207) 2 15 Erik Jones 343 (–225) 16 Kyle Larson 342 (–226)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 524 2 Ford 502 (–22) 3 Chevrolet 468 (–56)
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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