The 2019 Camping World 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on June 30, 2019 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps on the intermediate speedway, it was the 17th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Alex Bowman won the race, recording his first career Cup Series victory, while Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top 5.
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Background
Chicagoland Speedway is a tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR racing. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.
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 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 Josh Bilicki (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
Practice
First practice Alex Bowman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.692 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.692 175.942 2 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.704 175.873 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.708 175.850Official first practice results
Final practice Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.954 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.954 174.452 2 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.955 174.447 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.967 174.379Official final practice results
Qualifying Austin Dillon scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.636 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 13 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.636 24 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.666 38 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.689 448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.738 51 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.759 614 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.783 734 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.788 888 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.824 911 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.837 1012 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.841 1124 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.869 122 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 30.881 139 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.916 1442 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.932 1510 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.938 166 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.940 1718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.967 1819 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.974 1922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 31.037 2013 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 31.067 2120 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.070 2236 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.084 2347 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31.155 2438 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.167 2521 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 31.170 2617 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.184 2743 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 31.194 2837 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31.253 2941 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 31.287 3095 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 31.346 3132 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 31.452 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.513 3352 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.641 3400 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 31.702 3551 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 31.901 3677 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 32.107 3753 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 32.126 3827 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.185Official qualifying results Note: Matt Tifft started at the back due to failing inspection
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 93 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 84 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 84 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 39 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 107
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 8 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 492 14 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 433 19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 344 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 465 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 267 416 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 317 21 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 308 11 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 369 18 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 3810 1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 3311 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 3512 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 2513 5 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 2814 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 3715 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 3216 15 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 2217 16 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 266 2018 27 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 266 1919 3 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 266 1820 7 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 2521 24 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 1622 17 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266 1723 23 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 1424 28 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 265 1325 26 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 264 1226 31 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 264 027 29 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 264 1028 22 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 264 929 38 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 263 830 30 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 263 731 33 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 260 032 32 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 258 033 36 53 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 257 034 37 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 249 335 20 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 239 236 34 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 238 037 6 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 172 138 35 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 100 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 23 among 13 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 25 Red flags: 1 for 3 hours, 18 minutes and 26 seconds Time of race: 2 hours, 50 minutes and 49 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2005 race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCSNBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Winston KelleyPete PistoneHannah Newhouse
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joey Logano 677 2 Kyle Busch 659 (–18) 1 3 Brad Keselowski 610 (–67) 1 4 Kevin Harvick 610 (–67) 5 Martin Truex Jr. 581 (–96) 6 Denny Hamlin 574 (–103) 7 Chase Elliott 570 (–107) 8 Kurt Busch 537 (–140) 1 9 Alex Bowman 509 (–168) 1 10 Ryan Blaney 499 (–178) 11 Aric Almirola 482 (–195) 2 12 William Byron 455 (–222) 2 13 Kyle Larson 451 (–226) 3 14 Jimmie Johnson 436 (–241) 2 15 Daniel Suárez 434 (–243) 4 16 Clint Bowyer 431 (–246)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 628 2 Ford 610 (–18) 3 Chevrolet 570 (–58)
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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