The 2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 21, 2019 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Report
Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval.
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
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 Andy Seuss Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 Austin Theriault 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 Chase Elliott was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.784 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.784 137.086 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.827 136.874 3 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 27.827 136.874Official first practice results
Qualifying Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.927 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 12 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 27.927 218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.942 31 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.957 420 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.967 512 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 27.982 619 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.989 795 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 28.008 822 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.028 910 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.030 1048 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.038 1117 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.063 129 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.066 1341 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.087 144 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.110 1542 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.131 1614 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.164 1721 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.302 1813 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 28.303 198 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.307 2038 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.332 213 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.367 2224 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.400 2311 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.432 2434 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.437 2537 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.525 266 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.597 2743 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 28.618 2847 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.633 2932 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 28.655 3036 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.674 3100 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 28.848 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.116 3327 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.405 3477 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.561 3551 Andy Seuss Petty Ware Racing Ford 29.669 3652 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.874 3788 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.546 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.546 133.427 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.553 133.394 3 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.559 133.366Official second practice results
Final practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.515 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.515 133.572 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.589 133.226 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.694 132.739Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 75 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 48 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 210 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 151
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 14 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 301 462 23 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 423 4 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 434 5 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 301 375 7 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 301 326 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 367 26 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 301 388 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 459 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 301 3710 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 301 3311 9 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 301 4412 22 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 3213 17 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 301 2614 37 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 2315 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 301 2216 18 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 301 2117 24 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 2018 3 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 301 2019 13 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 300 1920 16 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 300 2421 28 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 300 1622 27 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 300 1523 29 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 299 1424 30 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 299 1325 32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 299 026 31 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 298 027 33 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 294 1028 35 51 Andy Seuss Petty Ware Racing Ford 291 929 12 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 290 830 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 288 731 34 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 287 632 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 268 533 15 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 264 834 20 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 261 335 36 52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 185 236 11 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 135 137 19 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 110 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 14 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 48 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, 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 BurnsMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow, and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Steve Richards, Jim Noble, and Brett McMillan handled the duties on pit lane.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark GarrowAnnouncer: Wendy Venturini Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleSteve Richards
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joey Logano 783 2 Kyle Busch 780 (–3) 3 Kevin Harvick 691 (–92) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 669 (–114) 1 5 Brad Keselowski 663 (–120) 6 Martin Truex Jr. 654 (–129) 7 Kurt Busch 638 (–145) 8 Chase Elliott 615 (–168) 1 9 Aric Almirola 586 (–197) 1 10 Alex Bowman 577 (–206) 11 Ryan Blaney 572 (–211) 12 William Byron 549 (–234) 13 Kyle Larson 519 (–264) 2 14 Erik Jones 516 (–267) 2 15 Ryan Newman 509 (–274) 2 16 Clint Bowyer 505 (–278)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 727 2 Ford 713 (–14) 3 Chevrolet 675 (–52)
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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