The 2019 Consumers Energy 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 11, 2019 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the D-shaped oval, it is the 23rd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Report
Background
Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than approximately south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC). Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of and corner entry speeds are anywhere from after the 2012 repaving of the track.
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 Quin Houff 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) Rick Ware Racing Ford 52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 37.901 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 37.901 189.969 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 37.909 189.929 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.974 189.603Official first practice results
Qualifying Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 37.801 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 12 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 37.801 24 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 37.877 324 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.954 488 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.993 514 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.007 69 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.018 73 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 38.030 812 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 38.035 922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 38.044 1021 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 38.076 118 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 38.087 1248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.117 1341 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.204 1410 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.219 151 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38.222 1611 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.279 1719 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.316 1820 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.323 1942 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38.385 2017 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 38.398 2136 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.439 226 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 38.527 2313 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 38.585 2418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.595 2534 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.698 2638 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.790 2737 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38.854 2843 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 38.863 2995 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 38.902 3000 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 38.922 3147 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 39.121 3215 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 39.594 3332 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 39.727 3427 Quin Houff Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 40.004 3552 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford 40.133 3651 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 40.135 3777 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 40.319 3853 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 41.477Official qualifying results
Reed Sorenson practiced and qualified the No. 77 for Garrett Smithley, who was in Mid-Ohio for the Xfinity Series race. Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric failed post-qualifying inspection and their times were disallowed. Each crew chief was fined $25,000 and 10 points were deducted from the driver and owner standings for each team.
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 37.795 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 37.795 190.501 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.891 190.019 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.895 189.999Official second practice results
Final practice Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 37.926 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.926 189.843 2 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.143 188.763 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.168 188.640Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 80
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200 452 14 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 443 17 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 344 15 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 525 11 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200 326 22 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 417 29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 200 308 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 389 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3510 4 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3011 21 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 200 2612 20 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 2513 37 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 2414 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 200 2315 9 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 200 2316 24 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 2117 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200 3418 16 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 2519 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 200 2620 27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 200 1721 31 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 200 1622 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 1523 13 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 2224 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 200 2125 19 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 199 1226 38 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 199 1127 26 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 199 1028 18 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 199 929 30 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 198 030 28 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 196 031 32 27 Quin Houff Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 196 632 33 52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford 194 533 12 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 193 534 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 192 335 35 77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 192 036 34 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 191 037 5 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 139 338 36 53 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 123 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 19 among 8 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 24 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 59 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and two-time Michigan winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. 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. Parker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and four time Michigan winner Rusty Wallace had the call from the booth. Dave Moody called the action when the field raced thru turns 1 & 2. Kyle Rickey had the call for the race when the field raced thru turns 3 & 4. Covering the action in the pits was Woody Cain, Kim Coon, and Pete Pistone.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Woody CainKim CoonPete Pistone
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 892 2 Joey Logano 872 (–20) 3 Kevin Harvick 822 (–70) 4 Denny Hamlin 815 (–77) 5 Martin Truex Jr. 805 (–87) 6 Brad Keselowski 754 (–138) 1 7 Chase Elliott 711 (–181) 1 8 Kurt Busch 701 (–191) 1 9 Ryan Blaney 654 (–238) 1 10 Alex Bowman 653 (–239) 2 11 Aric Almirola 645 (–247) 12 William Byron 642 (–250) 1 13 Kyle Larson 624 (–268) 1 14 Erik Jones 623 (–269) 2 15 Ryan Newman 569 (–323) 1 16 Clint Bowyer 559 (–333)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 837 2 Ford 816 (–21) 3 Chevrolet 782 (–55)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.