Practice #1 : Daytona International Speedway
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach, FL
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- Daytona International Speedway
- 61st Annual Daytona 500
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
- Age: 21
- Team : No. 24 - Axalta Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
- William Byron won the Pole Award for the 61st Annual Daytona 500 with a lap of 46.319 seconds, 194.305 mph. The 42nd different driver to win the pole for the Daytona 500.
- This is his first pole in 37 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
- This is his first pole in three races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Alex Bowman (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2019 and his third in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his 22nd top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway.
- Daniel Hemric (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Bill Elliott, Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker lead the series in Daytona 500 poles with four each.
- A total of 10 drivers have posted multiple poles for the Daytona 500; Jimmie Johnson (two) and Chase Elliott (two) are the only active drivers with more than one Daytona 500 pole.
- Hendrick Motorsports has won 13 Daytona 500 poles, the series most: Ken Schrader (1988, 1989, 1990), Jeff Gordon (1999, 2015), Jimmie Johnson (2002, 2008), Mark Martin (2010), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2011), Chase Elliott (2016, 2017), Alex Bowman (2018), William Byron (2019).
- Hendrick Motorsports has won a record five Daytona 500 poles in a row (2015-2019).
- Seven different manufacturers have won the pole for the Daytona 500, led by Chevrolet with 27; followed by Ford (12), Pontiac (eight), Mercury (five), Dodge (four), Oldsmobile (three), Plymouth (two). The 2019 Daytona 500 pole was the 700th pole for Chevrolet in the Monster Energy Series all-time
- Drivers Entered: 42 (2 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Laps Actual: 207 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.138 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 45 Minutes 55 Seconds
- Average Speed: 137.440
- Cautions: 12 for 47 laps
- Lead Changes: 15
- Green Flag Passes: 8,754 (54.7 passes per green flag lap)
- Daytona International Speedway
- 61st Annual Daytona 500
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 38
- Team : No. 11 - FedEx Express Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
- Denny Hamlin won the 61st Annual Daytona 500, his 32nd victory in 471 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2019.
- This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 27 races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Denny Hamlin posted his ninth top-10 finish in 27 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2019.
- Kyle Busch (Second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 28 races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Ryan Preece (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 0 points over Kyle Busch.
DRIVER
DRIVER
#
MAKE
SINGLE BEST LAP
RANK
SPEED
TIME
BHND
LAP
LAPS
TOTAL
MULTI-LAP AVERAGES
5-LAP
10-LAP
15-LAP
20-LAP
25-LAP
30-LAP
10-LAP AVG
SPEED
FROM
TO
Martin Truex Jr
19
Toyota
1
195.920
45.937
0.000
10
16
46.248
69.161
0
0
Kyle Busch
18
Toyota
2
195.852
45.953
0.016
7
14
46.221
46.349
194.300
5
14
Erik Jones
20
Toyota
3
195.793
45.967
0.030
10
17
46.215
46.330
194.415
8
17
Tyler Reddick
31
Chevrolet
4
194.095
46.369
0.432
7
17
46.731
0
0
Ty Dillon
13
Chevrolet
5
194.032
46.384
0.447
5
15
46.684
0
0
Brendan Gaughan
62
Chevrolet
6
194.024
46.386
0.449
5
6
0
0
Daniel Hemric
8
Chevrolet
7
193.928
46.409
0.472
7
16
46.675
0
0
Matt DiBenedetto
95
Toyota
8
193.573
46.494
0.557
8
14
46.877
0
0
Alex Bowman
88
Chevrolet
9
193.079
46.613
0.676
9
9
0
0
Michael McDowell
34
Ford
10
192.769
46.688
0.751
6
6
0
0
Parker Kligerman
96
Toyota
11
192.189
46.829
0.892
8
13
47.284
0
0
William Byron
24
Chevrolet
12
192.008
46.873
0.936
3
3
0
0
Clint Bowyer
14
Ford
13
191.636
46.964
1.027
10
10
47.621
0
0
Ryan Blaney
12
Ford
14
191.371
47.029
1.092
2
11
0
0
Chris Buescher
37
Chevrolet
15
191.018
47.116
1.179
9
9
0
0
Denny Hamlin
11
Toyota
16
190.828
47.163
1.226
6
7
0
0
Jimmie Johnson
48
Chevrolet
17
190.739
47.185
1.248
4
9
0
0
Chase Elliott
9
Chevrolet
18
190.508
47.242
1.305
9
9
227.859
0
0
Casey Mears
27
Chevrolet
19
190.392
47.271
1.334
3
7
0
0
Kyle Larson
42
Chevrolet
20
190.355
47.280
1.343
3
16
47.677
0
0
Joey Logano
22
Ford
21
190.327
47.287
1.350
10
13
47.691
0
0
Paul Menard
21
Ford
22
190.026
47.362
1.425
3
3
0
0
Brad Keselowski
2
Ford
23
189.966
47.377
1.440
3
11
0
0
Ryan Truex
71
Chevrolet
24
189.713
47.440
1.503
3
14
0
0
Kevin Harvick
4
Ford
25
189.450
47.506
1.569
6
6
0
0
Ryan Newman
6
Ford
26
189.326
47.537
1.600
7
7
0
0
Jamie McMurray
40
Chevrolet
27
189.000
47.619
1.682
6
6
0
0
Ryan Preece
47
Chevrolet
28
188.996
47.620
1.683
11
11
48.009
0
0
David Ragan
38
Ford
29
188.953
47.631
1.694
6
6
0
0
Austin Dillon
3
Chevrolet
30
188.794
47.671
1.734
7
10
0
0
Aric Almirola
10
Ford
31
188.778
47.675
1.738
6
7
0
0
Daniel Suarez
41
Ford
32
188.367
47.779
1.842
4
9
129.942
0
0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
17
Ford
33
188.324
47.790
1.853
8
9
0
0
Kurt Busch
1
Chevrolet
34
188.127
47.840
1.903
18
18
47.947
0
0
Bubba Wallace
43
Chevrolet
35
187.340
48.041
2.104
3
7
0
0
Corey Lajoie
32
Ford
36
186.838
48.170
2.233
11
11
0
0
Matt Tifft
36
Ford
37
186.293
48.311
2.374
5
5
0
0
Ross Chastain
15
Chevrolet
38
186.274
48.316
2.379
1
1
0
0
Landon Cassill
00
Chevrolet
39
186.000
48.387
2.450
5
6
0
0
Cody Ware
52
Chevrolet
40
183.035
49.171
3.234
1
2
0
0
BJ McLeod
51
Ford
41
181.532
49.578
3.641
4
5
0
0
Joey Gase
66
Toyota
42
179.490
50.142
4.205
6
7
0
0