Practice #1 : Kentucky Speedway

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  • Kentucky Speedway
  • 9th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Daniel Suarez
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 41 - Haas Automation Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Billy Scott
  • Daniel Suarez won the Pole Award for the 9th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart with a lap of 29.254 seconds, 184.590 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 91 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2019 and his first in seven races at Kentucky Speedway.
  • Brad Keselowski (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Kentucky Speedway. It is his 10th in 19 races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Laps Actual: 269 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.076 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 51 Minutes 37 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 141.070
  • Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,028 (12.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kentucky Speedway
  • 9th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart
  • Race Winner: Kurt Busch
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No. 1 - Monster Energy Chevrolet
  • Owner: Chip Ganassi
  • Crew Chief: Matt McCall
  • Kurt Busch won the 9th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, his 31st victory in 667 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in nine races at Kentucky Speedway.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in nine races at Kentucky Speedway. It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Erik Jones (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Kentucky Speedway.
  • Ryan Preece (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Joey Logano leads the point standings by 11 points over Kyle Busch.
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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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

Kurt Busch
1
Chevrolet
1
183.742
29.389
0.000
29
29
29.891
29.967
180.203
14
23
Aric Almirola
10
Ford
2
183.542
29.421
0.032
26
26
29.744
0
0
Daniel Suarez
41
Ford
3
183.101
29.492
0.103
27
27
29.785
0
0
Jimmie Johnson
48
Chevrolet
4
182.723
29.553
0.164
27
27
30.265
170.011
1
10
Kyle Busch
18
Toyota
5
182.550
29.581
0.192
25
33
29.636
171.958
1
10
Kyle Larson
42
Chevrolet
6
182.149
29.646
0.257
21
41
29.754
29.833
181.009
27
36
Brad Keselowski
2
Ford
7
182.082
29.657
0.268
25
41
29.746
29.866
180.813
31
40
Kevin Harvick
4
Ford
8
181.996
29.671
0.282
28
40
29.871
30.146
179.134
12
21
Erik Jones
20
Toyota
9
181.935
29.681
0.292
27
27
29.845
169.310
14
23
Clint Bowyer
14
Ford
10
181.800
29.703
0.314
32
40
29.848
30.336
178.020
2
11
Ryan Blaney
12
Ford
11
181.708
29.718
0.329
22
25
29.958
0
0
Joey Logano
22
Ford
12
181.647
29.728
0.339
17
34
29.854
0
0
Denny Hamlin
11
Toyota
13
181.586
29.738
0.349
28
39
29.785
29.813
181.131
25
34
Chase Elliott
9
Chevrolet
14
181.165
29.807
0.418
51
51
29.888
29.903
180.585
32
41
William Byron
24
Chevrolet
15
180.844
29.860
0.471
21
30
29.919
29.987
180.083
20
29
Paul Menard
21
Ford
16
180.838
29.861
0.472
23
34
30.065
0
0
Alex Bowman
88
Chevrolet
17
180.820
29.864
0.475
38
38
29.993
30.088
179.477
19
28
Martin Truex Jr
19
Toyota
18
180.802
29.867
0.478
16
25
29.929
0
0
Daniel Hemric
8
Chevrolet
19
180.699
29.884
0.495
20
32
29.906
29.935
180.389
16
25
Matt DiBenedetto
95
Toyota
20
180.548
29.909
0.520
18
30
30.022
0
0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
17
Ford
21
180.325
29.946
0.557
17
25
30.004
0
0
Matt Tifft
36
Ford
22
180.150
29.975
0.586
19
19
0
0
Austin Dillon
3
Chevrolet
23
180.066
29.989
0.600
21
26
30.069
0
0
Chris Buescher
37
Chevrolet
24
179.964
30.006
0.617
28
31
30.112
30.288
178.291
11
20
David Ragan
38
Ford
25
179.330
30.112
0.723
26
35
30.257
30.307
178.182
24
33
Ryan Newman
6
Ford
26
179.307
30.116
0.727
20
21
30.200
0
0
Michael McDowell
34
Ford
27
179.004
30.167
0.778
27
33
30.271
30.787
175.404
2
11
Corey Lajoie
32
Ford
28
178.843
30.194
0.805
15
21
0
0
Bubba Wallace
43
Chevrolet
29
178.554
30.243
0.854
21
30
30.289
30.297
178.234
20
29
Ty Dillon
13
Chevrolet
30
178.200
30.303
0.914
15
26
30.637
0
0
Ryan Preece
47
Chevrolet
31
178.089
30.322
0.933
17
31
30.418
154.470
21
30
Ross Chastain
15
Chevrolet
32
177.194
30.475
1.086
21
31
30.546
0
0
Bayley Currey
51
Ford
33
175.479
30.773
1.384
15
18
31.241
0
0
BJ McLeod
52
Chevrolet
34
174.769
30.898
1.509
9
9
0
0
Quin Houff
77
Chevrolet
35
173.997
31.035
1.646
19
21
31.458
0
0
Landon Cassill
00
Chevrolet
36
173.394
31.143
1.754
29
32
31.306
0
0