Practice #1 : Talladega Superspeedway
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- Talladega Superspeedway
- 50th Annual GEICO 500
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Austin Dillon
- Age: 29
- Team : No. 3 - Dow Chevrolet
- Owner: Richard Childress
- Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
- Austin Dillon won the Pole Award for the 50th Annual GEICO 500 with a lap of 49.734 seconds, 192.544 mph.
- This is his fifth pole in 203 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
- This is his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 2019.
- This is his first pole in 12 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Aric Almirola (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2019 and his fifth in 19 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Clint Bowyer (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his sixth in ten races this season.
- Daniel Hemric (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 5 Minutes 59 Seconds
- Average Speed: 161.331
- Cautions: 6 for 21 laps
- Lead Changes: 37
- Green Flag Passes: 10,650 (63.8 passes per green flag lap)
- Talladega Superspeedway
- 50th Annual GEICO 500
- Race Winner: Chase Elliott
- Age: 23
- Team: No. 9 - Mountain Dew / Little Ceasers Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
- Chase Elliott won the 50th Annual GEICO 500 his fourth victory in 123 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2019.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Alex Bowman (second) posted his second top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2019. The runner-up finish is a career best for Bowman. His previous best was third at Pocono Raceway (July 29 2018).
- Ryan Preece (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Talladega Superspeedway. This was a career best finish for Preece. His previous best was eighth in this year's Daytona 500.
- Ryan Preece (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Daniel Hemric finished fifth his first career top-10 finish in 12 races. His previous career best was 18th at ISM Raceway (March 10 2019).
- Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 15 points over Joey Logano.
- There were 39 lead changes the most at Talladega since May 4 2014 (48).
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
202.671
47.249
0.000
3
30
47.951
48.362
48.573
198.034
3
12
David Ragan
38
Ford
2
202.654
47.253
0.004
3
23
47.956
48.299
198.291
3
12
Erik Jones
20
Toyota
3
202.654
47.253
0.004
16
18
49.845
56.820
174.738
9
18
Michael McDowell
34
Ford
4
202.641
47.256
0.007
3
31
47.995
48.320
48.498
49.092
198.206
3
12
Chase Elliott
9
Chevrolet
5
202.624
47.260
0.011
31
37
47.997
48.259
48.476
49.022
198.451
3
12
William Byron
24
Chevrolet
6
202.615
47.262
0.013
25
30
48.213
48.394
48.583
48.688
197.900
3
12
Ryan Newman
6
Ford
7
202.495
47.290
0.041
21
24
49.450
53.292
182.157
14
23
Kyle Busch
18
Toyota
8
202.068
47.390
0.141
11
12
0
0
Ty Dillon
13
Chevrolet
9
201.481
47.528
0.279
8
23
48.308
48.488
48.593
197.521
2
11
Jimmie Johnson
48
Chevrolet
10
201.219
47.590
0.341
8
23
48.139
48.368
48.538
50.142
198.012
3
12
Kevin Harvick
4
Ford
11
201.151
47.606
0.357
8
40
48.290
48.434
50.571
197.727
27
36
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
17
Ford
12
200.675
47.719
0.470
16
20
48.074
0
0
Ryan Preece
47
Chevrolet
13
200.629
47.730
0.481
3
18
49.139
0
0
Ryan Blaney
12
Ford
14
200.473
47.767
0.518
14
27
48.236
48.349
48.533
198.066
13
22
Matt Tifft
36
Ford
15
200.465
47.769
0.520
4
23
48.380
48.496
48.665
197.479
4
13
Daniel Suarez
41
Ford
16
200.360
47.794
0.545
12
23
48.153
48.351
198.066
11
20
Aric Almirola
10
Ford
17
200.347
47.797
0.548
13
24
48.162
48.333
198.130
12
21
Joey Logano
22
Ford
18
200.339
47.799
0.550
22
35
48.297
48.430
48.632
197.741
21
30
Paul Menard
21
Ford
19
200.259
47.818
0.569
15
25
48.276
48.314
198.215
14
23
Clint Bowyer
14
Ford
20
200.238
47.823
0.574
16
28
48.152
48.409
49.162
197.831
15
24
Brad Keselowski
2
Ford
21
200.238
47.823
0.574
15
28
48.155
48.306
48.575
198.241
14
23
Alex Bowman
88
Chevrolet
22
199.916
47.900
0.651
4
29
48.181
48.408
48.545
197.844
3
12
Martin Truex Jr
19
Toyota
23
199.085
48.100
0.851
11
14
48.982
0
0
Daniel Hemric
8
Chevrolet
24
199.036
48.112
0.863
5
13
48.866
49.991
191.894
1
10
Kyle Larson
42
Chevrolet
25
198.693
48.195
0.946
6
28
48.367
48.531
197.328
5
14
Austin Dillon
3
Chevrolet
26
197.346
48.524
1.275
2
18
48.893
52.700
185.026
5
14
Bubba Wallace
43
Chevrolet
27
197.232
48.552
1.303
13
16
48.848
49.244
49.401
194.481
6
15
Chris Buescher
37
Chevrolet
28
195.864
48.891
1.642
7
10
50.070
0
0
Justin Haley
77
Chevrolet
29
193.929
49.379
2.130
5
6
51.638
0
0
Stanton Barrett
52
Chevrolet
30
192.502
49.745
2.496
2
6
0
0
Corey Lajoie
32
Ford
31
190.772
50.196
2.947
8
17
0
0
Jeffrey Earnhardt
81
Toyota
32
189.268
50.595
3.346
2
3
0
0
Denny Hamlin
11
Toyota
33
187.820
50.985
3.736
5
5
0
0
Brendan Gaughan
62
Chevrolet
34
187.570
51.053
3.804
4
5
0
0
Matt DiBenedetto
95
Toyota
35
187.291
51.129
3.880
3
5
0
0
Parker Kligerman
96
Toyota
36
186.047
51.471
4.222
7
7
0
0
Ross Chastain
15
Chevrolet
37
183.959
52.055
4.806
6
7
0
0