Practice #2 : 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
Ryan Newman
6
Ford
1
204.157
46.905
0.000
5
24
47.284
48.535
197.795
1
10
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
17
Ford
2
204.127
46.912
0.007
5
25
47.303
47.667
200.913
2
11
Martin Truex Jr
19
Toyota
3
204.114
46.915
0.010
5
22
47.316
48.677
197.249
1
10
Matt Tifft
36
Ford
4
204.092
46.920
0.015
5
12
47.293
48.364
198.447
1
10
Kyle Busch
18
Toyota
5
204.079
46.923
0.018
5
35
47.368
47.808
47.964
200.338
3
12
Erik Jones
20
Toyota
6
204.062
46.927
0.022
5
30
47.371
47.762
48.018
200.520
3
12
Aric Almirola
10
Ford
7
202.611
47.263
0.358
8
20
48.343
49.199
194.737
2
11
Paul Menard
21
Ford
8
202.328
47.329
0.424
15
16
48.190
49.272
49.783
194.571
6
15
Matt DiBenedetto
95
Toyota
9
202.243
47.349
0.444
3
27
49.136
49.231
194.527
8
17
Denny Hamlin
11
Toyota
10
201.949
47.418
0.513
8
34
48.089
48.189
49.194
198.723
7
16
Alex Bowman
88
Chevrolet
11
201.774
47.459
0.554
5
33
47.695
47.912
48.016
49.353
199.873
2
11
William Byron
24
Chevrolet
12
201.766
47.461
0.556
5
29
47.693
47.918
48.021
49.801
199.847
2
11
Chase Elliott
9
Chevrolet
13
201.757
47.463
0.558
5
29
47.697
47.925
48.069
49.395
199.818
2
11
Daniel Hemric
8
Chevrolet
14
201.753
47.464
0.559
5
24
47.698
47.904
48.008
49.348
199.908
2
11
Kurt Busch
1
Chevrolet
15
201.736
47.468
0.563
5
31
47.743
48.007
48.819
199.484
2
11
Kyle Larson
42
Chevrolet
16
201.732
47.469
0.564
5
38
47.693
47.924
48.026
49.364
199.822
2
11
Jimmie Johnson
48
Chevrolet
17
201.706
47.475
0.570
5
37
47.696
47.927
48.070
49.395
199.809
2
11
Austin Dillon
3
Chevrolet
18
201.655
47.487
0.582
5
25
47.695
47.926
48.027
49.365
199.815
2
11
Ty Dillon
13
Chevrolet
19
201.587
47.503
0.598
15
22
48.522
51.475
51.214
187.371
6
15
Daniel Suarez
41
Ford
20
200.860
47.675
0.770
13
25
48.297
49.203
51.011
55.685
194.772
9
18
Kevin Harvick
4
Ford
21
200.650
47.725
0.820
17
30
48.253
48.551
48.812
49.356
49.711
197.266
12
21
Bubba Wallace
43
Chevrolet
22
200.561
47.746
0.841
18
23
48.517
51.170
51.093
51.654
189.298
11
20
Brendan Gaughan
62
Chevrolet
23
200.490
47.763
0.858
8
26
0
0
Clint Bowyer
14
Ford
24
200.431
47.777
0.872
13
18
49.515
50.363
190.590
4
13
Joey Logano
22
Ford
25
199.442
48.014
1.109
12
26
48.255
48.780
49.280
49.366
51.886
196.342
11
20
Ryan Preece
47
Chevrolet
26
197.782
48.417
1.512
4
24
48.521
50.373
190.710
10
19
Chris Buescher
37
Chevrolet
27
197.696
48.438
1.533
4
21
48.520
0
0
Ross Chastain
15
Chevrolet
28
197.297
48.536
1.631
10
16
49.456
0
0
Landon Cassill
00
Chevrolet
29
197.163
48.569
1.664
10
18
49.071
52.758
184.174
8
17
Michael McDowell
34
Ford
30
197.122
48.579
1.674
13
19
48.771
49.166
194.792
8
17
Jeffrey Earnhardt
81
Toyota
31
196.185
48.811
1.906
15
24
48.982
49.651
192.928
13
22
Ryan Blaney
12
Ford
32
195.492
48.984
2.079
7
15
49.604
0
0
Brad Keselowski
2
Ford
33
195.297
49.033
2.128
3
16
49.592
0
0
Parker Kligerman
96
Toyota
34
194.836
49.149
2.244
7
11
0
0
Stanton Barrett
52
Chevrolet
35
193.905
49.385
2.480
9
11
51.193
52.533
182.541
2
11
David Ragan
38
Ford
36
190.245
50.335
3.430
12
13
0
0
Justin Haley
77
Chevrolet
37
189.402
50.559
3.654
13
13
53.317
0
0
Reed Sorenson
27
Chevrolet
38
189.324
50.580
3.675
8
13
58.887
0
0
Cody Ware
51
Ford
39
181.584
52.736
5.831
9
10
0
0