2019 Food City 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 8 of 36 in the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
2019 Food City 500 program cover
Date	April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07)
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway inBristol, Tennessee
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	0.533 miles (0.858 km)
Distance	500 laps, 266.5 mi (429 km)
Average speed	90.527 miles per hour (145.689 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	14.568
Most laps led
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Laps	158
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	2.806 million[10]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Doug Rice, Mark Garrow andWendy Venturini
Turn announcers	Rob Albright (Backstretch)

The2019 Food City 500 is aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on April 7, 2019, atBristol Motor Speedway inBristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the eighth race of the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is aNASCARshort track venue located inBristol,Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, twopit roads, andstadium-like seating.

Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.804 seconds and a speed of 129.614 mph (208.594 km/h).^[11]

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.568 and a speed of 131.713 mph (211.972 km/h).^[12]

Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 14.771 seconds and a speed of 129.903 mph (209.059 km/h).^[13]

Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.894 seconds and a speed of 128.830 mph (207.332 km/h).^[14]

Stage OneLaps: 125

Stage TwoLaps: 125

Stage ThreeLaps: 250

• Lead changes: 21 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 11 for 77
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 56 minutes and 38 seconds
• Average speed: 90.527 miles per hour (145.689 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at theBristol Motor Speedway.Mike Joy, five-time Bristol winnerJeff Gordon and 12-time Bristol winner – and all-time Bristol race winner –Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race.Jamie Little,Regan Smith, Vince Welch andMatt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow andWendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett Mcmillan, Jim Noble, and Steve Richards covered the action on pit lane.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 361 2 Denny Hamlin 334 (–27) 1 3 Joey Logano 326 (–35) 1 4 Kevin Harvick 301 (–60) 1 5 Brad Keselowski 271 (–90) 2 6 Ryan Blaney 265 (–96) 7 Martin Truex Jr. 254 (–107) 2 8 Kurt Busch 253 (–108) 4 9 Aric Almirola 246 (–115) 1 10 Chase Elliott 245 (–116) 11 Clint Bowyer 234 (–127) 2 12 Daniel Suárez 210 (–151) 2 13 Jimmie Johnson 209 (–152) 2 14 Kyle Larson 203 (–158) 5 15 Ryan Newman 188 (–173) 3 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 187 (–174) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 303 2 Ford 291 (–12) 3 Chevrolet 261 (–42) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in theMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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