2019 Gander RV 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 11 of 36 in the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)
Location	Dover International Speedway inDover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1 miles (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed	127.242 miles per hour (204.776 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	21.692
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	145
Winner
No. 19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	1.541 million[9]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle andRusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The2019 Gander RV 400 was aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on May 6, 2019, atDover International Speedway inDover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was postponed from Sunday, May 5 to Monday, May 6 due to rain.

Dover International Speedway is an ovalrace track inDover,Delaware,United States that has held at least twoNASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hostedUSAC and theNTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concreteoval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated byDover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway afterDover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.372 seconds and a speed of 168.445 mph (271.086 km/h).^[10]

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.692 and a speed of 165.960 mph (267.087 km/h).^[11]

• Four cars were sent to the back at the start of the race (Nos. 19, 36, 47, 88). The 36 of Matt Tifft was also forced to complete a pass through penalty on the start because of failing inspection after qualifying 3 times.^[12]

Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to fog.

Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.241 seconds and a speed of 161.863 mph (260.493 km/h).^[13]

Stage OneLaps: 120

Stage TwoLaps: 120

Stage ThreeLaps: 160

• Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 6 for 31
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds
• Average speed: 127.242 miles per hour (204.776 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at theDover International Speedway.Mike Joy, five-time Dover winnerJeff Gordon and two-time Dover winnerDarrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race.Jamie Little, Vince Welch andMatt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 460 2 Joey Logano 455 (–5) 1 3 Kevin Harvick 397 (–63) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 383 (–77) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 378 (–82) 1 6 Brad Keselowski 377 (–83) 7 Chase Elliott 371 (–89) 8 Kurt Busch 347 (–113) 9 Ryan Blaney 335 (–125) 10 Clint Bowyer 319 (–141) 11 Aric Almirola 309 (–151) 12 Daniel Suárez 292 (–168) 2 13 Alex Bowman 287 (–173) 1 14 Ryan Newman 270 (–190) 6 15 Kyle Larson 267 (–193) 2 16 Erik Jones 264 (–196) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 410 2 Ford 392 (–18) 3 Chevrolet 367 (–43) 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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