2019 TicketGuardian 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 4 of 36 in the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)
Location	ISM Raceway inAvondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1 miles (1.6 km)
Distance	312 laps, 312 mi (499.2 km)
Average speed	101.693 miles per hour (163.659 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Time	25.480
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	177
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	4.794 million[10]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, andRusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The2019 TicketGuardian 500 was aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Seriesrace that was held on March 10, 2019, atISM Raceway inAvondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

ISM Raceway, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located inAvondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts twoNASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted theIndyCar Series,CART,USAC and theRolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated byInternational Speedway Corporation.

Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.403 seconds and a speed of 141.716 mph (228.070 km/h).^[11]

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.480 and a speed of 141.287 mph (227.379 km/h).^[12]

Chris Buescher was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.092 seconds and a speed of 137.973 mph (222.046 km/h).^[13]

Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.126 seconds and a speed of 137.794 mph (221.758 km/h).^[14]

Stage OneLaps: 75

During pre-race ceremonies, the Luke Air Force Base presented the nation's colors. Pastor Rick Derbyshire would give out the invocation.16-year old Chevel Shepherd, who had won Season 15 of The Voice, would sing the national anthem. The son of the CEO of TicketGuardian. Hudson Derbyshire, accompanied by his father and CEO, Brian and his mom, gave out the starting command.

At the race start, NASCAR judged that Chase Elliott jumped the restart against Ryan Blaney, and Elliott, while leading the first couple of laps, had to make a pass through penalty on pit road. Ryan Blaney would lead the first 35 laps before being passed by Kyle Busch on lap 36. Three laps later, Erik Jones would suffer a flat tire and spin in Turn 2, causing the first caution of the day. After cycling through pit stops, Denny Hamlin would lead the field to green on lap 46, before being passed for the lead by Busch just a lap later. Busch would lead until lap 65, when Brad Keselowski also suffering a flat tire and hitting the Turn 2 wall, almost collecting Ryan Preece. After more pit stops, Ryan Blaney would restart in the lead on lap 71 and would hang on to win the first stage.

Stage TwoLaps: 75

The field restarted on lap 84, with Kyle Busch leading the field to green. Busch, starting from lap 80 would go on to lead the next 73 laps. Alex Bowman would suffer a flat tire with just three laps to go in the stage, hitting the turn 1 wall. Kyle Busch would win the stage under caution.

Stage ThreeLaps: 162

Kyle Busch would jump to the lead on the initial restart, but a lap later Michael McDowell after missing the exit of the turn 2 wall, got hit in the rear by David Ragan and hit the wall. His car would not steer and would then hit the turn 3 wall, causing McDowell to retire. Kyle Busch would once again lead the field to the restart on lap 166, and would stay in the lead until lap 195, when Alex Bowman had another flat tire and pounded the turn 3 wall. Alex Bowman would retire from the race. Busch restarted and held on to the lead until lap 219, when Elliott spun off of turn 4. Hemric would take the lead after pit stops cycled, and restarted in first. However, on the first lap of the restart, Preece would hit the wall and clip the right front end of Daniel Suarez's car, sending Preece into the inside backstretch wall. Blaney would take the lead again, however Preece would again cause another caution, causing him to retire. Almirola would restart and take the lead until lap 251 when Blaney took the lead. Blaney held on to the lead until Busch, after a few laps battling took the lead on lap 296. Busch would pull away from Blaney and win.

• Lead changes: 17 among 6 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 9 for 57
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 5 seconds
• Average speed: 101.693 miles per hour (163.659 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 15th race at theISM Raceway.Mike Joy, two-time Phoenix winnerJeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip called the race from the broadcast booth.Jamie Little, Vince Welch andMatt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

MRN covered the radio action for the race which was also simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Kyle Busch 177 1 2 Joey Logano 171 (–6) 1 3 Kevin Harvick 168 (–9) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 165 (–12) 3 5 Martin Truex Jr. 140 (–37) 6 Kyle Larson 138 (–39) 4 7 Aric Almirola 134 (–43) 3 8 Brad Keselowski 133 (–44) 1 9 Kurt Busch 126 (–51) 3 10 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 123 (–54) 2 11 Clint Bowyer 118 (–59) 3 12 Ryan Blaney 113 (–64) 1 13 Chase Elliott 108 (–69) 5 14 Erik Jones 106 (–71) 2 15 Jimmie Johnson 98 (–79) 4 16 Alex Bowman 94 (–83) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Toyota 149 1 2 Ford 147 (–2) 3 Chevrolet 128 (–21) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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