


The2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 33rd season of theK&N Pro Series East, a regionalstock car racing series sanctioned byNASCAR. It began with theNew Smyrna 175 atNew Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with theGeneral Tire 125 atDover International Speedway on October 4.General Tire took over the position as the official tire supplier of the series fromGoodyear.[1]Sam Mayer was crowned the series champion, becoming the youngest champion in series history, at 16 years, 3 months, 8 days, topping the previous record set byTodd Gilliland after he won the 2016 title.[2]Tyler Ankrum entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but he did not defend his championship because he moved up to the Truck Series full time in 2019.
This was the last season of the series before it became an ARCA series in 2020 as part of the unification of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and theARCA Menards Series.
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | GMS Racing | 21 | Sam Mayer(R) | Mardy Lindley |
| Ford | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Spencer Davis | Mark Rette |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 15 | Tanner Gray(R) | Seth Smith |
| 54 | Drew Dollar(R)7 | Derek Smith2 Kevin Manion4 Chris Lawson5 Blake Bainbridge1 | ||
| Riley Herbst1 | ||||
| Hailie Deegan1 | ||||
| David Gilliland(R)1 | ||||
| Ty Gibbs(R)1 | ||||
| Todd Gilliland1 | ||||
| Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Max McLaughlin(R) | Robert Huffman | |
| Rev Racing | 4 | Chase Cabre | Glenn Parker1 Doug Howe11 | |
| 6 | Rubén García Jr. | Steve Plattenberger |
On December 4, 2018,NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule.Langley andNew Jersey were dropped from the schedule in favor a second race atBristol.[3] All races in the season were televised onNBCSN on a tape delay basis and shown live on FansChoice.tv.[4]
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Mayer(R) | 4 | 1* | 2 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1* | 511 | ||
| 2 | Chase Cabre | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13* | 6 | 5 | 472 | ||
| 3 | Tanner Gray(R) | 12 | 10 | 1* | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 458 | ||
| 4 | Spencer Davis | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5* | 1 | 4 | 7 | 458 | ||
| 5 | Max McLaughlin(R) | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6* | 4 | 10 | 1* | 7 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 440 | ||
| 6 | Rubén García Jr. | 8 | 17 | 5 | 73 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 433 | ||
| 7 | Derek Kraus | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1* | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 366 | |||||
| 8 | Colin Garrett | 6* | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 344 | ||||
| 9 | Drew Dollar(R) | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 297 | ||||||
| 10 | Hailie Deegan | 16 | 16 | 10 | 124 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 258 | ||||||
| 11 | Brittney Zamora(R) | 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 181 | ||||||||
| 12 | Brandon McReynolds | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 178 | |||||||||
| 13 | Ty Gibbs(R) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1* | 172 | ||||||||
| 14 | Justin Carroll | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 167 | |||||||||
| 15 | Mason Diaz(R) | 14 | 8 | DNS1 | DNS1 | 4 | 160 | |||||||||
| 16 | Travis Milburn | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 158 | |||||||||
| 17 | Josh Fanopoulos(R) | 13 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 155 | |||||||||
| 18 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | 19 | 15 | 16 | DNS1 | 15 | 139 | |||||||||
| 19 | Brandon Oakley | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 122 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Bill Hoff | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 122 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Nick Sanchez(R) | 14 | 8 | 8 | 103 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Riley Herbst | 18 | 6 | 12 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 8 | 3 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Parker Retzlaff(R) | 10 | 5 | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Anthony Sergi | 5 | 12 | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Robert Pawlowski | 16 | 10 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Jason Miles(R) | 13 | 13 | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Ron Jay(R) | 15 | 58 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | John Wood | 15 | 15 | 17 | 56 | |||||||||||
| 30 | David Gilliland(R) | 3 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Josh Berry | 3 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Dylan Murry | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | Dale Quarterley | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Raphaël Lessard(R) | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | Connor Hall | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Lawless Alan(R) | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Jett Noland(R) | Wth | 11 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Armani Williams | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Austin Reed(R) | 12 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Sam Hunt | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Brandon Jones | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| 42 | Stefan Parsons(R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| 43 | Jason Larivee Jr.(R) | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | Joe Graf Jr. | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| 45 | Juan Manuel González | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Natalie Decker(R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points | ||||||||||||||||
| Jagger Jones(R) | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Trevor Huddleston | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Todd Souza | 16 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Takuma Koga | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Taylor Canfield | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV | Points | ||