2019 Hollywood Casino 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 32 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)
Location	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	277 laps, 415.5 mi (664.8 km)
Scheduled Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	136.491 miles per hour (219.661 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Daniel Hemric	Richard Childress Racing
Time	30.329
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	153
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Nielsen Ratings	3.304 million[9]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2019 Hollywood Casino 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 20, 2019, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 277 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 32nd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

First practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.595 seconds and a speed of 176.499 mph (284.048 km/h).^[10]

Final practice

Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.366 seconds and a speed of 177.830 mph (286.190 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying

Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.329 and a speed of 178.047 mph (286.539 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying results

Race

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 15 among 12 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 32
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes and 39 seconds
• Average speed: 136.491 miles per hour (219.661 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace had the call of the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 &2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 &4. Winston Kelley, Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Dillon Welch covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

Pos Driver Points 2 1 Kyle Busch 4,046 2 Martin Truex Jr. 4,042 (–4) 2 3 Denny Hamlin 4,037 (–9) 2 4 Joey Logano 4,030 (–16) 1 5 Kevin Harvick 4,028 (–18) 4 6 Chase Elliott 4,024 (–22) 7 Kyle Larson 4,011 (–35) 1 8 Ryan Blaney 4,009 (–37) 4 9 Brad Keselowski 2,229 (–1,817) 1 10 William Byron 2,181 (–1,865) 3 11 Alex Bowman 2,181 (–1,865) 1 12 Clint Bowyer 2,165 (–1,881) 13 Aric Almirola 2,148 (–1,898) 1 14 Kurt Busch 2,130 (–1,916) 1 15 Ryan Newman 2,121 (–1,925) 16 Erik Jones 2,072 (–1,974) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,167 2 Ford 1,127 (–40) 3 Chevrolet 1,093 (–74) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.