2019 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 16 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)
Location	Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.52 mi (4.06 km)
Distance	90 laps, 226.8 mi (364.999 km)
Average speed	83.922 miles per hour (135.059 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	94.784
Most laps led
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	59
Winner
No. 19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings	2.478 million[9]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Pat Patterson (2, 3 & 3a), Brad Gillie (4a & 7a) Doug Turnbull (8 & 9) and Rob Albright (10 & 11)

The 2019 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 23, 2019 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.52-mile (4.06 km) road course, it was the 16th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

The race was won by its defending champion Martin Truex Jr., marking his third overall victory at Sonoma. Truex also set the event's fastest average speed.

Report

Background

Sonoma Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway and Infineon Raceway is a 2.52-mile (4.06 km) road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, USA. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with 160 feet (49 m) of total elevation change. It is host to one of only three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses (the others being Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York and the road course layout for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway). It is also host to the NTT IndyCar Series and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America.

Entry list

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

Practice

First practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 95.168 seconds and a speed of 95.326 mph (153.412 km/h).^[10]

Final practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 95.026 seconds and a speed of 95.469 mph (153.642 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 94.784 and a speed of 95.712 mph (154.034 km/h).^[12]

Qualifying results

• Kyle Weatherman practiced and qualified the No. 15 for Ross Chastain, who was in Gateway for the Truck Series race.

Race

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 20

Stage Two Laps: 20

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 50

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 7 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 2 for 6
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 42 minutes and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 83.922 miles per hour (135.059 km/h)

Media

Television

The race was televised by FS1, as Fox's final Cup Series event of the season. It also marked Darrell Waltrip's final race as a full-time broadcaster, retiring after a 19-year career spent exclusively at Fox (although he has since made spot appearances, with the April 2022 Bristol round being one).^[13] Several drivers (particularly those who share numbers that Waltrip had used during his racing career) ran commemorative paint schemes paying tribute to Waltrip, with Matt DiBenedetto using a design inspired by Waltrip's Terminal Transport #95 from the 1970s, David Ragan using a design inspired by Waltrip's "chrome car" from 1997 (which Waltrip employed as part of his 25th anniversary season), and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. using a design inspired by Waltrip's Western Auto #17 from the 1990s.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network. PRN's broadcast of the race was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the pit straightaway. Pat Patterson called the race from a stand outside of turn 2 when the field was racing up turns 2, 3 and 3a. Brad Gillie called the race from a stand outside of turn 7a when the field was racing through turns 4a and 7a. Doug Turnbull called the race when the field raced thru turns 8 and 9. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard outside turn 11 when the field was racing through turns 10 and 11. Heather Debeaux, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Jim Noble reported from pit lane during the race.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joey Logano 643 2 Kyle Busch 642 (–1) 1 3 Kevin Harvick 573 (–70) 1 4 Brad Keselowski 569 (–74) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 543 (–100) 1 6 Denny Hamlin 542 (–101) 2 7 Chase Elliott 535 (–108) 8 Kurt Busch 509 (–134) 9 Ryan Blaney 468 (–175) 10 Alex Bowman 460 (–183) 11 Aric Almirola 460 (–183) 12 Clint Bowyer 430 (–213) 13 Daniel Suárez 421 (–222) 14 William Byron 419 (–224) 15 Kyle Larson 408 (–235) 1 16 Ryan Newman 391 (–252) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 598 2 Ford 576 (–22) 3 Chevrolet 530 (–68) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.