2019 Toyota Owners 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 9 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)
Location	Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
Distance	400 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	99.852 miles per hour (160.696 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	21.722
Most laps led
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	186
Winner
No. 19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings	2.787 million[8]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2019 Toyota Owners 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 13, 2019, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the ninth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it hostes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, formerly hosted an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.185 seconds and a speed of 121.704 mph (195.864 km/h).^[9]

Final practice

Final practice session scheduled for Friday was cancelled due to rain.

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.722 and a speed of 124.298 mph (200.038 km/h).^[10]

Qualifying results

• Note: Erik Jones, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Jimmie Johnson, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin, Matt Tifft, and Joey Gase all had their times disallowed and started at the rear of the field due to failing inspection and started based on owner points.

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 100

Stage Two Laps: 100

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 200

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 8 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 41
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 16 seconds
• Average speed: 99.852 miles per hour (160.696 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Jeff Gordon and six-time Richmond winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and six-time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Winston Kelley, Steve Post and Glenn Jarrett worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 400 1 2 Joey Logano 380 (–20) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 366 (–36) 4 Kevin Harvick 349 (–51) 5 Brad Keselowski 313 (–87) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 311 (–89) 1 7 Kurt Busch 287 (–113) 3 8 Clint Bowyer 280 (–120) 3 9 Ryan Blaney 277 (–123) 10 Chase Elliott 267 (–133) 2 11 Aric Almirola 260 (–140) 12 Daniel Suárez 235 (–165) 13 Jimmie Johnson 234 (–166) 4 14 Austin Dillon 216 (–184) 15 Ryan Newman 216 (–184) 3 16 Paul Menard 213 (–187) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 343 2 Ford 326 (–17) 3 Chevrolet 292 (–51) 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.