2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
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The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be the 71st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 48th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races and the 61st running of the Daytona 500. The regular season will end with the Brickyard 400 on September 8, 2019. The playoffs will end with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2019.

It will be the fourth season of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the third of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks.^[1]^[2] It will also be the first year the Cup Series will be fielding the Ford Mustang.

Teams and drivers

Chartered teams

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	1	Kurt Busch	Matt McCall
	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Kyle Larson	Chad Johnston
	Germain Racing	13	Ty Dillon	Matt Borland
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chase Elliott	Alan Gustafson
		24	William Byron	Chad Knaus
		48	Jimmie Johnson	Kevin Meendering
		88	Alex Bowman	Greg Ives
	JTG Daugherty Racing	37	Chris Buescher	Trent Owens
	JTG Daugherty Racing	47	Ryan Preece (R)	Tristan Smith
	Premium Motorsports	15	Ross Chastain	Peter Sospenzo 28 Pat Tryson 8
	Richard Childress Racing	3	Austin Dillon	Danny Stockman
	Richard Childress Racing	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Luke Lambert 35 Justin Alexander 1
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Derek Stamets
	Spire Motorsports	77	Jamie McMurray 1	Scott Eggleston 29 Peter Sospenzo 7
			Garrett Smithley 6
			Reed Sorenson 1
			Quin Houff (R) 13
			D. J. Kennington 1
			Justin Haley 1
			TBA 13
	StarCom Racing	00	Landon Cassill	Wayne Carroll 1 Joe Williams Jr. 35
Ford	Front Row Motorsports	34	Michael McDowell	Drew Blickensderfer
		36	Matt Tifft (R)	Mike Kelley
		38	David Ragan	Seth Barbour
	Go Fas Racing	32	Corey LaJoie	Randy Cox
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Ryan Newman	Scott Graves
	Roush Fenway Racing	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Brian Pattie
	Stewart-Haas Racing	4	Kevin Harvick	Rodney Childers
		10	Aric Almirola	Johnny Klausmeier
		14	Clint Bowyer	Mike Bugarewicz
		41	Daniel Suárez	Billy Scott
	Team Penske	2	Brad Keselowski	Paul Wolfe
		12	Ryan Blaney	Jeremy Bullins
		22	Joey Logano	Todd Gordon
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Paul Menard	Greg Erwin
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Denny Hamlin	Chris Gabehart
		18	Kyle Busch	Adam Stevens
		19	Martin Truex Jr.	Cole Pearn
		20	Erik Jones	Chris Gayle
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Mike Wheeler
Chevrolet 6 Ford 5	Petty Ware Racing	51	B. J. McLeod 2	George Church 6 Mike Hillman Jr. 5
			Cody Ware (R) 7
			Gray Gaulding 1
			Jeb Burton 1
			TBA 25
Chevrolet 8 Ford 3	Rick Ware Racing	52	Cody Ware (R) 1	Mike Hillman Jr. 6 George Church 5
			B. J. McLeod 4
			Bayley Currey 4
			Jeb Burton 1
			Stanton Barrett 1
			TBA 25

Limited schedule

Changes

Offseason changes

Rule changes

Schedule

Key changes from 2018 include:

The schedule, comprising 36 races, including the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel (qualifying races for the Daytona 500) and the All-Star Race, was released on April 3, 2018.

No	Race Title	Track	Date	Time ET	TV
	Advance Auto Parts Clash	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	February 10	3:00 PM	FS1
	Gander RV Duel		February 14	7:00 PM	FS1
1	Daytona 500		February 17	2:30 PM	Fox
2	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia	February 24	2:00 PM	Fox
3	Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	March 3	3:30 PM	Fox
4	TicketGuardian 500	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	March 10	3:30 PM	Fox
5	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California	March 17	3:30 PM	Fox
6	STP 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	March 24	2:00 PM	FS1
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas	March 31	3:00 PM	Fox
8	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	April 7	2:00 PM	FS1
9	Toyota Owners 400	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia	April 13	7:30 PM	Fox
10	GEICO 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	April 28	2:00 PM	Fox
11	Gander RV 400^[3]	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware	May 5	2:00 PM	FS1
12	Digital Ally 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas	May 11	7:30 PM	FS1
	Monster Energy Open	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina	May 18	6:00 PM	FS1
	Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race		May 18	8:00 PM	FS1
13	Coca-Cola 600		May 26	6:00 PM	Fox
14	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	June 2	2:00 PM	FS1
15	FireKeepers Casino 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	June 9	2:00 PM	FS1
16	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California	June 23	3:00 PM	FS1
17	Camping World 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois	June 30	3:00 PM	NBCSN
18	Coke Zero Sugar 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	July 6	7:30 PM	NBC
19	Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky	July 13	7:30 PM	NBCSN
20	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	July 21	3:00 PM	NBCSN
21	Gander Outdoors 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania	July 28	3:00 PM	NBCSN
22	Go Bowling at The Glen	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	August 4	3:00 PM	NBCSN
23	Consumers Energy 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	August 11	3:00 PM	NBCSN
24	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	August 17	7:30 PM	NBCSN
25	Bojangles' Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	September 1	6:00 PM	NBCSN
26	Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	September 8	2:00 PM	NBC
Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16
27	South Point 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada	September 15	7:00 PM	NBCSN
28	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia	September 21	7:30 PM	NBCSN
29	Bank of America Roval 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, (Roval)	September 29	2:30 PM	NBC
Round of 12
30	Gander Outdoors 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware	October 6	2:30 PM	NBCSN
31	1000Bulbs.com 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama	October 13	2:00 PM	NBC
32	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas	October 20	2:30 PM	NBC
Round of 8
33	First Data 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	October 27	3:00 PM	NBCSN
34	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas	November 3	3:00 PM	NBCSN
35	Can-Am 500	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona	November 10	2:30 PM	NBC
Championship 4
36	Ford EcoBoost 400	Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida	November 17	3:00 PM	NBC

Related pages

References

↑ "NASCAR, FOX extend, expand rights agreement". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
↑ Cain, Holly (July 23, 2013). "NASCAR, NBC Sports Group reach landmark deal". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
↑ "Gander RV to Sponsor May 5 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover International Speedway". Dover International Speedway. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.

[1] "NASCAR, FOX extend, expand rights agreement". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

[2] Cain, Holly (July 23, 2013). "NASCAR, NBC Sports Group reach landmark deal". NASCAR.com. Daytona Beach, Florida: NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2017.

[3] "Gander RV to Sponsor May 5 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover International Speedway". Dover International Speedway. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.

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