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The official 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Darlington Raceway.

Bojangles' Southern 500

Sunday, September 1st, 2019

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

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  • 16 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 70th Annual Bojangles' Southern 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 21
  • Team : No. 24 - Hendrick Autoguard/City Chevrolet Throwback Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
  • William Byron won the Pole Award for the 70th Annual Bojangles' Southern 500 with a lap of 28.51 seconds, 172.487 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 61 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 12th top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2019 and his seventh in 11 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his third top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 11th in 25 races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (18th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 04.058 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 44 Minutes 46 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 133.825
  • Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,039 (6.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 70th Annual Bojangles? Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Erik Jones
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 20 - Sport Clips Throwback Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Erik Jones won the 70th Annual Bojangles? Southern 500, his second victory in 100 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Ryan Preece (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 64 points over Joey Logano.
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Race lineup for the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 24 William Byron Chevrolet 172.487 28.510 0.000 Hedrick Autoguard / City Chevrolet … Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 172.088 28.576 0.066 Miller Lite Team Penske Paul Wolfe
3 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 171.842 28.617 0.107 Clover Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
4 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 171.764 28.630 0.120 Chevrolet Accessories Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
5 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 171.321 28.704 0.194 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 171.202 28.724 0.214 Ally Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
7 22 Joey Logano Ford 171.011 28.756 0.246 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
8 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 170.952 28.766 0.256 NAPA Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 170.827 28.787 0.277 FedEx Darlington Throwback Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
10 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 170.744 28.801 0.291 Menards / Pennzoil Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
11 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 170.679 28.812 0.302 Busch Beer / Big Buck Hunter Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
12 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 170.578 28.829 0.319 Kroger Fast Lane to Flavor Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
13 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 170.566 28.831 0.321 Rush Truck Centers / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
14 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 170.507 28.841 0.331 American Ethanol Richard Childress Racing Danny Stockman
15 20 Erik Jones Toyota 170.466 28.848 0.338 Sport Clips Throwback Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 170.425 28.855 0.345 Axalta Throwback Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
17 21 Paul Menard Ford 170.324 28.872 0.362 Motorcraft / Quicklane Tire & A… Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
18 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 170.206 28.892 0.382 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
19 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 170.130 28.905 0.395 No.95 IMSA GTO Throwback Leavine Family Racing Mike Wheeler
20 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 170.100 28.910 0.400 Kroger Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 169.977 28.931 0.421 Dog's Most Wanted Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
22 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 169.830 28.956 0.446 Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing Cole Pearn
23 34 Michael McDowell Ford 169.473 29.017 0.507 Dockside Logistics Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
24 6 Ryan Newman Ford 169.461 29.019 0.509 Oscar Mayer / Velveeta Rfk Racing Scott Graves
25 0 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 169.065 29.087 0.577 StarCom Fiber Starcom Racing Joe Williams
26 38 David Ragan Ford 169.007 29.097 0.587 Shriners Hospital for Children Front Row Motorsports Mike Kelley
27 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 168.972 29.103 0.593 CorvetteParts.net Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
28 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 168.625 29.163 0.653 Victory Junction 15th Anniversary Richard Petty Motorsports Derek Stamets
29 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 168.567 29.173 0.663 GEICO Germain Racing Justin Alexander
30 10 Aric Almirola Ford 168.244 29.229 0.719 Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
31 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 168.186 29.239 0.729 Premium Motorsports Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
32 36 Matt Tifft Ford 167.997 29.272 0.762 Hilliker Glass / Surface Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
33 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 167.351 29.385 0.875 Snickers Throwback Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
34 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 165.220 29.764 1.254 Motor Racing Network Spire Motorsports Tommy Baldwin
35 52 JJ Yeley Ford 165.042 29.796 1.286 Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Jason Houghtaling
36 51 BJ McLeod Ford 163.538 30.070 1.560 Jacob Companies Petty Ware Racing Lee Leslie
37 27 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 162.512 30.260 1.750 Premium Motorsports Premium Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
38 54 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 160.874 30.568 2.058 AQRE.app Rick Ware Racing Mike Hillman Sr
39 66 Joey Gase Toyota 159.207 30.888 2.378 MBM Motorsports Motorsports Business Management George Church