Race Lineup

The official 2019 Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard

Monday, September 9th, 2019

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

  • 17 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • 26th Annual Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard presented by Florida Georgia Line
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick
  • Age: 43
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
  • Kevin Harvick won the Pole Award for the 26th Annual Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard presented by Florida Georgia Line with a lap of 48.448 seconds, 185.766 mph.
  • This is his 30th pole in 672 Monster Energy Series races.
  • This is his fifth pole and 17th top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his third pole in 19 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Paul Menard (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2019 and his second in 13 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Clint Bowyer (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his 15th in 26 races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Margin of Victory: 06.118 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 20 Minutes 6 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 119.443
  • Cautions: 9 for 48 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,511 (13.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • 26th Annual Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard presented by Florida Georgia Line
  • Race Winner: Kevin Harvick
  • Age: 43
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
  • Kevin Harvick won the 26th Annual Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard presented by Florida Georgia Line, his 48th victory in 672 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 19 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Joey Logano (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Bubba Wallace (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • Ryan Preece (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 17 points over Joey Logano. Busch is the Monster Energy Series Regular Season Champion.
  • Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman clinch the final two spots on points and advance to the Playoffs.
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Race lineup for the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 185.766 48.448 0.000 Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
2 21 Paul Menard Ford 185.724 48.459 0.011 Menards / Dutch Boy Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
3 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 185.277 48.576 0.128 Rush / Cummins Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
4 22 Joey Logano Ford 185.193 48.598 0.150 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 185.181 48.601 0.153 Ally Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
6 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 185.079 48.628 0.180 Discount Tire Team Penske Paul Wolfe
7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 184.778 48.707 0.259 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
8 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 184.718 48.723 0.275 Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
9 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 184.680 48.733 0.285 Wabash National Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
10 10 Aric Almirola Ford 184.615 48.750 0.302 Smithfield / Meijer Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 184.612 48.751 0.303 Liberty National Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 184.430 48.799 0.351 Fastenal Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
13 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 184.320 48.828 0.380 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
14 20 Erik Jones Toyota 184.124 48.880 0.432 Stanley Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
15 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 184.030 48.905 0.457 World Wide Technology Richard Petty Motorsports Derek Stamets
16 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 183.940 48.929 0.481 Kroger Fast Lane to Flavor Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
17 38 David Ragan Ford 183.929 48.932 0.484 Mannington Commercial Front Row Motorsports Mike Kelley
18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 183.775 48.973 0.525 Symbicort Richard Childress Racing Danny Stockman
19 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 183.771 48.974 0.526 McDonald's Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
20 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 183.643 49.008 0.560 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
21 34 Michael McDowell Ford 183.509 49.044 0.596 Long John Silvers Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
22 6 Ryan Newman Ford 183.273 49.107 0.659 Acorns Rfk Racing Scott Graves
23 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 183.038 49.170 0.722 Kroger Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
24 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 182.934 49.198 0.750 NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
25 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 182.864 49.217 0.769 GEICO Germain Racing Justin Alexander
26 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 182.819 49.229 0.781 Horizon Transport Leavine Family Racing Mike Wheeler
27 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 182.704 49.260 0.812 AOI Joe Gibbs Racing Cole Pearn
28 36 Matt Tifft Ford 182.131 49.415 0.967 Southeastern Equipment & Supply Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
29 24 William Byron Chevrolet 182.043 49.439 0.991 Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
30 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 181.580 49.565 1.117 ARK.io Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
31 0 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 181.386 49.618 1.170 SHERFICK Companies Starcom Racing Joe Williams
32 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 181.097 49.697 1.249 TRD 40th Anniversary Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
33 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 180.629 49.826 1.378 FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
34 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 179.376 50.174 1.726 Xchange of America Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
35 51 BJ McLeod Ford 178.250 50.491 2.043 Jacob Companies Petty Ware Racing Mike Hillman Sr
36 27 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 176.873 50.884 2.436 SciAps Premium Motorsports Tommy Baldwin
37 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 176.630 50.954 2.506 Unsponsored Spire Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
38 52 Garrett Smithley Ford 176.008 51.134 2.686 Honest Abe Roofing Rick Ware Racing Jeff Spraker
39 53 Josh Bilicki Ford 174.999 51.429 2.981 AQRE.app Rick Ware Racing Lee Leslie
40 54 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 174.588 51.550 3.102 Unsponsored Rick Ware Racing Jason Houghtaling