Race Lineup
The official 2019 Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Kansas Speedway.
Hollywood Casino 400
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
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- Kansas Speedway
- 19th Annual Hollywood Casino 400
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Daniel Hemric
- Age: 28
- Team : No. 8 - Caterpillar Chevrolet
- Owner: Richard Childress Racing
- Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
- Daniel Hemric won the Pole Award for the 19th Annual Hollywood Casino 400 with a lap of 30.329 seconds, 178.047 mph.
- This is his first pole in 34 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. He joins Jason Leffler (2001) and Ryan Blaney (2017) as the third driver to win his first series pole at Kansas.
- This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2019.
- This is his first pole in two races at Kansas Speedway.
- David Ragan (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2019 and his second in 22 races at Kansas Speedway.
- Ryan Blaney (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 15th in 32 races this season.
- Daniel Hemric (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 267
- Laps Actual: 277 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.128 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 2 Minutes 39 Seconds
- Average Speed: 136.491
- Cautions: 7 for 32 laps
- Lead Changes: 15
- Green Flag Passes: 3,051 (12.5 passes per green flag lap)
- Kansas Speedway
- 19th Annual Hollywood Casino 400
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 38
- Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
- Denny Hamlin won the 19th Annual Hollywood Casino 400, his 36th victory in 502 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
- This is his fifth victory and 21st top-10 finish in 2019.
- This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 23 races at Kansas Speedway.
- Chase Elliott (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2019.
- Kyle Busch (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 24 races at Kansas Speedway.
- Ryan Preece (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 178.047 | 30.329 | 0.000 | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 2 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 177.842 | 30.364 | 0.035 | MDS | Front Row Motorsports | Mike Kelley |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 177.754 | 30.379 | 0.050 | Menards / Dickies | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 177.667 | 30.394 | 0.064 | Discount Tire | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 177.637 | 30.399 | 0.070 | Credit One Bank | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 6 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 177.585 | 30.408 | 0.079 | Love's Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 7 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 177.497 | 30.423 | 0.093 | Roush Performance | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 8 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 177.363 | 30.446 | 0.117 | ARRIS | Stewart-haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 9 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 177.352 | 30.448 | 0.119 | Roland | Richard Childress Racing | Danny Stockman |
| 10 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 177.328 | 30.452 | 0.123 | Victory Junction | Richard Petty Motorsports | Derek Stamets |
| 11 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 177.258 | 30.464 | 0.135 | Bass Pro Shops | Joe Gibbs Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 177.253 | 30.465 | 0.136 | Ally Fueling Futures | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 177.189 | 30.476 | 0.147 | Smithfield / Hy-Vee | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 14 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 177.067 | 30.497 | 0.168 | NAPA Auto Parts | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 15 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 176.945 | 30.518 | 0.189 | Advent Health | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt Mccall |
| 16 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 176.933 | 30.520 | 0.191 | Nationwide | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 17 | 36 | Matt Tifft | Ford | 176.794 | 30.544 | 0.215 | Louis Kemp Crab Delights | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 18 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 176.771 | 30.548 | 0.219 | M&M's Halloween | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 19 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 176.626 | 30.573 | 0.244 | Fastenal | Rfk Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 20 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 176.615 | 30.575 | 0.246 | DeWalt | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 21 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 176.442 | 30.605 | 0.276 | DEKALB | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 22 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 176.401 | 30.612 | 0.283 | Menards / Atlas | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 23 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 176.292 | 30.631 | 0.302 | FedEx Office | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 24 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 176.275 | 30.634 | 0.305 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 25 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 175.655 | 30.742 | 0.413 | UniFirst | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 26 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 175.308 | 30.803 | 0.474 | Kroger Simmer Like A Winner | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Trent Owens |
| 27 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 174.876 | 30.879 | 0.550 | Toyota Express Maintenance | Leavine Family Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 28 | 47 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 174.870 | 30.880 | 0.551 | Kroger | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Eddie Pardue |
| 29 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 174.689 | 30.912 | 0.583 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 30 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 174.171 | 31.004 | 0.675 | Creek Enterprises | Starcom Racing | Joe Williams |
| 31 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 173.712 | 31.086 | 0.757 | Kansasland | Go Fas Racing | Randy Cox |
| 32 | 96 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 172.651 | 31.277 | 0.948 | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 33 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 172.166 | 31.365 | 1.036 | Harrah's North Kansas City | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 34 | 27 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 172.095 | 31.378 | 1.049 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 35 | Garrett Smithley | 172.051 | 31.386 | 1.057 | |||||
| 36 | 51 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 171.461 | 31.494 | 1.165 | Jacob Companies | Petty Ware Racing | Michael Hillman |
| 37 | 53 | Josh Bilicki | Ford | 169.881 | 31.787 | 1.458 | Insurance King | Rick Ware Racing | Jason Houghtaling |
| 38 | 77 | Timmy Hill | Chevrolet | 168.334 | 32.079 | 1.750 | Unsponsored | Spire Motorsports | Tommy Baldwin |
| 39 | 66 | Joey Gase | Toyota | 162.700 | 33.190 | 2.861 | Page Construction | Motorsports Business Management | George Church |
| 40 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 30.329 | Jimmy John's 3 Dollar Little J… | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |