Race Lineup

The official 2019 STP 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Martinsville Speedway.

STP 500

Sunday, March 24th, 2019

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 15 Ford
  • 5 Toyota
  • 16 Chevrolet

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 70th Annual STP 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Joey Logano
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Todd Gordon
  • Joey Logano won the Pole Award for the 70th Annual STP 500 with a lap of 19.356 seconds, 97.830 mph.
  • This is his 21st pole in 369 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his fifth pole in 21 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2019 and his seventh in 21 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Brad Keselowski (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his second in six races this season.
  • Ryan Preece (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 0.594 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 21 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 78.158
  • Cautions: 7 for 56 laps
  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Green Flag Passes: 978 (2.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 70th Annual STP 500
  • Race Winner: Brad Keselowski
  • Age: 35
  • Team : No. 2 - Reese/Draw Tite Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
  • Brad Keselowski won the 70th Annual STP 500, his 29th victory in 347 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 19 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Chase Elliott (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 28 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Ryan Preece (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 21 points over Denny Hamlin.
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Race lineup for the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 22 Joey Logano Ford 97.830 19.356 0.000 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 97.643 19.393 0.037 SHAZAM! / Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
3 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 97.458 19.430 0.074 Reese / Draw-Tite Team Penske Paul Wolfe
4 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 97.382 19.445 0.089 Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 97.362 19.449 0.093 FedEx Ground Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
6 24 William Byron Chevrolet 97.202 19.481 0.125 Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
7 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 97.098 19.502 0.146 Credit One Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
8 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 97.053 19.511 0.155 NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
9 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 97.018 19.518 0.162 Sirius XM Joe Gibbs Racing Cole Pearn
10 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 96.830 19.556 0.200 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
11 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 96.706 19.581 0.225 Mobil 1 / Rush Truck Centers Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 96.573 19.608 0.252 Ally Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
13 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 96.755 19.571 0.215 Kroger Speed Up Your Cleanup Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 96.716 19.579 0.223 M&M's Chocolate Bar Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
15 21 Paul Menard Ford 96.696 19.583 0.227 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
16 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 96.671 19.588 0.232 Kroger Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
17 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 96.647 19.593 0.237 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
18 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 96.602 19.602 0.246 Menards / Libman Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
19 20 Erik Jones Toyota 96.602 19.602 0.246 DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
20 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 96.499 19.623 0.267 Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
21 6 Ryan Newman Ford 96.484 19.626 0.270 Acorns Rfk Racing Scott Graves
22 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 96.465 19.630 0.274 Toyota Express Maintenance Leavine Family Racing Mike Wheeler
23 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 96.357 19.652 0.296 GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
24 34 Michael McDowell Ford 96.146 19.695 0.339 A&W All American Foods Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 96.298 19.664 0.308 Fastenal Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
26 38 David Ragan Ford 96.107 19.703 0.347 MDS Transport Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
27 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 95.917 19.742 0.386 Transportation Impact Richard Petty Motorsports Derek Stamets
28 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 95.709 19.785 0.429 StarCom Racing Starcom Racing Joe Williams
29 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 95.603 19.807 0.451 Liberty National Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 95.569 19.814 0.458 Dow Coatings Richard Childress Racing Danny Stockman
31 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 95.415 19.846 0.490 Rim Riderz Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
32 36 Matt Tifft Ford 95.415 19.846 0.490 Surface Sunscreen / Tunity Front Row Motorsports Mike Kelley
33 52 Jeb Burton Ford 94.689 19.998 0.642 Muzzy Bowfishing Rick Ware Racing Mark Hillman
34 77 DJ Kennington Chevrolet 94.618 20.013 0.657 Go-Parts Spire Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
35 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 0.000 0.000 19.356 MDS Transport Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
36 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 19.356 Jacob Companies Petty Ware Racing George Church