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The official 2019 GEICO 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Talladega Superspeedway.

GEICO 500

Sunday, April 28th, 2019

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

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  • 14 Ford
  • 7 Toyota
  • 19 Chevrolet

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • 50th Annual GEICO 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Austin Dillon
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 3 - Dow Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
  • Austin Dillon won the Pole Award for the 50th Annual GEICO 500 with a lap of 49.734 seconds, 192.544 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 203 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his first pole in 12 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2019 and his fifth in 19 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Clint Bowyer (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his sixth in ten races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 5 Minutes 59 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 161.331
  • Cautions: 6 for 21 laps
  • Lead Changes: 37
  • Green Flag Passes: 10,650 (63.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • 50th Annual GEICO 500
  • Race Winner: Chase Elliott
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 9 - Mountain Dew / Little Ceasers Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
  • Chase Elliott won the 50th Annual GEICO 500 his fourth victory in 123 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Alex Bowman (second) posted his second top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2019. The runner-up finish is a career best for Bowman. His previous best was third at Pocono Raceway (July 29 2018).
  • Ryan Preece (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Talladega Superspeedway. This was a career best finish for Preece. His previous best was eighth in this year's Daytona 500.
  • Ryan Preece (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Daniel Hemric finished fifth his first career top-10 finish in 12 races. His previous career best was 18th at ISM Raceway (March 10 2019).
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 15 points over Joey Logano.
  • There were 39 lead changes the most at Talladega since May 4 2014 (48).
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Race lineup for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 192.544 49.734 0.000 Dow Richard Childress Racing Danny Stockman
2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 192.131 49.841 0.107 Smitfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
3 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 191.723 49.947 0.213 Toco Warranty Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
4 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 191.654 49.965 0.231 Snap On Team Penske Paul Wolfe
5 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 191.436 50.022 0.288 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 191.378 50.037 0.303 Fifth Third Bank Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
7 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 191.214 50.080 0.346 Menards / Knauf Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
8 22 Joey Logano Ford 191.092 50.112 0.378 MoneyLion Team Penske Todd Gordon
9 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 190.894 50.164 0.430 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
10 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 190.784 50.193 0.459 Clover Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
11 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 190.753 50.201 0.467 Mountain Dew / Little Caesar's Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
12 34 Michael McDowell Ford 190.563 50.251 0.517 Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
13 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 190.340 50.310 0.576 GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
14 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 190.317 50.316 0.582 Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
15 38 David Ragan Ford 190.211 50.344 0.610 Shriners Hospitals for Children Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
16 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 189.928 50.419 0.685 Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
17 21 Paul Menard Ford 189.921 50.421 0.687 Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
18 36 Matt Tifft Ford 189.823 50.447 0.713 Surface Sunscreen / Trunity Front Row Motorsports Mike Kelley
19 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 189.812 50.450 0.716 Busch Beer Flannel Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
20 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 189.691 50.482 0.748 Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing Cole Pearn
21 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 189.552 50.519 0.785 Ally Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 189.275 50.593 0.859 M&M's Chocolate Bar Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
23 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 189.264 50.596 0.862 FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
24 6 Ryan Newman Ford 189.197 50.614 0.880 Acorns Rfk Racing Scott Graves
25 24 William Byron Chevrolet 188.879 50.699 0.965 Hertz Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
26 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 188.441 50.817 1.083 Procore Leavine Family Racing Mike Wheeler
27 20 Erik Jones Toyota 188.426 50.821 1.087 Stanley Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
28 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 188.245 50.870 1.136 World Wide Technology Richard Petty Motorsports Derek Stamets
29 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 187.141 51.170 1.436 Beard Oil Distributing / South Poin… Beard Oil Motorsports Darren Shaw
30 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 186.780 51.269 1.535 Kroger Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
31 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 186.398 51.374 1.640 Tide Pods Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
32 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 186.369 51.382 1.648 Home Town Lenders Starcom Racing Joe Williams
33 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 186.188 51.432 1.698 Xtreme Concepts Xci Racing Jacob Canter
34 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 184.865 51.800 2.066 Rim Riderz Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
35 96 Parker Kligerman Toyota 183.867 52.081 2.347 TRD 40th Anniversary Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
36 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 183.800 52.100 2.366 Schluter Systems Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
37 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 183.505 52.184 2.450 Low-T Centers Premium Motorsports Tommy Baldwin
38 77 Justin Haley Chevrolet 183.459 52.197 2.463 Fraternal Order of Eagles Spire Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
39 52 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 180.734 52.984 3.250 Huski Chocolate Rick Ware Racing Michael Hillman
40 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 180.176 53.148 3.414 Jacob Companies Petty Ware Racing George Church