Race Lineup
The official 2019 GoBowling at The Glen NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Watkins Glen International.
GoBowling at The Glen
Sunday, August 4th, 2019
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
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- Watkins Glen International
- 34th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Elliott
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 9 - NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
- Chase Elliott won the Pole Award for the 34th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen with a lap of 69.287 seconds, 127.297 mph.
- This is his seventh pole in 135 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
- This is his third pole and ninth top-10 start in 2019.
- This is his first pole in four races at Watkins Glen International.
- William Byron (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2019 and his first in two races at Watkins Glen International.
- Kyle Busch (third) posted his 13th top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his 14th in 22 races this season.
- Daniel Hemric (23rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 37
- Laps Scheduled: 90
- Margin of Victory: 0.454 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 14 Minutes 17 Seconds
- Average Speed: 98.523
- Cautions: 4 for 13 laps
- Lead Changes: 5
- Green Flag Passes: 1,586 (20.6 passes per green flag lap)
- Watkins Glen International
- 34th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen
- Race Winner: Chase Elliott
- Age: 23
- Team : No. 9 - NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
- Chase Elliott won the 34th Annual Go Bowling at The Glen, his fifth victory in 135 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
- This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2019.
- This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Watkins Glen International.
- Martin Truex Jr (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 14 races at Watkins Glen International. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2019.
- Denny Hamlin (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 14 races at Watkins Glen International.
- Matt Tifft (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 13 points over Joey Logano.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 127.297 | 69.287 | 0.000 | NAPA Auto Parts | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 2 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 127.144 | 69.370 | 0.082 | Hendrick Autoguard | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 126.976 | 69.462 | 0.175 | M&M's Hazelnut | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 4 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 126.861 | 69.525 | 0.238 | Bass Pro Shops | Joe Gibbs Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 126.779 | 69.569 | 0.282 | McDonald's | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 126.726 | 69.599 | 0.312 | FedEx Cares | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 7 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 126.300 | 69.834 | 0.547 | Monster Energy | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 126.124 | 69.931 | 0.643 | Ally | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 9 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 125.928 | 70.040 | 0.753 | Go Bowling | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 125.926 | 70.040 | 0.753 | Autotrader | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 11 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 125.589 | 70.229 | 0.941 | Long John Silver's | Front Row Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 12 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 125.018 | 70.550 | 1.263 | Acronis | Rfk Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 13 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 125.614 | 70.215 | 0.928 | Rush Truck Centers / Haas Automatio… | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 14 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 125.587 | 70.230 | 0.943 | DeWalt | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 15 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 125.511 | 70.273 | 0.985 | Busch Beer | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 16 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 125.505 | 70.276 | 0.988 | Cottonelle | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 17 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 125.502 | 70.278 | 0.991 | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 18 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 125.448 | 70.308 | 1.021 | Haas Automation | Stewart-haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 19 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 125.391 | 70.340 | 1.053 | PPG | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 20 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 125.370 | 70.352 | 1.065 | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 125.330 | 70.374 | 1.087 | MoneyLion | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 22 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 125.165 | 70.467 | 1.180 | Menards / Dutch Boy | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 23 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 124.603 | 70.785 | 1.498 | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 24 | 96 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 124.557 | 70.811 | 1.524 | TRD 40th Anniversary | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 25 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 124.474 | 70.858 | 1.571 | Acronis | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 26 | 36 | Matt Tifft | Ford | 124.460 | 70.866 | 1.579 | Maui Jim / Surface Sunscreen | Front Row Motorsports | Mike Kelley |
| 27 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 124.343 | 70.933 | 1.646 | GEICO Military | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 28 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 124.112 | 71.064 | 1.778 | Unsponsored | Richard Childress Racing | Danny Stockman |
| 29 | 47 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 123.755 | 71.270 | 1.983 | Kroger | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 30 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 123.547 | 71.390 | 2.103 | Victory Junction | Richard Petty Motorsports | Derek Stamets |
| 31 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 123.258 | 71.557 | 2.270 | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 32 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 122.889 | 71.772 | 2.485 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Tommy Baldwin |
| 33 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 122.725 | 71.867 | 2.581 | Coin Lotto | Go Fas Racing | Randy Cox |
| 34 | 0 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 121.884 | 72.364 | 3.077 | StarCom Fiber | Starcom Racing | Joe Williams |
| 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | Ford | 120.436 | 73.233 | 3.947 | Jacob Companies | Petty Ware Racing | Mike Hillman Sr |
| 36 | 52 | Josh Bilicki | Ford | 120.383 | 73.266 | 3.979 | Unsponsored | Rick Ware Racing | Lee Leslie |
| 37 | 77 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 115.640 | 76.271 | 6.984 | Unsponsored | Spire Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |