Practice #1

The 2019 Food City 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Food City 500

Sunday, April 7th, 2019

Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 59th Annual Food City 500
  • 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 59th Annual Food City 500 with a lap of 14.568 seconds, 131.713 mph.
  • This is his fifth pole in 121 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and fifth top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his first pole in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • William Byron (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2019 and his second in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Ryan Blaney (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his third in eight races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (26th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 0.722 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 56 Minutes 38 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 90.527
  • Cautions: 11 for 77 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,830 (4.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • 59th Annual Food City 500
  • Race Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 33
  • Team : No. 18 - Skittles Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
  • Kyle Busch won the 59th Annual Food City 500, his 54th victory in 506 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his eighth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 28 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Kurt Busch (second) posted his 19th top-10 finish in 37 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Joey Logano (third) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 21 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
  • Ryan Preece (25th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 27 points over Denny Hamlin.
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Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
10 Aric Almirola Ford 11 128.108 14.978 0.174 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 6 128.554 14.926 0.122 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 10 128.142 14.974 0.170 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
38 David Ragan Ford 19 127.520 15.047 0.243 18 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 5 128.709 14.908 0.104 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 20 127.326 15.070 0.266 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 2 128.882 14.888 0.084 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 15 127.784 15.016 0.212 27 33 15.727 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 12 128.091 14.980 0.176 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 14 127.877 15.005 0.201 11 17 15.334 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 21 127.300 15.073 0.269 23 24 15.635 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 18 127.546 15.044 0.240 21 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 22 127.022 15.106 0.302 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
6 Ryan Newman Ford 13 128.014 14.989 0.185 16 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 30 124.832 15.371 0.567 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 26 126.495 15.169 0.365 19 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 16 127.741 15.021 0.217 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
Timmy Hill 36 117.129 16.382 1.578 12 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 4 128.735 14.905 0.101 13 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 17 127.588 15.039 0.235 16 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 129.614 14.804 0.000 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
32 Corey Lajoie Ford 29 125.273 15.317 0.513 10 24 15.960 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 32 124.339 15.432 0.628 17 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 8 128.528 14.929 0.125 16 26 15.146 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 24 126.863 15.125 0.321 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 23 126.888 15.122 0.318 23 24 15.593 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 3 128.865 14.890 0.086 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 31 124.492 15.413 0.609 23 26 16.139 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
51 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 33 122.240 15.697 0.893 12 14 15.970 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
41 Daniel Suarez Ford 9 128.185 14.969 0.165 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 35 120.105 15.976 1.172 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 28 125.765 15.257 0.453 16 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 27 126.328 15.189 0.385 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 7 128.528 14.929 0.125 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
36 Matt Tifft Ford 25 126.578 15.159 0.355 33 39 16.414 16.427 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 37 112.421 17.068 2.264 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
52 Bayley Currey Ford 34 122.014 15.726 0.922 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0