Practice #1

The 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Darlington Raceway.

Bojangles' Southern 500

Sunday, September 1st, 2019

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 16 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 70th Annual Bojangles' Southern 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 21
  • Team : No. 24 - Hendrick Autoguard/City Chevrolet Throwback Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
  • William Byron won the Pole Award for the 70th Annual Bojangles' Southern 500 with a lap of 28.51 seconds, 172.487 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 61 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 12th top-10 start in 2019.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2019 and his seventh in 11 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his third top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 11th in 25 races this season.
  • Daniel Hemric (18th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 04.058 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 44 Minutes 46 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 133.825
  • Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,039 (6.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 70th Annual Bojangles? Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Erik Jones
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 20 - Sport Clips Throwback Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Erik Jones won the 70th Annual Bojangles? Southern 500, his second victory in 100 Monster Energy Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2019.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Ryan Preece (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 64 points over Joey Logano.
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Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
10 Aric Almirola Ford 3 170.065 28.916 0.202 18 18 29.289 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 19 167.619 29.338 0.624 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 7 169.164 29.070 0.356 23 23 29.421 30.080 0 0 0 0 163.495 12 21
38 David Ragan Ford 25 166.332 29.565 0.851 22 22 30.051 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 11 168.434 29.196 0.482 4 31 29.728 29.902 30.044 30.478 0 0 164.465 12 21
52 JJ Yeley Ford 34 162.420 30.277 1.563 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 169.660 28.985 0.271 26 26 29.367 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
27 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 38 158.817 30.964 2.250 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 14 168.382 29.205 0.491 3 29 29.459 30.221 0 0 0 0 162.735 19 28
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 16 168.192 29.238 0.524 7 23 29.307 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 1 171.261 28.714 0.000 34 34 29.420 29.596 29.716 29.828 29.916 0 166.170 6 15
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 15 168.273 29.224 0.510 6 29 29.328 29.461 0 0 0 0 166.928 1 10
19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 10 168.787 29.135 0.421 3 27 29.257 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
34 Michael McDowell Ford 26 166.163 29.595 0.881 3 20 30.683 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
21 Paul Menard Ford 9 168.792 29.134 0.420 16 16 24.569 0 0 0 0 0 158.542 1 10
77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 36 161.053 30.534 1.820 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
6 Ryan Newman Ford 27 165.894 29.643 0.929 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
0 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 33 162.743 30.217 1.503 4 23 30.356 30.597 0 0 0 0 160.732 1 10
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 23 166.591 29.519 0.805 3 28 30.071 30.180 30.416 0 0 0 162.950 12 21
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 13 168.405 29.201 0.487 4 17 29.377 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 6 169.479 29.016 0.302 20 20 29.429 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 4 169.989 28.929 0.215 26 26 29.243 29.499 0 0 0 0 166.721 1 10
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 8 168.874 29.120 0.406 21 21 29.692 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
32 Corey Lajoie Ford 28 165.620 29.692 0.978 2 18 29.923 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 29 164.970 29.809 1.095 3 31 30.535 30.634 0 0 0 0 160.532 14 23
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 21 167.294 29.395 0.681 6 33 30.104 30.261 0 0 0 0 162.510 12 21
95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 17 168.140 29.247 0.533 27 27 29.581 29.685 0 0 0 0 165.664 2 11
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 12 168.417 29.199 0.485 3 19 30.118 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 20 167.482 29.362 0.648 7 28 29.489 30.072 0 0 0 0 163.530 13 22
51 BJ McLeod Ford 35 161.317 30.484 1.770 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 30 164.435 29.906 1.192 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
41 Daniel Suarez Ford 18 168.089 29.256 0.542 2 30 29.439 30.310 0 0 0 0 162.252 7 16
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 32 163.126 30.146 1.432 3 18 30.341 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 22 167.055 29.437 0.723 20 20 29.658 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 24 166.405 29.552 0.838 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
24 William Byron Chevrolet 2 170.703 28.808 0.094 29 29 29.380 29.415 0 0 0 0 167.183 1 10
54 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 37 159.398 30.851 2.137 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
36 Matt Tifft Ford 31 164.380 29.916 1.202 8 22 30.311 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0