Practice

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.
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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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