Practice #2

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 15 128.554 14.926 0.155 33 76 15.013 15.028 15.055 15.074 15.108 0 127.688 33 42
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 18 128.313 14.954 0.183 37 46 15.036 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 7 129.038 14.870 0.099 48 65 14.958 14.992 15.014 15.019 15.033 15.053 127.992 6 15
38 David Ragan Ford 29 126.905 15.120 0.349 31 62 15.172 15.216 0 0 0 0 126.107 31 40
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 2 129.850 14.777 0.006 13 42 14.823 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 6 129.090 14.864 0.093 52 75 14.952 15.012 15.069 15.122 15.309 0 127.825 48 57
22 Joey Logano Ford 4 129.195 14.852 0.081 5 55 14.944 15.020 0 0 0 0 127.751 2 11
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 9 129.004 14.874 0.103 39 77 14.909 14.933 14.970 15.024 15.084 0 128.492 32 41
1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 12 128.709 14.908 0.137 16 48 15.026 15.150 0 0 0 0 126.661 3 12
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 5 129.186 14.853 0.082 23 62 14.919 15.088 15.129 0 0 0 127.173 44 53
19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 8 129.038 14.870 0.099 42 45 14.951 15.058 0 0 0 0 127.445 12 21
34 Michael McDowell Ford 26 127.031 15.105 0.334 18 63 15.142 15.311 0 0 0 0 125.328 2 11
21 Paul Menard Ford 21 128.057 14.984 0.213 37 59 15.036 15.086 0 0 0 0 127.198 34 43
6 Ryan Newman Ford 19 128.288 14.957 0.186 15 46 15.094 15.160 0 0 0 0 126.573 35 44
00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 32 125.839 15.248 0.477 34 59 15.340 15.790 0 0 0 0 121.572 4 13
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 17 128.339 14.951 0.180 44 63 15.034 15.080 15.311 15.283 0 0 127.243 8 17
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 22 127.775 15.017 0.246 11 93 15.113 15.145 15.155 15.172 15.178 15.181 126.702 44 53
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 20 128.228 14.964 0.193 29 83 15.017 15.050 15.152 15.191 15.227 15.256 127.495 11 20
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 34 122.756 15.631 0.860 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 10 128.978 14.877 0.106 19 64 14.950 14.985 15.041 15.123 15.147 0 128.046 4 13
32 Corey Lajoie Ford 27 127.006 15.108 0.337 20 47 15.207 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 11 128.926 14.883 0.112 54 76 15.070 15.178 15.217 15.230 15.275 0 126.432 50 59
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 13 128.649 14.915 0.144 5 63 14.998 15.028 15.072 15.137 0 0 127.681 16 25
95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 14 128.597 14.921 0.150 18 73 15.049 15.084 15.153 15.145 15.208 15.297 127.207 42 51
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 23 127.487 15.051 0.280 24 64 15.087 15.148 15.184 15.207 0 0 126.671 42 51
20 Erik Jones Toyota 1 129.903 14.771 0.000 15 47 14.895 14.965 15.050 0 0 0 128.226 15 24
47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 25 127.098 15.097 0.326 48 54 15.142 15.254 0 0 0 0 125.812 35 44
51 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 33 125.765 15.257 0.486 8 9 15.521 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
41 Daniel Suarez Ford 3 129.482 14.819 0.048 39 66 14.955 14.991 15.030 15.056 15.125 15.189 127.996 34 43
15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 30 126.896 15.121 0.350 31 64 15.241 15.399 0 0 0 0 124.630 38 47
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 24 127.393 15.062 0.291 38 61 15.134 15.150 0 0 0 0 126.656 31 40
8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 28 126.980 15.111 0.340 21 51 15.163 15.191 0 0 0 0 126.311 7 16
24 William Byron Chevrolet 16 128.417 14.942 0.171 31 110 14.975 15.017 15.039 15.072 15.098 15.268 127.778 31 40
36 Matt Tifft Ford 31 126.570 15.160 0.389 7 56 15.236 15.442 0 0 0 0 124.344 12 21
77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 35 122.147 15.709 0.938 31 57 15.928 16.013 0 0 0 0 119.849 47 56