Practice #2

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 13 167.727 29.319 0.194 3 8 29.457 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
2 Brad Keselowski Ford 6 168.238 29.230 0.105 2 53 29.412 29.588 29.801 30.113 30.362 30.516 166.212 1 10
14 Clint Bowyer Ford 11 167.859 29.296 0.171 23 44 29.499 29.636 29.789 29.952 0 0 165.944 23 32
38 David Ragan Ford 31 164.633 29.870 0.745 24 40 30.123 30.430 30.546 0 0 0 161.624 24 33
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 168.152 29.245 0.120 25 49 29.326 29.536 29.739 29.863 30.014 0 166.509 24 33
48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 16 167.607 29.340 0.215 29 45 29.629 29.730 29.842 29.956 0 0 165.410 1 10
22 Joey Logano Ford 9 167.980 29.275 0.150 2 61 29.475 29.651 29.824 29.956 30.052 30.165 165.862 1 10
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 15 167.699 29.324 0.199 2 50 29.436 29.590 29.793 29.936 30.215 0 166.198 27 36
1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 4 168.261 29.226 0.101 28 50 29.442 29.630 29.822 29.945 30.056 0 165.979 1 10
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 14 167.716 29.321 0.196 3 51 29.360 29.535 29.696 29.764 29.979 0 166.508 1 10
19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 7 168.209 29.235 0.110 36 59 29.386 29.584 29.791 29.971 30.125 0 166.239 34 43
34 Michael McDowell Ford 27 166.062 29.613 0.488 27 38 29.723 30.024 30.627 30.693 0 0 163.806 27 36
21 Paul Menard Ford 20 167.174 29.416 0.291 26 44 29.534 29.808 29.968 30.106 0 0 164.993 25 34
6 Ryan Newman Ford 23 166.399 29.553 0.428 1 41 29.657 29.835 30.339 0 0 0 164.833 1 10
0 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 32 163.305 30.113 0.988 28 34 30.274 30.448 30.585 30.719 0 0 161.516 1 10
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 26 166.146 29.598 0.473 25 39 29.870 30.121 30.262 0 0 0 163.279 25 34
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 1 168.845 29.125 0.000 1 34 29.699 29.795 0 0 0 0 165.056 3 12
42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 2 168.764 29.139 0.013 25 42 29.164 29.470 29.591 29.668 0 0 166.897 24 33
88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 10 167.888 29.291 0.166 26 43 29.491 29.772 30.137 0 0 0 165.199 1 10
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 21 167.089 29.431 0.306 18 38 29.533 29.694 29.781 30.001 0 0 165.617 17 26
32 Corey Lajoie Ford 25 166.287 29.573 0.448 1 12 30.360 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
66 Joey Gase Toyota 34 154.578 31.813 2.688 6 16 32.373 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 28 166.017 29.621 0.496 1 41 30.145 30.313 0 0 0 0 162.236 3 12
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 18 167.413 29.374 0.249 1 42 29.581 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 5 168.250 29.228 0.103 1 38 29.757 29.867 29.928 30.014 0 0 164.653 3 12
37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 17 167.510 29.357 0.232 2 26 29.502 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
20 Erik Jones Toyota 19 167.339 29.387 0.262 2 45 29.467 29.628 29.763 29.862 29.976 0 165.987 1 10
47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 22 166.891 29.466 0.341 22 22 29.765 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
41 Daniel Suarez Ford 12 167.733 29.318 0.193 1 49 29.601 29.756 29.886 30.045 30.211 0 165.270 1 10
43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 29 164.987 29.806 0.681 2 33 29.972 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 24 166.315 29.568 0.443 2 40 29.668 30.379 0 0 0 0 161.889 30 39
24 William Byron Chevrolet 3 168.480 29.188 0.062 25 47 29.390 29.656 29.824 29.989 0 0 165.828 1 10
54 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 33 157.661 31.191 2.066 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
36 Matt Tifft Ford 30 164.932 29.816 0.691 5 46 29.887 30.658 30.661 0 0 0 160.426 28 37