2019 Toyota Owners 400

The 2019 Toyota Owners 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 13, 2019, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the ninth race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it hostes the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, formerly hosted an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.185 seconds and a speed of 121.704 mph (195.864 km/h).^[9]

Final practice

Final practice session scheduled for Friday was cancelled due to rain.

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.722 and a speed of 124.298 mph (200.038 km/h).^[10]

Qualifying results

Note: Erik Jones, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Jimmie Johnson, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin, Matt Tifft, and Joey Gase all had their times disallowed and started at the rear of the field due to failing inspection and started based on owner points.

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 100

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 200

Race statistics

Lead changes: 8 among 5 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 5 for 41
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 16 seconds
Average speed: 99.852 miles per hour (160.696 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Jeff Gordon and six-time Richmond winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and six-time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Winston Kelley, Steve Post and Glenn Jarrett worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

References

^ "2019 schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^ "Richmond International Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
^ "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
^ "Toyota Owners 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
^ "Toyota Owners 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ Utter, Jim (April 12, 2019). "Kyle Larson leads first NASCAR Cup practice at Richmond". Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
^ Utter, Jim (April 12, 2019). "Kevin Harvick tops Erik Jones for Richmond Cup pole". Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved April 12, 2019.