2019 Bojangles' Southern 500

The 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 70th running of the event is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 1, 2019, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

2019 Bojangles' Southern 500

Race details[1][2]
Race 25 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	September 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)
Location	Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance	367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.666 km)
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

Report

Background

 

Layout of Darlington Raceway, the track where the race is held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Entry list

• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
• (R) denotes rookie driver.

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor or Throwback
00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	TBA
1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	TBA
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	Miller – Rusty Wallace's 1996 car scheme[3]
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	American Ethanol E15 – Scheme pays homage to grandfather and team owner Richard Childress' “Black Gold” car from the late 1970s.[3]
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Busch Beer/Big Buck Hunter
6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Oscar Mayer – Mark Martin's 1993 Mountain Dew Southern 500 car[3]
8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar Inc. – Scheme inspired by the design of Caterpillar Inc. from its launch in 1925 until 1931[3]
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts – Father Bill Elliott's 1981 Southern 500 car where he claimed his first Cup pole.[3]
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Smithfield Foods – Tony Stewart's 2002 championship inspired car[3]
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx – Darrell Waltrip's 1991-95 Western Auto car[3]
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	Pennzoil – Michael Waltrip's 1991-95 inspired car[3]
13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	GEICO
14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Rush Truck Centers – Tony Stewart's 2011 championship inspired car[3]
15	TBA	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	TBA
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	TBA
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Snickers – Bobby Hillin Jr.'s 1990 car scheme[3]
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops – Truex's 2004 Xfinity Series car he drove for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chance 2 Motorsports.[3]
20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Sport Clips – Jones' ASA Late Model Series scheme from his rookie season[3]
21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Ford Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center – Team owner Glen Wood's 1957 Darlington inspired car[3]
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	TBA
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Hendrick Autoguard – Days of Thunder protagonist Cole Trickle's #46 inspired car[3]
32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.net – Dale Jarrett's 1990-91 Xfinity Series inspired car[3]
34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Dockside Logistics – Jimmy Means' powder blue scheme from the late 1980s and early 1990s.[3]
36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Tifft's car is based on a Dirt Late Model car his father owned, which was driven by David Hilliker.[3]
37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	TBA
38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Shriners Hospitals for Children – David Pearson’s 1969 championship inspired car[3]
41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Haas Automation – Tony Stewart's 2005 championship inspired car[3]
42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	TBA
43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	Victory Junction – Scheme honoring Adam Petty, grandson of team owner Richard Petty and son of Kyle Petty.[3]
47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	Kroger – Grandfather Ron Bouchard's 1984 car[3]
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Ally – Johnson's 1995 Trophy truck scheme[3]
51	TBA	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	Jacob Companies – Movie Stroker Ace inspired car[3]
52	TBA	Rick Ware Racing	TBA	TBA
77	TBA	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	TBA
88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Axalta Coating Systems – Tim Richmond's Folgers Coffee scheme from 1986-87.[3]
95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	TBA

Practice

First practice

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
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Final practice

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Qualifying

Qualifying results

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Race

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 100

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1					10
2					9
3					8
4					7
5					6
6					5
7					4
8					3
9					2
10					1

Stage Two Laps: 100

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1					10
2					9
3					8
4					7
5					6
6					5
7					4
8					3
9					2
10					1

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 167

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Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

NBCSN
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dave Burns Marty Snider Kelli Stavast

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody called the race from a Billboard outside of turn when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4

MRN
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace	Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley	Winston Kelley Steve Post Dillon Welch

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points   1   2   3 Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

1. "2019 schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
2. "Darlington Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
3. McFadin, Daniel (August 26, 2019). "Retro Rundown 2019: Southern 500 paint schemes". NASCARTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

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