2019 Consumers Energy 400

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2019 Consumers Energy 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 23 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
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Date August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)
Location Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
Course Permanent racing facility
2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 200 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed 149.084 miles per hour (239.927 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 37.801
Most laps led
Driver Brad Keselowski Team Penske
Laps 67
Winner
No. 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Nielsen Ratings 2.897 million[10]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2019 Consumers Energy 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 11, 2019 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the two-mile (3.2 km) D-shaped oval, it is the 23rd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report[]

Background[]

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC). Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220 mph (346 to 354 km/h) after the 2012 repaving of the track.

Entry list[]

  • (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer
00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet
1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford
8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford
13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
27 Quin Houff Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford
34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford
36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford
37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford
41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet
47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Cody Ware (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford
52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford
53 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford
77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota
Official entry list

First practice[]

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 37.901 seconds and a speed of 189.969 mph (305.725 km/h).[11]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 37.901 189.969
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 37.909 189.929
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.974 189.603
Official first practice results

Qualifying[]

Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 37.801 and a speed of 190.471 mph (306.533 km/h).[12]

Qualifying results[]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 37.801
2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 37.877
3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.954
4 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.993
5 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.007
6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.018
7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 38.030
8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 38.035
9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 38.044
10 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 38.076
11 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 38.087
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.117
13 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.204
14 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.219
15 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38.222
16 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.279
17 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.316
18 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.323
19 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38.385
20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 38.398
21 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.439
22 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 38.527
23 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 38.585
24 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 38.595
25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.698
26 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 38.790
27 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38.854
28 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 38.863
29 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 38.902
30 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 38.922
31 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 39.121
32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 39.594
33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 39.727
34 27 Quin Houff Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 40.004
35 52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford 40.133
36 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 40.135
37 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 40.319
38 53 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 41.477
Official qualifying results
  • Reed Sorenson practiced and qualified the No. 77 for Garrett Smithley, who was in Mid-Ohio for the Xfinity Series race.
  • Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric failed post-qualifying inspection and their times were disallowed. Each crew chief was fined $25,000 and 10 points were deducted from the driver and owner standings for each team.[13]

Practice (post-qualifying)[]

Second practice[]

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 37.795 seconds and a speed of 190.501 mph (306.582 km/h).[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 37.795 190.501
2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.891 190.019
3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 37.895 189.999
Official second practice results

Final practice[]

Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 37.926 seconds and a speed of 189.843 mph (305.523 km/h).[15]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.926 189.843
2 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 38.143 188.763
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 38.168 188.640
Official final practice results

Race[]

Stage results[]

Stage One Laps: 60

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 8
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7
5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5
7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 4
8 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1
Official stage one results

Stage Two Laps: 60

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 8
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7
5 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 6
6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 4
8 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3
9 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 2
10 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1
Official stage two results

Final stage results[]

Stage Three Laps: 80

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200 45
2 14 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 44
3 17 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 34
4 15 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 52
5 11 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200 32
6 22 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 41
7 29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 200 30
8 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 38
9 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 35
10 4 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 30
11 21 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 200 26
12 20 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 25
13 37 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 24
14 25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 200 23
15 9 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 200 23
16 24 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 21
17 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200 34
18 16 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 25
19 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 200 26
20 27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 200 17
21 31 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 200 16
22 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 15
23 13 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 200 22
24 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 200 21
25 19 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 199 12
26 38 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 199 11
27 26 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 199 10
28 18 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 199 9
29 30 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 198 0
30 28 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 196 0
31 32 27 Quin Houff Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 196 6
32 33 52 Austin Theriault Rick Ware Racing Ford 194 5
33 12 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 193 5
34 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 192 3
35 35 77 Garrett Smithley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 192 0
36 34 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 191 0
37 5 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 139 3
38 36 53 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 123 0
Official race results

Race statistics[]

  • Lead changes: 19 among 8 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 6 for 24
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 59 seconds
  • Average speed: 149.084 miles per hour (239.927 km/h)

Media[]

Television[]

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and two-time Michigan winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Parker Kligerman, 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.
Parker Kligerman
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio[]

Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and 4 time Michigan winner Rusty Wallace had the call from the booth. Dave Moody called the action when the field raced thru turns 1 & 2. Kyle Rickey had the call for the race when the field raced thru turns 3 & 4. Covering the action in the pits was be Woody Cain, Kim Coon, and Pete Pistone.

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: Kyle Rickey
Woody Cain
Kim Coon
Pete Pistone

Standings after the race[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 schedule". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. May 5, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michigan International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Second Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Consumers Energy 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Consumers Energy 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  11. ^ Utter, Jim (August 9, 2019). "Austin Dillon fastest in Friday's Cup practice at Michigan". Motorsport.com. Brooklyn, Michigan: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  12. ^ Utter, Jim (August 9, 2019). "Brad Keselowski tops Harvick for Michigan Cup pole". Motorsport.com. Brooklyn, Michigan: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "Officials disallow qualifying speeds of both RCR entries at Michigan". NASCAR.com. Brooklyn, Michigan: NASCAR. August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  14. ^ Utter, Jim (August 10, 2019). "Kevin Harvick tops Saturday's first Cup practice at Michigan". Motorsport.com. Brooklyn, Michigan: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  15. ^ Utter, Jim (August 10, 2019). "Erik Jones leads final Cup practice; Suarez tags wall". Motorsport.com. Brooklyn, Michigan: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 10, 2019.


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