2019 Pennzoil 400


The 2019 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 3, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

First practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.951 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.914 and a speed of.

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.

Final practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.299 seconds and a speed of.

Race

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 80
Stage Two
Laps: 80

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 107

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 19 among 9 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 2 for 12
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 35 minutes and 11 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called from the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
11Ford113
12Toyota109
3Chevrolet97

  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.