Starting from 4th Place Car 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota won the 15th Annual TicketGuardian 500, his 52nd win in 503 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 3rd win & 20th Top 10 finish in 29 races at ISM Raceway. 2nd Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 9th place posted his 10th Top 10 finish in 28 races at ISM Raceway. It is his 3rd Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney MoneyLion Ford, started from pole posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 8 races at ISM Raceway.
4th Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford, started from 14th place followed by 5th place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Car 42 Kyle Larson McDonald’s Chevrolet, started from 31st place followed by 7th place Car 1 Kurt Busch Global Poker Chevrolet, started from 16th place. 8th Place Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet, started from 15th place followed by 9th place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Ford, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, in 10th place, started from 12th place. Daniel Hemric (18th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 6 points over Joey Logano.
The race had 9 Cautions for 57 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 39 for #20 Spin Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 65 for #2 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 77 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 149 for #88 Crash in Turn 1. 5th Caution on lap 160 for #34 Crash in Turn 3. 6th Caution on lap 195 for #88 Crash in Turn 3. 7th Caution on lap 220 for #9 Spin Turn 4. 8th Caution on lap 227 for #47 Crash on the Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 234 for #47 Crash in Turn 1.
The race had 17 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; R. Blaney 1-35; K. Busch 36-40; R. Blaney 41; D. Hamlin 42-45; K. Busch 46-65; D. Hamlin 66; R. Blaney 67-79; K. Busch 80-152; D. Hamlin 153; K. Busch 154-195; R. Blaney 196; J. Johnson 197-200; K. Busch 201-220; D. Hamlin 221; D. Hemric # 222-225; A. Almirola 226-251; R. Blaney 252-295; K. Busch 296-312.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 12, 10, 22, 88, 18, 42, 3, 24, 9, 4
Stage 2 Top 10: 18, 14, 4, 19, 11, 6, 48, 22, 9, 1
Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 4
Race Results for the 15th Annual TicketGuardian 500 – Sunday, March 10, 2019. ISM Raceway – Avondale, AZ – 1. – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 312 Laps – 312. Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 4. Car 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota 312 Running |
| 2. 9. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 312 Running |
| 3. 1. Car 12 Ryan Blaney MoneyLion Ford 312 Running |
| 4. 14. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 312 Running |
| 5. 3. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 312 Running |
| 6. 31. Car 42 Kyle Larson McDonald’s Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 7. 16. Car 1 Kurt Busch Global Poker Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 8. 15. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 9. 8. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Ford 312 Running |
| 10. 12. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 312 Running |
| 11. 26. Car 14 Clint Bowyer ITsavvy Ford 312 Running |
| 12. 18. Car 6 Ryan Newman Oscar Mayer Bacon Ford 312 Running |
| 13. 19. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Sunny D Ford 312 Running |
| 14. 2. Car 9 Chase Elliott Hooters Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 15. 20. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 16. 22. Car 37 Chris Buescher Kroger Flavor Fill Up Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 17. 17. Car 21 Paul Menard Menards/Quaker State Ford 311 Running |
| 18. 11. Car 8 Daniel Hemric # Okuma Chevrolet 311 Running |
| 19. 5. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 311 Running |
| 20. 30. Car 36 Matt Tifft # Surface Sunscreen/Tunity Ford 311 Running |
| 21. 13. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 311 Running |
| 22. 23. Car 43 Bubba Wallace World Wide Technology Chevrolet 311 Running |
| 23. 28. Car 41 Daniel Suarez Ruckus Ford 311 Running |
| 24. 7. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 310 Running |
| 25. 29. Car 38 David Ragan Select Blinds Ford 310 Running |
| 26. 24. Car 32 Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Ford 310 Running |
| 27. 33. Car 15 Ross Chastain(i) FitStrong Chevrolet 308 Running |
| 28. 25. Car 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Toyota 308 Running |
| 29. 10. Car 20 Erik Jones Reser’s Fine Foods Toyota 304 Running |
| 30. 35. Car 77 Quin Houff Rim Ryderz Chevrolet 302 Running |
| 31. 36. Car 52 Bayley Currey(i) Mtel-One Ford 301 Running |
| 32. 34. Car 51 Cody Ware # Jacob Companies Chevrolet 300 Running |
| 33. 32. Car 00 Landon Cassill Iron Mountain Data Centers Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 34. 21. Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 229 Accident |
| 35. 6. Car 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 191 Accident |
| 36. 27. Car 34 Michael McDowell Dockside Logistics Ford 157 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following car(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: None. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 4 Mins, 5 Secs. Average Speed: 101.693 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.259 Seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 57 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 6 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 17, 2019 – Auto Club Speedway
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