Starting from 11th place Car 9 Chase Elliott Mountain Dew/Little Caesar’s Chevrolet won the 50th Annual GEICO 500, his 4th win in 123 Monster Energy Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 7 races at Talladega Superspeedway. 2nd Place Car 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet, started from 9th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 8 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2019. The runner-up finish is a career best for Bowman. His previous best was 3rd at Pocono Raceway (July 29, 2018). 3rd Place Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet, started from 30th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 races at Talladega Superspeedway. This was a career best finish for Preece. His previous best was 8th, in this year’s Daytona 500. Ryan Preece was the highest finishing rookie.
4th Place Car 22 Joey Logano MoneyLion Ford, started from 8th place. 5th Place Car 8 Daniel Hemric Caterpillar Chevrolet, started from 5th place finished 5th, his 1st career Top 10 finish in 12 races. His previous career best was 18th at ISM Raceway (March 10, 2019). 6th Place Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet, started from 14th place followed by 7th place Car 6 Ryan Newman Acorns Ford, started from 24th place. 8th Place Car 62 Brendan Gaughan BeardOilDstrbtng/SthPntHtl & Casino Chevrolet, started from 29th place followed by 9th place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford, started from 2nd place, Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Chocolate Bar Toyota, in 10th place, started from 22nd place. Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 15 points over Joey Logano.
The race 6 Cautions for 21 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 12 for #43, 11, 34, 4, 14, 36 Crash in Turn 1. 2nd Caution on lap 57 for Stage 1 conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 112 for Stage 2 conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 133 for Debris on backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 183 for #10, 19, 37, 77, 95 Big Crash on the backstretch [Red flag 8:47]. 6th Caution on lap 188 for #17, 24, 42, 38, 81 Big Crash on the backstretch. This last caution was on the last lap, that saw Car 42 Kyle Larson Clover Chevrolet hit the wall hard & then roll over multiple times. Due to NASCAR’s SAFER Barrier & a well built car Kyle Larson walked away from the crash & said it was the “Longest Flip I’ve ever had.”
The race had 39 Lead Changes among 15 drivers. There were 39 lead changes, the most at Talladega since May 4, 2014 (48). A. Dillon 0; B. Keselowski 1-7; J. Logano 8; R. Blaney 9; J. Logano 10-13; *. Gaughan(i) 14; J. Logano 15-16; A. Almirola 17-30; J. Logano 31-32; A. Almirola 33; K. Larson 34; A. Almirola 35-46; M. Truex Jr 47-49; T. Dillon 50-56; C. Elliott 57-60; A. Bowman 61-67; B. Keselowski 68-70; J. Logano 71-73; R. Blaney 74-75; K. Busch 76; R. Blaney 77; R. Stenhouse Jr 78-90; K. Busch 91-92; R. Stenhouse Jr 93; C. Elliott 94-112; *. Gaughan(i) 113-114; C. Elliott 115-132; *. Gaughan(i) 133-134; E. Jones 135-138; J. Logano 139-143; M. Truex Jr 144-151; J. Logano 152-154; M. DiBenedetto 155; R. Chastain(i) 156-164; R. Stenhouse Jr 165-166; J. Logano 167-173; K. Busch 174; J. Logano 175-184; C. Elliott 185-188.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 13, 88, 3, 9, 41, 6, 24, 17, 18, 95
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 88, 24, 12, 3, 1, 42, 8, 22, 18
Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 10
Race Results for the 50th Annual GEICO 500 – Sunday, April 28, 2019
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 188 Laps – 500.08 Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 11. Car 9 Chase Elliott Mountain Dew/Little Caesar’s Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 2. 9. Car 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 3. 30. Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 4. 8. Car 22 Joey Logano MoneyLion Ford 188 Running |
| 5. 5. Car 8 Daniel Hemric # Caterpillar Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 6. 14. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 7. 24. Car 6 Ryan Newman Acorns Ford 188 Running |
| 8. 29. Car 62 * Brendan Gaughan(i) BeardOilDstrbtng/SthPntHtl&Casino Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 9. 2. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 188 Running |
| 10. 22. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Chocolate Bar Toyota 188 Running |
| 11. 36. Car 32 Corey LaJoie Schuler Systems Ford 188 Running |
| 12. 16. Car 41 Daniel Suarez Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla Ford 188 Running |
| 13. 4. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Snap On Ford 188 Running |
| 14. 1. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 15. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Knauf Ford 188 Running |
| 16. 17. Car 21 Paul Menard Quick Land Tire & Auto Center Ford 188 Running |
| 17. 13. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 18. 37. Car 27 * Reed Sorenson Low-T Centers Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 19. 27. Car 20 Erik Jones STANLEY Toyota 188 Running |
| 20. 20. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops Toyota 188 Running |
| 21. 25. Car 24 William Byron Hertz Chevrolet 188 Running |
| 22. 33. Car 81 * Jeffrey Earnhardt(i) Xtreme Concepts Toyota 187 Accident |
| 23. 15. Car 38 David Ragan Shriners Hospital for Children Ford 187 Accident |
| 24. 10. Car 42 Kyle Larson Clover Chevrolet 187 Accident |
| 25. 6. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fifth Third Bank Ford 187 Accident |
| 26. 34. Car 15 Ross Chastain(i) Chevrolet 187 Running |
| 27. 35. Car 96 * Parker Kligerman(i) TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota 186 Running |
| 28. 40. Car 51 Cody Ware(i) JACOB Companies Ford 184 Running |
| 29. 3. Car 14 Clint Bowyer Toco Warranty Ford 182 Running |
| 30. 31. Car 37 Chris Buescher Tide Pods Chevrolet 181 Accident |
| 31. 26. Car 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Toyota 181 Accident |
| 32. 38. Car 77 Justin Haley(i) Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet 180 Accident |
| 33. 21. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 178 Running |
| 34. 32. Car 00 Landon Cassill(i) Home Town Lenders Chevrolet 154 Running |
| 35. 39. Car 52 Stanton Barrett HUSKI CHOCOLATE Chevrolet 132 Suspension |
| 36. 23. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 80 Accident |
| 37. 18. Car 36 Matt Tifft # Surface Suncreen/Tunity Ford 11 Accident |
| 38. 19. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Beer Flannel Ford 11 Accident |
| 39. 28. Car 43 Bubba Wallace World Wide Technology Chevrolet 10 Accident |
| 40. 12. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 10 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: #6, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 51 (unapproved adjustments) and #62 (driver change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 5 Mins, 59 Secs. Average Speed: 161.331 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 6 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 37 among 15 drivers.
American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Paul Menard, #21. Busch Pole Award: Austin Dillon, #3 192.544 mph. Fastest Lap: Daniel Hemric, #8. Moog Go the Extra Mile: Aric Almirola, #10 crew chief John Klausmeier, -66.2321 seconds. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Ryan Preece, #47.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 5, 2019 – Dover International Speedway
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