Starting from pole Car 4 Kevin Harvick (P) Busch Beer/Ducks Unlimited Ford won the 15th Annual AAA Texas 500, his 49th win in 680 Monster Energy Cup Series races. This is his 4th win & 24th Top 10 finish in 2019. This is his 3rd win & 22nd Top 10 finish in 34 races at Texas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford, started from 6th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 12th Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Car 41 Daniel Suarez Walmart Family Mobile Ford, started from 7th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 6 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 22 Joey Logano AAA Insurance Ford, started from 11th place followed by 5th place Car 88 Alex Bowman Valvoline Chevrolet, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 17th place followed by 7th place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota, started from 12th place. 8th Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Wabash National Ford, started from 15th place followed by 9th place Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet, started from 4th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 20 Erik Jones Sport Clips Toyota, in 10th place, started from 2nd place. Daniel Hemric (16th) was the highest finishing rookie. Martin Truex Jr. (P) leads the point standings by 20 points over Kyle Busch (P).
The race had 11 Cautions for 56 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 10 for #9 Incident in Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 16 for Debris in Turn 3. 3rd Caution on lap 44 for #32 Crash in Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 55 for #2 and 17 Crash in Turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 73 for #32 Crash in Turn 3. 6th Caution on lap 82 for #11 Crash on the frontstretch. 7th Caution on lap 87 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 8th Caution on lap 172 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 9th Caution on lap 187 for #48 Crash in Turn 2. 10th Caution on lap 192 for #38 and 52 Crash in Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 243 for #43 Crash in Turn 2.
The race had 26 Lead Changes among 11 drivers; K. Harvick (P) 0; E. Jones 1; K. Harvick (P) 2-12; E. Jones 13-14; K. Harvick (P) 15-45; E. Jones 46-48; C. Bowyer 49-84; K. Harvick (P) 85-87; A. Bowman 88-98; J. Johnson 99-138; A. Almirola 139-143; D. Suarez 144-145; E. Jones 146-147; W. Byron 148-151; K. Harvick (P) 152; K. Busch 153; K. Busch (P) 154-164; A. Almirola 165-173; E. Jones 174; W. Byron 175-178; D. Suarez 179-201; A. Almirola 202-240; J. Logano (P) 241-245; A. Almirola 246-254; K. Harvick (P) 255-306; K. Busch (P) 307-313; K. Harvick (P) 314-334.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 4, 14, 42, 88, 18, 3, 1, 47, 12, 8
Stage 2 Top 10: 10, 20, 48, 42, 22, 4, 88, 41, 18, 24
Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 34
Race Results for the 15th Annual AAA Texas 500 – Sunday, November 3, 2019. Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, TX – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 334 Laps – 501. Miles
Finish Start Car Driver Team Laps Status
| 1. 1. Car 4 Kevin Harvick (P) Busch Beer/Ducks Unlimited Ford 334 Running |
| 2. 6. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 334 Running |
| 3. 7. Car 41 Daniel Suarez Walmart Family Mobile Ford 334 Running |
| 4. 11. Car 22 Joey Logano (P) AAA Insurance Ford 334 Running |
| 5. 5. Car 88 Alex Bowman Valvoline Chevrolet 334 Running |
| 6. 17. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 334 Running |
| 7. 12. Car 18 Kyle Busch (P) M&M’s Toyota 334 Running |
| 8. 15. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Wabash National Ford 334 Running |
| 9. 4. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 334 Running |
| 10. 2. Car 20 Erik Jones Sport Clips Toyota 334 Running |
| 11. 24. Car 14 Clint Bowyer Mobil 1/Rush Truck Centers Ford 334 Running |
| 12. 13. Car 42 Kyle Larson (P) McDonald’s Chevrolet 334 Running |
| 13. 21. Car 3 Austin Dillon RigUp Chevrolet 334 Running |
| 14. 10. Car 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Toyota 334 Running |
| 15. 25. Car 6 Ryan Newman Roush Performance Ford 333 Running |
| 16. 16. Car 8 Daniel Hemric # Cat Dozers Chevrolet 333 Running |
| 17. 18. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 333 Running |
| 18. 19. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Military Chevrolet 333 Running |
| 19. 20. Car 37 Chris Buescher Slim Jim Chevrolet 333 Running |
| 20. 31. Car 21 Paul Menard Menards/Jack Links Ford 333 Running |
| 21. 29. Car 36 John Hunter Nemechek(i) Speedy Cash Ford 333 Running |
| 22. 30. Car 96 * Parker Kligerman(i) TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota 332 Running |
| 23. 28. Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 331 Running |
| 24. 22. Car 43 Bubba Wallace Covert Auto Group Chevrolet 331 Running |
| 25. 27. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 329 Running |
| 26. 34. Car 53 * JJ Yeley(i) Factor One Source Pharmacy Ford 329 Running |
| 27. 32. Car 00 Landon Cassill(i) Pop-A-Lock Chevrolet 328 Running |
| 28. 3. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) FedEx Office Toyota 328 Running |
| 29. 38. Car 15 Joe Nemechek(i) Xchange of America Chevrolet 327 Running |
| 30. 39. Car 51 Josh Bilicki(i) Jacob Companies Chevrolet 323 Running |
| 31. 35. Car 27 * Ross Chastain(i) Low T Center Chevrolet 319 Running |
| 32. 14. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 33. 37. Car 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 202 Hub |
| 34. 23. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 199 DVP |
| 35. 26. Car 38 David Ragan Mystik Lubricants Ford 189 Accident |
| 36. 36. Car 52 Garrett Smithley(i) Victory Lane/Kendall Oil Ford 188 Accident |
| 37. 40. Car 66 * Timmy Hill(i) TEX TALK Toyota 156 Engine |
| 38. 33. Car 32 Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Ford 67 Accident |
| 39. 8. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford 52 Accident |
| 40. 9. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford 52 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 44 Mins, 44 Secs. Average Speed: 133.759 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.594 Seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 56 laps; Laps. Lead Changes: 26 among 11 drivers. American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Kevin Harvick, #4. Busch Pole Award: Kevin Harvick, #4 189.707 mph. Fastest Lap: Kevin Harvick, #4. Moog Go the Extra Mile: Alex Bowman, #88 crew chief Greg Ives, 0.304 seconds. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Daniel Hemric, #8.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: November 10, 2019 – ISM Raceway
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