Starting from 9th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Dent Wizard Ford won the 51st Annual 1000Bulbs.com 500, his 3rd win in 157 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. This is his 1st win & 15th Top 10 finish in This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 11 races at Talladega Superspeedway. The race was one of the closest finishes with a Margin of Victory: 0.007 Seconds. 2nd Place Car 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford, started from 13th place posted his 15th Top 10 finish in 36 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 12th Top 10 finish in 2019. 3rd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota, started from 40th place posted his 11th Top 10 finish in 28 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
4th Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Racin’ for Bacon Ford, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford, started from 22nd place. 6th Place Car 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol/RCR 50th Chevrolet, started from 20th place followed by 7th place Car 32 Corey LaJoie VisoneRV.com Ford, started from 33rd place. 8th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Night Vision Chevrolet, started from pole followed by 9th place Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr SunnyD Ford, started from 7th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 21st place. Matt Tifft (13th) was the highest finishing rookie. Denny Hamlin (P) leads the point standings by 8 points over Martin Truex Jr (P).
The race had 9 Cautions & 3 Big Ones for 43 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 38 for 00 #52 Stopped on Track. 2nd Caution on lap 57 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 108 for 1, 4, 9, 11, 19, 22, 34, 42, 47, 48, 88 Big Crash in Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 123 for #43 and 77 Crash on the Backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 133 for Debris on the Backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 154 for #14 Spin in Turn 3. 7th Caution on lap 164 for #1, 20, 21 22, 24, 41, 47, 51 Big Crash in Turn 3. 8th Caution on lap 173 for #41 Spin in Turn 4. 9th Caution on lap 183 for #1, 2, 4, 8, 17,18, 37, 38, 47, 62, 95 Big Crash on the Backstretch.
The race had an amazing 47 Lead Changes among 19 drivers; B. Keselowski (P) 1-4; K. Busch (P) 5-6; A. Dillon 7; K. Busch 8-18; R. Blaney (P) 19-33; E. Jones 34; A. Almirola 35; B. Keselowski (P) 36-40; R. Newman 41-43; B. Keselowski (P) 44-45; K. Busch 46; C. Elliott (P) 47-49; D. Hemric # 50; W. Byron (P) 51-53; J. Logano (P) 54; W. Byron (P) 55-58; B. Wallace 59; R. Blaney (P) 60-72; J. Logano (P) 73-77; C. Elliott (P) 78-83; B. Keselowski (P) 84-86; C. Elliott (P) 87-89; B. Keselowski (P) 90-93; A. Almirola 94-95; J. Johnson 96-97; C. Elliott (P) 98-101; J. Logano (P) 102-103; C. Elliott (P) 104-106; C. Bowyer (P) 107-111; C. Buescher 112; B. Keselowski (P) 113-116; W. Byron (P) 117; C. Bowyer (P) 118-125; K. Busch (P) 126; J. Logano (P) 127-133; A. Theriault 134; R. Stenhouse Jr 135-142; J. Logano (P) 143; R. Stenhouse Jr 144-150; K. Busch (P) 151-153; L. Cassill(i) 154; W. Byron (P) 155-159; R. Stenhouse Jr 160-175; K. Busch 176-179; R. Stenhouse Jr 180; K. Busch (P) 181; R. Blaney (P) 182-188.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 24, 22, 88, 17, 2, 42, 48, 41, 1, 12
Stage 2 Top 10: 14, 22, 2, 3, 41, 12, 37, 24, 1, 18
Monster Energy Cup Series Race Number 31
Race Results for the 51st Annual 1000Bulbs.com 500 – Sunday, October 13, 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. 9. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Dent Wizard Ford 188 Running | |
| 2. 13. Car 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford 188 Running | |
| 3. 40. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) FedEx Ground Toyota 188 Running | |
| 4. 5. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Racin’ for Bacon Ford 188 Running | |
| 5. 22. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 188 Running | |
| 6. 20. Car 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol/RCR 50th Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 7. 33. Car 32 Corey LaJoie VisoneRV.com Ford 188 Running | |
| 8. 1. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Night Vision Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 9. 7. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr SunnyD Ford 188 Running | |
| 10. 21. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 11. 10. Car 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 188 Running | |
| 12. 34. Car 15 Ross Chastain(i) Low-T Center Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 13. 16. Car 36 Matt Tifft # Surface Sunscreen/Tunity Ford 188 Running | |
| 14. 25. Car 00 Landon Cassill(i) Graybar/Superior Essex Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 15. 32. Car 96 * Parker Kligerman(i) TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota 188 Running | |
| 16. 14. Car 21 Paul Menard Menards/Tarkett Ford 188 Running | |
| 17. 15. Car 4 Kevin Harvick (P) Busch Light Ford 188 Running | |
| 18. 30. Car 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 188 Running | |
| 19. 26. Car 18 Kyle Busch (P) M&M’s Hazelnut Toyota 188 Running | |
| 20. 23. Car 37 Chris Buescher Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 187 Accident | |
| 21. 29. Car 8 Daniel Hemric # Liberty National/RCR 50th Chevrolet 187 Running | |
| 22. 38. Car 27 * Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 187 Running | |
| 23. 8. Car 14 Clint Bowyer (P) Rush/Mobil Delvac 1 Ford 186 Running | |
| 24. 27. Car 43 Bubba Wallace Victory Junction Chevrolet 185 Running | |
| 25. 6. Car 2 Brad Keselowski (P) Miller Lite Ford 182 Accident | |
| 26. 18. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 182 Running | |
| 27. 28. Car 62 * Brendan Gaughan(i) BeardOilDistributing/SthPntHtl&Csn Chev 181 Accident | |
| 28. 24. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 181 Accident | |
| 29. 17. Car 38 David Ragan Envision Ford 181 Accident | |
| 30. 31. Car 95 Matt DiBenedetto One Bite Toyota 181 Accident | |
| 31. 35. Car 77 Blake Jones Tennessee Shine Co. Chevrolet 179 Running | |
| 32. 19. Car 41 Daniel Suarez Haas Automation Ford 168 Accident | |
| 33. 3. Car 24 William Byron (P) Axalta Chevrolet 162 Accident | |
| 34. 11. Car 20 Erik Jones DeWalt Toyota | 162 Accident |
| 35. 37. Car 51 Austin Theriault JACOB COMPANIES Ford 162 Running | |
| 36. 36. Car 66 * Joey Gase(i) Fan Memories at Richmond Raceway Toyota 161 Accident | |
| 37. 2. Car 88 Alex Bowman (P) Nationwide/Amazon Echo Auto Chevrolet 106 Accident | |
| 38. 4. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 106 Accident | |
| 39. 12. Car 42 Kyle Larson (P) McDonald’s Chevrolet 106 Accident | |
| 40. 39. Car 52 Spencer Boyd(i) Medicine Shoppe Chevrolet 53 Engine |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following car dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: No. 11 (engine change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 39 Mins, 35 Secs. Average Speed: 136.644 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.007 Seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 43 laps; Laps. Lead Changes: 47 among 19 drivers. American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Denny Hamlin, #11. Busch Pole Award: Chase Elliott, #9 192.707 mph. Fastest Lap: Parker Kligerman, #96 Moog Go the Extra Mile: Landon Cassill, #00 crew chief Joe Williams, 0.869 seconds. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Matt Tifft, #36.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 20, 2019 – Kansas Speedway
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