2019 Pennzoil 400

2019 Pennzoil 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 3 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
2019 Pennzoil 400 program cover
Date	March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	154.849 miles per hour (249.205 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	29.914
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	88
Winner
No. 22	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings	5.115 million[9]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

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 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.951 seconds and a speed of 180.294 mph (290.155 km/h).^[10]

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.914 and a speed of 180.517 mph (290.514 km/h).^[11]

Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.^[12]

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.299 seconds and a speed of 178.224 mph (286.824 km/h).^[13]

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Stage Three Laps: 107

• Lead changes: 19 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 2 for 12 (both for end of stage breaks; first race to go without an incident-related caution since the 2012 Auto Club 400, which went green until the race-ending caution for rain)
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 35 minutes and 11 seconds
• Average speed: 154.849 miles per hour (249.205 km/h)

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.

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.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 4 1 Joey Logano 133 2 Kevin Harvick 131 (–2) 2 3 Denny Hamlin 127 (–6) 1 4 Kyle Busch 121 (–12) 1 5 Brad Keselowski 115 (–18) 2 6 Kyle Larson 102 (–31) 3 7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 99 (–34) 4 8 Martin Truex Jr. 98 (–35) 2 9 Erik Jones 98 (–35) 2 10 Kurt Busch 95 (–38) 11 Aric Almirola 92 (–41) 1 12 Alex Bowman 85 (–48) 4 13 Clint Bowyer 83 (–50) 3 14 Chase Elliott 81 (–52) 1 15 Ryan Blaney 69 (–64) 2 16 William Byron 66 (–67) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Ford 113 1 2 Toyota 109 (–4) 3 Chevrolet 97 (–16) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.