The 2019 Hollywood Casino 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 20, 2019, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 277 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the intermediate speedway, it was the 32nd race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. (R) denotes rookie driver.
Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Timmy Hill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.595 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 30.595 176.499 2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.614 176.390 3 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.624 176.332Official first practice results
Final practice Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.366 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.366 177.830 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.492 177.096 3 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.496 177.072Official final practice results
Qualifying Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.329 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 18 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.329 238 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.364 312 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.379 42 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 30.394 542 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.399 634 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.408 76 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.423 841 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.446 93 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.448 1043 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 30.452 1119 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.464 1248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.465 1310 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.476 149 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.497 151 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.518 1688 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.520 1736 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.544 1818 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.548 1917 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.573 2020 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.575 2114 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.605 2221 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.612 2311 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.631 2413 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 30.634 2524 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.742 2637 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.803 2795 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 30.879 2847 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.880 2922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.912 3000 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 31.004 3132 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 31.086 3296 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 31.277 3315 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.365 3427 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.378 3552 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.386 3651 J. J. Yeley (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 31.494 3753 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.787 3877 Timmy Hill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 32.079 3966 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 33.190 404 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 0.000Official qualifying results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 310 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 107
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 23 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 277 532 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 277 503 18 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 277 414 15 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 277 335 25 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 277 396 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 277 467 20 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 277 328 21 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 277 319 40 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 277 3310 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 277 2711 16 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 277 2612 28 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 277 2513 26 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 277 2414 5 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 277 2315 27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 277 2216 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 277 2217 29 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 277 3418 22 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 277 2219 4 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 277 2320 9 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 277 1721 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 277 2922 24 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 276 1523 13 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 274 1424 6 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 274 1325 17 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 273 1226 2 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 273 1127 33 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 272 028 31 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 272 929 32 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 271 030 36 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 271 031 1 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 270 632 8 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 270 1333 34 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 268 434 35 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 035 10 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 263 236 37 53 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 262 037 30 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 203 038 39 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 107 039 38 77 Timmy Hill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 95 040 7 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 72 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 15 among 12 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 32 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes and 39 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace had the call of the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 &2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 &4. Winston Kelley, Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Dillon Welch covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Winston KelleySteve PostKim CoonDillon Welch
Standings after the race
Pos Driver Points 2 1 Kyle Busch 4,046 2 Martin Truex Jr. 4,042 (–4) 2 3 Denny Hamlin 4,037 (–9) 2 4 Joey Logano 4,030 (–16) 1 5 Kevin Harvick 4,028 (–18) 4 6 Chase Elliott 4,024 (–22) 7 Kyle Larson 4,011 (–35) 1 8 Ryan Blaney 4,009 (–37) 4 9 Brad Keselowski 2,229 (–1,817) 1 10 William Byron 2,181 (–1,865) 3 11 Alex Bowman 2,181 (–1,865) 1 12 Clint Bowyer 2,165 (–1,881) 13 Aric Almirola 2,148 (–1,898) 1 14 Kurt Busch 2,130 (–1,916) 1 15 Ryan Newman 2,121 (–1,925) 16 Erik Jones 2,072 (–1,974)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,167 2 Ford 1,127 (–40) 3 Chevrolet 1,093 (–74) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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