2019 Federated Auto Parts 400 Explained

The 2019 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 21, 2019, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. The race was contested over 400 laps on the 00.75miles D-shaped short track. It was the 28th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the second race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 16.

Joe Gibbs Racing initially achieved a historic 1-2-3-4 finish, but it was short-lived, as Erik Jones was disqualified following the race after failing post-race inspection, thus altering the team's dominant outcome.^[10]

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Background

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the IndyCar series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
• (R) denotes rookie driver.

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
00	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3			Chevrolet
4			Ford
6			Ford
8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet
9			Chevrolet
10			Ford
11			Toyota
12			Ford
13			Chevrolet
14			Ford
15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
24			Chevrolet
27			Chevrolet
32			Ford
34			Ford
36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford
37			Chevrolet
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Chevrolet
52	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford
53	Spencer Boyd (i)		Chevrolet
77			Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95			Toyota
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Chris Buescher was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.287 seconds and a speed of 121.147mph.^[11]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	37				22.287	121.147
2	22				22.321	120.962
3	24				22.346	120.827
Official first practice results

Final practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.152 seconds and a speed of 121.885mph.^[12]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	19				22.152	121.885
2	9				22.526	119.861
3	8	Daniel Hemric (R)			22.638	119.268
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.229 and a speed of 127.185mph.^[13]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	2			Ford	21.229
2	4			Ford	21.334
3	9			Chevrolet	21.399
4	18			Toyota	21.411
5	14			Ford	21.417
6	11			Toyota	21.442
7	10			Ford	21.509
8	19			Toyota	21.526
9	1			Chevrolet	21.563
10	48			Chevrolet	21.569
11	34			Ford	21.585
12	95			Toyota	21.598
13	42			Chevrolet	21.605
14	41			Ford	21.609
15	12			Ford	21.612
16	20			Toyota	21.617
17	3			Chevrolet	21.631
18	17			Ford	21.640
19	6			Ford	21.655
20	88			Chevrolet	21.660
21	47	Ryan Preece (R)		Chevrolet	21.699
22	8	Daniel Hemric (R)		Chevrolet	21.702
23	37			Chevrolet	21.737
24	21			Ford	21.747
25	24			Chevrolet	21.808
26	36	Matt Tifft (R)		Ford	21.865
27	38			Ford	21.873
28	22			Ford	21.896
29	32			Ford	21.910
30	43			Chevrolet	21.960
31	13			Chevrolet	22.061
32	15	Ross Chastain (i)		Chevrolet	22.124
33	52	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford	22.262
34	51			Chevrolet	22.329
35	77			Chevrolet	22.350
36	00	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	22.455
37	53	Spencer Boyd (i)		Chevrolet	22.584
38	27			Chevrolet	22.654
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	4
8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	6
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 200

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	59
2	4	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	54
3	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	49
4	1	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	400	48
5	19	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	38
6	13	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	400	32
7	2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	41
8	5	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	37
9	14	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	400	28
10	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	31
11	28	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	400	26
12	37	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	25
13	3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	399	31
14	12	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	399	27
15	18	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	399	22
16	7	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	399	21
17	15	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	399	20
18	9	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	398	19
19	27	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	398	18
20	26	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	397	17
21	11	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	397	16
22	17	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	396	15
23	20	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	396	14
24	25	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	396	13
25	22	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	396	12
26	30	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	396	11
27	24	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	395	10
28	34	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	395	0
29	29	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	395	8
30	21	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	394	7
31	23	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	393	6
32	32	51	Austin Theriault	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	392	5
33	38	52	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	391	0
34	35	53	Spencer Boyd (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	388	0
35	36	27	Quin Houff	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	384	2
36	31	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	265	0
37	33	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	233	1
DSQ	16	20	Erik Jones.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	1^
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 6 among 3 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 32
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 57 minutes and 27 seconds
• Average speed: 101.437mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Kelli Stavast and Dillon Welch will report from pit lane during the race.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and 6-time winner at Richmond Rusty Wallace had the call in the broadcast booth for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from a platform when the field raced down the backstraightaway. Steve Post, Jason Toy, and Woody Cain called the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Martin Truex Jr.	2,141
	2	Kevin Harvick	2,120 (–21)
1	3	Kyle Busch	2,117 (–24)
1	4	Brad Keselowski	2,106 (–35)
2	5	Denny Hamlin	2,105 (–36)
3	6	Joey Logano	2,101 (–40)
1	7	Chase Elliott	2,088 (–53)
	8	Kyle Larson	2,076 (–65)
4	9	Ryan Newman	2,065 (–76)
	10	Ryan Blaney	2,059 (–82)
1	11	Aric Almirola	2,054 (–87)
3	12	William Byron	2,053 (–88)
2	13	Alex Bowman	2,051 (–90)
1	14	Clint Bowyer	2,049 (–92)
1	15	Kurt Busch	2,039 (–102)
	16	Erik Jones	2,008 (–133)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Toyota	1,028
	2	Ford	991 (–37)
	3	Chevrolet	947 (–81)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 schedule. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 11, 2019. May 5, 2018.
2. Web site: Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 11, 2019. January 3, 2013. September 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903070908/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 17, 2019. September 17, 2019.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 20, 2019. September 20, 2019.
5. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 20, 2019. September 20, 2019.
6. Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 20, 2019. September 20, 2019.
7. Web site: Federated Auto Parts 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 21, 2019. September 21, 2019.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 21, 2019. September 21, 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 Federated Auto Parts 400 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924142019/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-rating-9-16-9-22-2019.html. dead. 24 September 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 24 September 2019.
10. Web site: Sturniolo . Zack . Jones in tight spot after disqualification . Pocono Record . October 15, 2024 . September 23, 2019.
11. Web site: Utter. Jim. Chris Buescher is surprise leader of Friday's first Cup practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 20, 2019. Richmond, Virginia. September 20, 2019.
12. Web site: Utter. Jim. Truex tops Friday's final Cup practice at Richmond. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 20, 2019. Richmond, Virginia. September 20, 2019.
13. Web site: Utter. Jim. Keselowski tops Harvick for Richmond Cup pole. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 20, 2019. Richmond, Virginia. September 20, 2019.