2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 7 of 36 in the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31)
Location	Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km)
Average speed	153.224 miles per hour (246.590 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	28.588
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	66
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	3.652 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 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 31, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.459 seconds and a speed of 189.747 mph (305.368 km/h).^[10]

Jimmie Johnson scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.588 and a speed of 188.890 mph (303.989 km/h).^[11]

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

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.879 seconds and a speed of 186.987 mph (300.926 km/h).^[13]

Stage One Laps: 85

Stage Two Laps: 85

Stage Three

Laps: 164

• Lead changes: 26 among 13 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 29
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 16 minutes and 11 seconds
• Average speed: 153.224 miles per hour (246.590 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2009 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Busch 310 2 Denny Hamlin 302 (–8) 3 Kevin Harvick 277 (–33) 4 Joey Logano 275 (–35) 1 5 Aric Almirola 245 (–65) 1 6 Brad Keselowski 237 (–73) 7 Martin Truex Jr. 232 (–78) 8 Ryan Blaney 219 (–91) 9 Chase Elliott 218 (–92) 10 Kurt Busch 213 (–97) 2 11 Clint Bowyer 192 (–118) 1 12 Kyle Larson 185 (–125) 1 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 183 (–127) 2 14 Daniel Suárez 180 (–130) 15 Jimmie Johnson 176 (–134) 2 16 Erik Jones 173 (–137) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 263 2 Ford 257 (–6) 3 Chevrolet 226 (–37) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.