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2019 NASCAR RCA Cup Series (Johnsonverse) | |||
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The 2019 NASCAR RCA Cup Series was the 71st season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 48th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Sonoma Raceway with the Dodge/Save Mart 350, followed by a one-week stop at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash, the Gatorade 125s qualifying races and the 61st running of the Daytona 500. The season ended with the Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on December 8, 2019. Macy Waltrip of Michael Waltrip Racing entered as the defending series champion.
The 2019 season was the third season of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks. It was the first season in which Ford fielded the Mustang GT, replacing the Fusion. This was also the final season for Darrell Waltrip covering races in the booth as during the season he announced that the December 8 Los Angeles Times 500 would be his last race as a broadcaster; Jamie McMurray would succeed Waltrip beginning in 2020.
Following the 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Raceway, Adam Petty of Petty Enterprises clinched his fourth championship.
The 2019 season was the last full-time season for three-time champion Dale Earnhardt Jr., who moved down to the Busch Series for 2020 before retiring after that season, as well as David Ragan and Paul Menard, who each retired after twelve years of racing full-time in the Cup Series.
Teams, drivers and manufacturers[]
Manufacturers[]
Company | Marquee | Model | Status |
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General Motors | Chevrolet | Camaro | Full factory support |
Impala | Full factory support | ||
SS | Factory support ended after 2017 | ||
Ford Motor Company | Ford | Mustang | Full factory support |
Fusion | Full factory support | ||
Taurus | Full factory support | ||
Roush Mustang | In-house variant | ||
Shelby Mustang | Full factory support | ||
Lincoln | Continental | Full factory support | |
Johnson Motors | Dodge | Charger | Full factory support |
Challenger | Full factory support | ||
Pontiac | Trans-Am | Full factory support | |
G8 | Full factory support | ||
Toyota Motor Corporation | Toyota | Camry | Full factory support |
Supra (NEW) | NEW, full factory support | ||
Avalon | Full factory support | ||
Honda Motor Company | Honda | Accord | Full factory support |
Civic | Full factory support | ||
Nissan Motor Corpooration | Nissan | Maxima | Full factory support |
Manufacturer notes[]
Starting this season, Toyota added the Supra as its third model.
Complete schedule[]
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Race driver | Crew chief | Model | Primary sponsor |
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Chevrolet | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 98 | Shane Hmiel | 2019 Impala | RCA | |
Earnhardt-Childress Racing | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Kevin Manion | 2019 Camaro | Bass Pro Shops | |
3 | Austin Dillon | Slugger Labbe | Dow Chemicals | |||
8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Tony Eury Jr. | Budweiser | |||
30 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Luke Lambert | Hulu | |||
31 | Ty Dillon | AT&T | ||||
33 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Tools | ||||
Hendrick Motorsports | 5 | Brad Keseloswki | Cliff Daniels | 2019 Camaro | Farmers Insurance | |
9 | Chase Elliott | Alan Gustafson | Aaron's | |||
24 | William Byron | Chad Knaus | Axalta | |||
25 | Landon Cassill | Greg Ives | Castrol GTX | |||
48 | Jimmie Johnson | Kevin Meendering | Lowe's | |||
Medallion Racing | 09 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 2019 Camaro | ICEE | ||
PPI Motorsports | 32 | Boston Reid | 2019 Impala | Nickelodeon | ||
Spire Motorsports | 79 | Jamie McMurray | Scott Eggleston
Peter Sospenzo Tommy Baldwin Jr. |
2018 Camaro | various | |
Garrett Smithley | ||||||
Reed Sorenson | ||||||
Quin Houff | ||||||
D.J. Kennington | ||||||
Justin Haley | ||||||
Blake Jones | ||||||
Timmy Hill | ||||||
Dodge | AK Racing | 7 | James Kulwicki | 2019 Charger | Walmart | |
Andretti Autosport | 68 | Kasey Kahne | 2019 Charger | DHL | ||
Bill Davis Racing | 22 | Jason Leffler | 2019 Charger | Caterpillar | ||
23 | Scott Wimmer | |||||
Chip Ganassi Racing | 40 | Kurt Busch | Matt McCall | 2019 Challenger | Monster Energy | |
41 | Bryan Clauson | Hostess | ||||
52 | Kyle Larson | Chad Johnston | Target | |||
Evernham Motorsports | 19 | Casey Elliott | 2019 Charger | Dodge Dealers | ||
91 | Casey Atwood | Stanley Tools | ||||
Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Mike Wheeler | 2019 Charger | Procore | |
McDuffie Racing | 70 | Crissy Hillsworth | 2019 Charger | Wendy's | ||
Moroso-Rudd Racing | 82 | Dakoda Armstrong | 2019 Challenger | Mountain Dew | ||
83 | Brendan Gaughan | South Point | ||||
Petty Enterprises | 42 | Bubba Wallace | 2019 Challenger | Abercrombie & Fitch | ||
43 | Michael Annett | Pilot Flying J | ||||
44 | Chad McCumbee | Twisted Tea | ||||
45 | Adam Petty | STP | ||||
Team Penske | 02 | Joey Logano | Todd Gordon | Shell-Pennzoil | ||
2 | Blaise Alexander | Paul Wolfe | 2019 Charger SRT | Miller Lite | ||
12 | Paul Menard | Jeremy Bullins | Menards | |||
39 | Ryan Newman | Kodak | ||||
Ford | Go Fas Racing | 65 | Corey LaJoie | Randy Cox | 2019 Mustang | various |
Roush-Yates Racing | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Scott Graves | 2019 Roush Mustang | AAA | |
16 | Stephen Leicht | 3M | ||||
28 | Davey Allison Jr. | Texaco | ||||
60 | Greg Biffle | Ortho | ||||
88 | Alex Bowman | Kellogg's | ||||
99 | Trevor Bayne | Citgo | ||||
Wood Brothers Racing | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Greg Erwin | 2019 Shelby Mustang | Motorcraft | |
Honda | Brett Favre Racing | 15 | Parker Kligerman | 2019 Civic | Nike/Sony | |
90 | Johanna Robbins | Chewy | ||||
Germain Racing | 13 | Casey Mears | Matt Borland
Justin Alexander |
2019 Accord | Geico | |
Michael Waltrip Racing | 17 | Macy Waltrip | 2019 Accord | NAPA Auto Parts | ||
55 | Brian Vickers | 5-Hour Energy | ||||
56 | Brett Moffitt | Apple | ||||
Lincoln | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | David Ragan | Drew Blickensderfer | 2019 Continental | Love's Travel Stops |
38 | Michael McDowell | Shriner's Hospital for Children | ||||
Rick Ware Racing | 51 | Cody Ware (R) | 2017 Continental | various | ||
Nissan | JTG Daugherty Racing | 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | Tristan Smith
Eddie Pardue |
2019 GT-R | Kroger |
59 | Chris Buescher | Trent Owens | Cottonelle | |||
Premium Motorsports | 49 | Ross Chastain | Peter Sospenzo
Pat Tryson |
2019 Maxima | various | |
Garrett Smithley | ||||||
Quin Houff | ||||||
Joe Nemechek | ||||||
Pontiac | Combos Racing | 73 | Alana Burleson | 2019 G8 | ||
Labonte Motorsports | 46 | Justin Allgaier | 2019 Trans Am | BRANDT | ||
StarCom Racing | 05 | J. J. Yeley | Wayne Carroll Jr.
Joe Williams Jr. |
2019 G8 | various | |
Stewart-Haas Racing | 00 | Ryan Truex | Billy Scott | 2019 Trans Am | Haas Automotive CNC | |
4 | Kevin Harvick | Rodney Childers | Busch Beer | |||
10 | Aric Almirola | Johnny Klausmeier | GoDaddy | |||
14 | Tony Stewart | Greg Zipadelli | Home Depot | |||
Toyota | Furniture Row Racing | 77 | Christopher Bell | 2019 Camry | Sirius XM | |
78 | Daniel Suárez | Cole Pearn | Furniture Row | |||
Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chris Gabehart | 2019 Supra | FedEx | |
18 | Kyle Busch | Adam Stevens | M&M's | |||
20 | Erik Jones | Chris Gayle | Interstate Batteries | |||
54 | Carl Edwards | Arris | ||||
Orr Motorsports | 37 | Regan Smith | 2019 Avalon |
Limited schedule[]
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Race driver | Crew chief | Model | Primary sponsor | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet | Beard Motorsports | 75 |
Lend-Lease entries[]
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Race Driver | Model | Rounds |
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Chevrolet | |||||
Dodge | |||||
Ford |
Changes[]
Teams and drivers[]
Rule changes[]
Schedule[]
The 2019 dates and venues were released on April 3, 2018, and the start times on December 11, 2018. The Sonoma Raceway returned to the original 2.52 mile course configuration for the first time since 1997, and the fall Bristol date was moved to Eldora Speedway.
No. | Race name | Venue | Date | TV |
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1 | Dodge/Save Mart 350 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | January 27 | WBC |
Busch Clash | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 10 | WBC | |
Gatorade 125's | February 14 | |||
2 | Daytona 500 by STP | February 17 | ||
3 | Subway 400 | Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham | February 24 | WBC |
4 | Pennzoil 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas | March 3 | ESPN |
5 | TranSouth Financial 400 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | March 10 | ESPN |
6 | San Jose 500 | San Jose Motorplex, Gilroy | March 17 | WBC |
7 | STP 500 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway | March 25 | TNN |
8 | Harley-Davidson 250 | Road America, Lake Elkhart | March 31 | WBC |
9 | O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 | Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth | April 7 | WBC |
10 | Hollywood Casino 400 | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City | April 14 | TNN |
11 | Pontiac Excitement 400 | Richmond Raceway, Richmond | April 21 | TNN |
12 | GEICO 500 | Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln | April 28 | WBC |
13 | Tokyo 500 | Tokyo Superspeedway, Tama | May 5 | WBC |
14 | Wells Fargo 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | May 12 | ESPN |
RCA Open | Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | May 18 | TNN | |
RCA All-Star Challenge XXXV | WBC | |||
15 | Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte | May 26 | WBC |
16 | Pabst Blue Ribbon 400 | The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis | June 2 | ESPN |
17 | Motorcraft 400 | Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth | June 9 | WBC |
18 | Music City USA 420 | Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville | June 16 | TNN |
19 | Budweiser 400 | Riverside International Raceway, Moreno Valley | June 23 | WBC |
20 | Camping World 400 | Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet | June 30 | ESPN |
21 | Coke Zero Sugar 400 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | July 7 | WBC |
22 | Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart | Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton | July 14 | ESPN |
23 | Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 21 | WBC |
24 | Gander RV 400 | Pocono Raceway, Long Pond | July 28 | WBC |
25 | Go Bowling at The Glen | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen | August 4 | ESPN |
26 | Consumers Energy 400 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn | August 11 | WBC |
27 | Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 17 | TNN |
28 | Star Wars: Duel of the Fates 500 | Walt Disney World Speedway, Lake Buena Vista | August 25 | ESPN |
29 | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | September 1 | WBC |
30 | RCA Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway | September 8 | WBC |
31 | Tyson Holly Farms 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | September 15 | WBC |
32 | Denver Post 400 | Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain | September 22 | TNN |
33 | Bank of America 500K | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval), Charlotte | September 29 | WBC |
34 | Gander RV 400 | Dover International Speedway, Dover | October 6 | TNN |
35 | 1000bulbs.com 500 | Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln | October 13 | WBC |
36 | Rush Truck Centers Dirt Derby | Eldora Speedway, Rossburg | October 20 | TNN |
37 | Iowa Corn 400 | Iowa Speedway, Newton | October 27 | TNN |
38 | RWBY 400 | Tokyo Superspeedway, Tama | November 3 | WBC |
39 | Bluegreen Vacations 500 | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale | November 10 | TNN |
40 | Ford EcoBoost 400 | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead | November 17 | ESPN |
41 | ShowBiz Pizza 500 | San Jose Motorplex, Gilroy | November 24 | WBC |
42 | Sprite 500 | Denver International Speedway, Denver | December 1 | WBC |
43 | Los Angeles Times 500 | Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario | December 8 | WBC |
Season summary[]
Race reports[]
Results[]
No. | Race name | Pole position | Most laps led | Winner | Model |
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1 | Dodge/Save Mart 350 | Tony Stewart | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
Busch Clash | Casey Atwood | Tony Stewart | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE | |
Gatorade 125s | William Byron | Adam Petty | Kevin Harvick | Pontiac Trans-Am | |
Alex Bowman | Clint Bowyer | Joey Logano | Dodge Charger | ||
2 | Daytona 500 by STP | William Byron | Tony Stewart | Tony Stewart | Pontiac Trans-Am |
3 | Subway 400 | Chase Elliott | Brad Keselowski | Macy Waltrip | Honda Civic |
4 | Pennzoil 400 | Blaise Alexander | Kevin Harvick | Casey Atwood | Dodge Charger |
5 | TranSouth Financial 400 | Tony Stewart | Kyle Larson | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
6 | San Jose 500 | Alex Bowman | Tony Stewart | Michael Annett | Dodge Challenger |
7 | STP 500 | Joey Logano | Adam Petty | Brad Keselowski | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
8 | Harley-Davidson 250 | Ryan Blaney | Chase Elliott | Adam Petty | Dodge Challenger |
9 | O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 | Jimmie Johnson | Blaise Alexander | Denny Hamlin | Toyota Camry |
10 | Hollywood Casino 400 | Chase Elliott | Adam Petty | Shane Hmiel | Chevrolet Impala |
11 | Pontiac Excitement 400 | Adam Petty | Tony Stewart | Matt Kenseth | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
12 | GEICO 500 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Bubba Wallace | Dodge Challenger |
13 | Tokyo 500 | David Ragan | Martin Truex Jr. | Chad McCumbee | Dodge Challenger |
14 | Wells Fargo 400 | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | Alana Burleson | Pontiac G6 |
RCA Open | Daniel Hemric | Brian Vickers | Aric Almirola | Pontiac Trans-Am | |
RCA All-Star Challenge XXXV | Clint Bowyer | Macy Waltrip | Kyle Larson | Dodge Challenger | |
15 | Coca-Cola 600 | William Byron | Macy Waltrip | Macy Waltrip | Honda Civic |
16 | Pabst Blue Ribbon 400 | Kurt Busch | Kyle Busch | Adam Petty | Dodge Challenger |
17 | Motorcraft 400 | Adam Petty | Adam Petty | Casey Elliott | Dodge Challenger |
18 | Music City USA 420 | Casey Atwood | Tony Stewart | Kyle Larson | Dodge Challenger |
19 | Budweiser 400 | Blaise Alexander | Kevin Harvick | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
20 | Camping World 400 | Austin Dillon | Alex Bowman | Alex Bowman | Ford Roush Mustang |
21 | Coke Zero Sugar 400 | Adam Petty | Adam Petty | Justin Haley | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
22 | Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart | Daniel Suárez | Kyle Busch | Kurt Busch | Dodge Challenger |
23 | Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 | Tony Stewart | Blaise Alexander | Blaise Alexander | Dodge Charger |
24 | Gander RV 400 | Chase Elliott | Alex Bowman | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
25 | Go Bowling at The Glen | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | Daniel Suárez | Toyota Camry |
26 | Consumers Energy 400 | Brad Keselowski | Kyle Larson | Macy Waltrip | Honda Civic |
27 | Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Tony Stewart | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
28 | Star Wars: Duel of the Fates 500 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chase Elliott | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
29 | Southern 500 | Daniel Suárez | Kyle Busch | Johanna Robbins | Honda Accord |
30 | RCA Brickyard 400 | Blaise Alexander | Tony Stewart | Tony Stewart | Pontiac Trans-Am |
31 | Tyson Holly Farms 400 | Ryan Newman | Martin Truex Jr. | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |
32 | Denver Post 400 | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | Michael Annett | Dodge Challenger |
33 | Bank of America 500K | Macy Waltrip | Ryan Blaney | Ryan Blaney | Dodge Charger |
34 | Gander RV 400 | Kevin Harvick | Macy Waltrip | Kyle Busch | Toyota Supra |
35 | 1000bulbs.com 500 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ryan Blaney | Dodge Charger |
36 | Rush Truck Centers Dirt Derby | Johanna Robbins | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Parker Kligerman | Honda Accord |
37 | Iowa Corn 400 | Shane Hmiel | Kevin Harvick | Kevin Harvick | Pontiac Trans-Am |
38 | RWBY 400 | Chase Elliott | Chase Elliott | Johanna Robbins | Honda Accord |
39 | Bluegreen Vacations 500 | Blaise Alexander | Tony Stewart | Denny Hamlin | Toyota Camry |
40 | Ford EcoBoost 400 | Denny Hamlin | Adam Petty | Adam Petty | Dodge Challenger |
41 | ShowBiz Pizza 500 | Adam Petty | Chase Elliott | Johanna Robbins | Honda Accord |
42 | Sprite 500 | Davey Allison Jr. | Davey Allison Jr. | Davey Allison Jr. | Ford Roush Mustang |
43 | Los Angeles Times 500 | Tony Stewart | Adam Petty | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE |