2019 Bojangles' Southern 500

{{Infobox NASCAR race report

| Type = NASME

| Description =

| Race_Name = Bojangles' Southern 500

| Details ref = {{cite web|title=2019 schedule|url=https://www.nascar.com/monster-energy-nascar-cup-series/2019/schedule/|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR Media Group, LLC.|access-date=July 20, 2019|date=May 5, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Darlington Raceway|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/darlington-raceway.html|website=NASCAR.com|publisher=NASCAR Media Group, LLC.|access-date=July 20, 2019|date=January 3, 2013|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430210206/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/darlington-raceway.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Entry List|url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/08/26/2019-bojangles-southern-500-entry-list-darlington-raceway/|website=MRN.com|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=August 26, 2019|date=August 26, 2019}}{{cite web|title=First Practice Results|url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/08/30/bojangles-southern-500-first-practice-speeds-darlington/|website=MRN.com|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=August 30, 2019|date=August 30, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Final Practice Results|url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/08/30/bojangles-southern-500-final-practice-speeds-darlington/|website=MRN.com|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=August 30, 2019|date=August 30, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Starting Lineup|url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/08/31/bojangles-southern-500-starting-lineup-darlington/|website=MRN.com|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=August 31, 2019|date=August 31, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Bojangles' Southern 500 Results|url=https://www.mrn.com/2019/09/02/bojangles-southern-500-results-2019/|website=MRN.com|publisher=Motor Racing Network|access-date=September 2, 2019|date=September 2, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Points standings|url=https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-points.pdf|website=Jayski.com|publisher=Jayski's Silly Season Site|access-date=September 2, 2019|date=September 2, 2019}}

| Fulldate = September 1–2, 2019

| Year = 2019

| Race_No = 25

| Season_No = 36

| Image =2019_Bojangles'_Southern_500_program_cover.png

| Caption =2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt Sr., Jeff Gordon, Harry Gant, and Bill Elliott

| Location = Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina

| Course_mi = 1.366

| Course_km = 2.198

| Distance_laps = 367

| Distance_mi = 501.322

| Distance_km = 806.666

| Weather =

| Avg = {{convert|133.825|mph|km/h}}

| Pole_Driver = William Byron

| Pole_Team = Hendrick Motorsports

| Pole_Time = 28.510

| Most_Driver = Kyle Busch

| Most_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Most_laps = 118

| Car = 20

| First_Driver = Erik Jones

| First_Team = Joe Gibbs Racing

| Network = NBCSN

| Announcers = Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty

| Ratings = 2.139 million{{cite web|title=2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 ratings|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-8-26-9-1-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904142319/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-8-26-9-1-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2019|website=ShowBuzzDaily|publisher=Mitch Metcalf|access-date=4 September 2019}}

| Radio = MRN

| Booth_Ann = Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace

| Turn_Ann = Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

}}

The 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 70th running of the event was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 1–2, 2019, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the {{convert|1.366|mi|km|adj=on}} egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

=Background=

File:Darlington raceway.svg

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

==Entry list==

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

{{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Sponsor or Throwback
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00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	StarCom Fiber – Sterling Marlin's 2001 Coors Light scheme.{{cite web\|last=McFadin\|first=Daniel\|title=Retro Rundown 2019: Southern 500 paint schemes\|url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/08/28/retro-rundown-2019-southern-500-paint-schemes-3/\|website=NASCARTalk.com\|publisher=NBC Sports\|access-date=August 28, 2019\|date=August 28, 2019\|archive-date=August 28, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828165616/https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/08/28/retro-rundown-2019-southern-500-paint-schemes-3/\|url-status=dead}}
1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Accessories – Busch's personal 1969 Chevrolet Camaro inspired car
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	Miller – Rusty Wallace's 1996 car scheme
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	American Ethanol E15 – Scheme pays homage to grandfather and team owner Richard Childress' “Black Gold” car from the late 1970s.
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Busch Beer/Big Buck Hunter
6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Oscar Mayer/Velveeta – Mark Martin's 1993 Mountain Dew Southern 500 car
8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar Inc. – Scheme inspired by the design of Caterpillar Inc. from its launch in 1925 until 1931
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts – Father Bill Elliott's 1981 Southern 500 car where he claimed his first Cup pole.
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Smithfield Foods – Tony Stewart's 2002 championship The Home Depot car
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx – Darrell Waltrip's 1991-95 Western Auto car
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	Menards/Pennzoil – Michael Waltrip's 1991-95 car scheme
13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	GEICO
14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 – Tony Stewart's 2011 championship Office Depot/Mobil 1 car
15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	Rim Ryderz
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Dog's Most Wanted
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Snickers – Bobby Hillin Jr.'s 1990 car scheme
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops – Truex's 2004 Xfinity Series car he drove for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chance 2 Motorsports.
20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Sport Clips – Jones' ASA Late Model Series scheme from his rookie season
21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Ford Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center – Team owner Glen Wood's 1957 Darlington inspired car
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	Shell Pennzoil – Kevin Harvick's 2007 Daytona 500 inspired car
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Hendrick Autoguard/City Chevrolet – Days of Thunder protagonist Cole Trickle's #46 inspired car
27	Joe Nemechek (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	Low T Center – Nemechek's first Cup race since March 2015 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Driver throwback instead of a car throwback.
32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.net – Dale Jarrett's 1990-91 Xfinity Series Nestlé Crunch car
34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Dockside Logistics – Jimmy Means' powder blue Alka-Seltzer scheme from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Tifft Family – Tifft's car is based on a Dirt Late Model car his father owned, which was driven by David Hilliker.
37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	Kroger Fast Lane to Flavor
38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Shriners Hospitals for Children – David Pearson’s 1969 championship inspired car
41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Haas Automation – Tony Stewart's 2005 championship The Home Depot car
42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Clover – Ricky Craven's 1995-96 Kodiak car
43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	Victory Junction 15th Anniversary – Adam Petty's 1999 Spree car.
47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	Kroger – Grandfather Ron Bouchard's 1984 Hawaiian Punch car.
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Ally – Johnson's 1995 Trophy truck scheme
51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	Jacob Companies – Stroker Ace inspired car
52	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	Jacob Companies – Bill Blair's 1953 inspired car
54	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	ARQE.app – Lennie Pond's 1976 Pepsi scheme
66	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	Page Construction
77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	Motor Racing Network – Scheme honors the 50th anniversary of the Motor Racing Network and the 11 radio affiliates that have broadcast NASCAR races since its inception in 1970.
88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Axalta Coating Systems – Tim Richmond's 1986-1987 Folgers car.
95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	IMSA GTO – Tribute to the turbo-charged GTO Celicas that won the driver’s championship in the IMSA GTU (under three-liter) category in 1987 with Chris Cord.
colspan="5"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-entry.pdf Official entry list]

Practice

=First practice=

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.714 seconds and a speed of {{Convert|171.261|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|last=Utter|first=Jim|title=Kurt Busch leads the way in first Darlington practice.|url=https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kurt-busch-leads-darlington-practice/4525015/|website=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|access-date=August 30, 2019|location=Darlington, South Carolina|date=August 30, 2019}}

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Pos ! {{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Time ! {{Tooltip\|Speed\|MPH}}
1 \| 1 \|\| Kurt Busch \|\| Chip Ganassi Racing \|\| Chevrolet \|\| 28.714 \|\| 171.261
2 \| 24 \|\| William Byron \|\| Hendrick Motorsports \|\| Chevrolet \|\| 28.808 \|\| 170.703
3 \| 10 \|\| Aric Almirola \|\| Stewart-Haas Racing \|\| Ford \|\| 28.916 \|\| 170.065
colspan="7"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-practice1.pdf Official first practice results]

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Pos

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Time

! {{Tooltip|Speed|MPH}}

| 1 || Kurt Busch || Chip Ganassi Racing || Chevrolet || 28.714 || 171.261

| 24 || William Byron || Hendrick Motorsports || Chevrolet || 28.808 || 170.703

| 10 || Aric Almirola || Stewart-Haas Racing || Ford || 28.916 || 170.065

colspan="7"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-practice1.pdf Official first practice results]

=Final practice=

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.125 seconds and a speed of {{Convert|168.845|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|last=Utter|first=Jim|title=Ricky Stenhouse Jr. tops Larson in final Darlington Cup practice|url=https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ricky-stenhouse-darlington-final-practice/4525077/|website=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|access-date=August 30, 2019|location=Darlington, South Carolina|date=August 30, 2019}}

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Pos ! {{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Time ! {{Tooltip\|Speed\|MPH}}
1 \| 17 \|\| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. \|\| Roush Fenway Racing \|\| Ford \|\| 29.125 \|\| 168.845
2 \| 42 \|\| Kyle Larson \|\| Chip Ganassi Racing \|\| Chevrolet \|\| 29.139 \|\| 168.764
3 \| 24 \|\| William Byron \|\| Hendrick Motorsports \|\| Chevrolet \|\| 29.188 \|\| 168.480
colspan="7"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-practice2.pdf Official final practice results]

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Pos

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Time

! {{Tooltip|Speed|MPH}}

| 17 || Ricky Stenhouse Jr. || Roush Fenway Racing || Ford || 29.125 || 168.845

| 42 || Kyle Larson || Chip Ganassi Racing || Chevrolet || 29.139 || 168.764

| 24 || William Byron || Hendrick Motorsports || Chevrolet || 29.188 || 168.480

colspan="7"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-practice2.pdf Official final practice results]

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.510 and a speed of {{Convert|172.487|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|last=Utter|first=Jim|title=William Byron earns pole for the Southern 500 at Darlington|url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/william-byron-takes-pole-darlington/4526240/|website=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|access-date=August 31, 2019|location=Darlington, South Carolina|date=August 31, 2019}}

=Qualifying results=

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Pos ! {{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Time
1 \|24 \|\|William Byron \|\|Hendrick Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.510
2 \|2 \|\|Brad Keselowski \|\|Team Penske \|\|Ford \|\|28.576
3 \|42 \|\|Kyle Larson \|\|Chip Ganassi Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.617
4 \|1 \|\|Kurt Busch \|\|Chip Ganassi Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.630
5 \|41 \|\|Daniel Suárez \|\|Stewart-Haas Racing \|\|Ford \|\|28.704
6 \|48 \|\|Jimmie Johnson \|\|Hendrick Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.724
7 \|22 \|\|Joey Logano \|\|Team Penske \|\|Ford \|\|28.756
8 \|9 \|\|Chase Elliott \|\|Hendrick Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.766
9 \|11 \|\|Denny Hamlin \|\|Joe Gibbs Racing \|\|Toyota \|\|28.787
10 \|12 \|\|Ryan Blaney \|\|Team Penske \|\|Ford \|\|28.801
11 \|4 \|\|Kevin Harvick \|\|Stewart-Haas Racing \|\|Ford \|\|28.812
12 \|37 \|\|Chris Buescher \|\|JTG Daugherty Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.829
13 \|14 \|\|Clint Bowyer \|\|Stewart-Haas Racing \|\|Ford \|\|28.831
14 \|3 \|\|Austin Dillon \|\|Richard Childress Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.841
15 \|20 \|\|Erik Jones \|\|Joe Gibbs Racing \|\|Toyota \|\|28.848
16 \|88 \|\|Alex Bowman \|\|Hendrick Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.855
17 \|21 \|\|Paul Menard \|\|Wood Brothers Racing \|\|Ford \|\|28.872
18 \|8 \|\|Daniel Hemric (R) \|\|Richard Childress Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.892
19 \|95 \|\|Matt DiBenedetto \|\|Leavine Family Racing \|\|Toyota \|\|28.905
20 \|47 \|\|Ryan Preece (R) \|\|JTG Daugherty Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|28.910
21 \|17 \|\|Ricky Stenhouse Jr. \|\|Roush Fenway Racing \|\|Ford \|\|28.931
22 \|19 \|\|Martin Truex Jr. \|\|Joe Gibbs Racing \|\|Toyota \|\|28.956
23 \|34 \|\|Michael McDowell \|\|Front Row Motorsports \|\|Ford \|\|29.017
24 \|6 \|\|Ryan Newman \|\|Roush Fenway Racing \|\|Ford \|\|29.019
25 \|00 \|\|Landon Cassill (i) \|\|StarCom Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.087
26 \|38 \|\|David Ragan \|\|Front Row Motorsports \|\|Ford \|\|29.097
27 \|32 \|\|Corey LaJoie \|\|Go Fas Racing \|\|Ford \|\|29.103
28 \|43 \|\|Bubba Wallace \|\|Richard Petty Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.163
29 \|13 \|\|Ty Dillon \|\|Germain Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.173
30 \|10 \|\|Aric Almirola \|\|Stewart-Haas Racing \|\|Ford \|\|29.229
31 \|15 \|\|Ross Chastain (i) \|\|Premium Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.239
32 \|36 \|\|Matt Tifft (R) \|\|Front Row Motorsports \|\|Ford \|\|29.272
33 \|18 \|\|Kyle Busch \|\|Joe Gibbs Racing \|\|Toyota \|\|29.385
34 \|77 \|\|Reed Sorenson \|\|Spire Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.764
35 \|52 \|\|J. J. Yeley (i) \|\|Rick Ware Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|29.796
36 \|51 \|\|B. J. McLeod (i) \|\|Petty Ware Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|30.070
37 \|27 \|\|Joe Nemechek (i) \|\|Premium Motorsports \|\|Chevrolet \|\|30.260
38 \|54 \|\|Garrett Smithley (i) \|\|Rick Ware Racing \|\|Chevrolet \|\|30.568
39 \|66 \|\|Joey Gase (i) \|\|MBM Motorsports \|\|Toyota \|\|30.888
colspan="6"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-qualresults.pdf Official qualifying results]

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Pos

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Time

|24 ||William Byron ||Hendrick Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||28.510

|2 ||Brad Keselowski ||Team Penske ||Ford ||28.576

|42 ||Kyle Larson ||Chip Ganassi Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.617

|1 ||Kurt Busch ||Chip Ganassi Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.630

|41 ||Daniel Suárez ||Stewart-Haas Racing ||Ford ||28.704

|48 ||Jimmie Johnson ||Hendrick Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||28.724

|22 ||Joey Logano ||Team Penske ||Ford ||28.756

|9 ||Chase Elliott ||Hendrick Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||28.766

|11 ||Denny Hamlin ||Joe Gibbs Racing ||Toyota ||28.787

|12 ||Ryan Blaney ||Team Penske ||Ford ||28.801

|4 ||Kevin Harvick ||Stewart-Haas Racing ||Ford ||28.812

|37 ||Chris Buescher ||JTG Daugherty Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.829

|14 ||Clint Bowyer ||Stewart-Haas Racing ||Ford ||28.831

|3 ||Austin Dillon ||Richard Childress Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.841

|20 ||Erik Jones ||Joe Gibbs Racing ||Toyota ||28.848

|88 ||Alex Bowman ||Hendrick Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||28.855

|21 ||Paul Menard ||Wood Brothers Racing ||Ford ||28.872

|8 ||Daniel Hemric (R) ||Richard Childress Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.892

|95 ||Matt DiBenedetto ||Leavine Family Racing ||Toyota ||28.905

|47 ||Ryan Preece (R) ||JTG Daugherty Racing ||Chevrolet ||28.910

|17 ||Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ||Roush Fenway Racing ||Ford ||28.931

|19 ||Martin Truex Jr. ||Joe Gibbs Racing ||Toyota ||28.956

|34 ||Michael McDowell ||Front Row Motorsports ||Ford ||29.017

|6 ||Ryan Newman ||Roush Fenway Racing ||Ford ||29.019

|00 ||Landon Cassill (i) ||StarCom Racing ||Chevrolet ||29.087

|38 ||David Ragan ||Front Row Motorsports ||Ford ||29.097

|32 ||Corey LaJoie ||Go Fas Racing ||Ford ||29.103

|43 ||Bubba Wallace ||Richard Petty Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||29.163

|13 ||Ty Dillon ||Germain Racing ||Chevrolet ||29.173

|10 ||Aric Almirola ||Stewart-Haas Racing ||Ford ||29.229

|15 ||Ross Chastain (i) ||Premium Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||29.239

|36 ||Matt Tifft (R) ||Front Row Motorsports ||Ford ||29.272

|18 ||Kyle Busch ||Joe Gibbs Racing ||Toyota ||29.385

|77 ||Reed Sorenson ||Spire Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||29.764

|52 ||J. J. Yeley (i) ||Rick Ware Racing ||Chevrolet ||29.796

|51 ||B. J. McLeod (i) ||Petty Ware Racing ||Chevrolet ||30.070

|27 ||Joe Nemechek (i) ||Premium Motorsports ||Chevrolet ||30.260

|54 ||Garrett Smithley (i) ||Rick Ware Racing ||Chevrolet ||30.568

|66 ||Joey Gase (i) ||MBM Motorsports ||Toyota ||30.888

colspan="6"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/08/2019-25cup-qualresults.pdf Official qualifying results]

Race

=Stage results=

Stage One

Laps: 100

Pos ! {{Tooltip\|No\|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Points
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1	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	10
2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
colspan="6"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-results.pdf Official stage one results]

Stage Two

Laps: 100

Pos ! {{Tooltip\|No\|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Points
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1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
colspan="6"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-results.pdf Official stage two results]

=Final stage results=

Stage Three

Laps: 167

Pos ! Grid ! {{Tooltip\|No\|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Points
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1	15	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	367	48
2	3	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	367	49
3	33	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	367	51
4	11	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	367	34
5	2	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	367	38
6	13	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	367	36
7	4	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	367	49
8	19	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	367	29
9	17	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	367	28
10	14	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	367	27
11	5	41	Daniel Suárez	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	367	26
12	12	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	367	25
13	10	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	366	24
14	7	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	366	26
15	22	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	366	24
16	6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	366	34
17	30	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	366	20
18	16	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	365	19
19	8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	365	23
20	29	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	365	17
21	1	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	365	19
22	20	47	Ryan Preece (R)	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	365	15
23	24	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	365	14
24	28	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	365	13
25	25	00	Landon Cassill (i)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	364	0
26	26	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	363	11
27	32	36	Matt Tifft (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	362	10
28	31	15	Ross Chastain (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	361	0
29	9	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	356	22
30	34	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	355	7
31	37	27	Joe Nemechek (i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	354	0
32	35	52	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	352	0
33	21	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	351	4
34	39	66	Joey Gase (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	349	0
35	38	54	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	CHevrolet	344	0
36	27	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	330	1
37	18	8	Daniel Hemric (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	274	1
38	23	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	274	1
39	36	51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	194	0
colspan="8"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-results.pdf Official race results]

=Race statistics=

Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 7 for 35
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 44 minutes and 46 seconds
Average speed: {{convert|133.825|mph|km/h}}

Media

=Television=

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were in the booth to call the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race. Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty also called a portion of the race as part of the Throwback Weekend.

colspan="2"\|NBCSN
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Throwback commentator: Dale Jarrett Throwback commentator: Kyle Petty	Dave Burns Marty Snider Kelli Stavast

=Radio=

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace called the action for MRN when the field raced down the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a Billboard outside of turn 1 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley called the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelley, Steve Post, and Kim Coon called the action on pit road for MRN.

colspan="3"\|MRN
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Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace	Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley	Winston Kelley Steve Post Kim Coon

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

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! Pos ! Driver ! Points
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 1 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Kyle Busch \| style="text-align:center;"\| 983
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 2 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Joey Logano \| style="text-align:center;"\| 919 (–64)
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 3 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Denny Hamlin \| style="text-align:center;"\| 877 (–106)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 4 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Kevin Harvick \| style="text-align:center;"\| 864 (–119)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 5 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Martin Truex Jr. \| style="text-align:center;"\| 862 (–121)
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 6 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Brad Keselowski \| style="text-align:center;"\| 832 (–151)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 7 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Kurt Busch \| style="text-align:center;"\| 790 (–193)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 8 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Chase Elliott \| style="text-align:center;"\| 780 (–203)
align="left"\| 10px 2 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 9 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Kyle Larson \| style="text-align:center;"\| 714 (–269)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 10 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Ryan Blaney \| style="text-align:center;"\| 710 (–273)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 11 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Alex Bowman \| style="text-align:center;"\| 694 (–289)
align="left"\| 10px 2 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 12 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Erik Jones \| style="text-align:center;"\| 694 (–289)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 13 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| William Byron \| style="text-align:center;"\| 683 (–300)
align="left"\| 10px 1 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 14 \| style="background:#FFDEAD;"\| Aric Almirola \| style="text-align:center;"\| 674 (–309)
align="left"\| 10px 2 \| style="text-align:center;"\| 15 \| Clint Bowyer \| style="text-align:center;"\| 625 (–358)
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 16 \| Daniel Suárez \| style="text-align:center;"\| 617 (–366)
class="sortbottom" !colspan="9"\|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-points.pdf Official driver's standings]

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Kyle Busch

| style="text-align:center;"| 983

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Joey Logano

| style="text-align:center;"| 919 (–64)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Denny Hamlin

| style="text-align:center;"| 877 (–106)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 4

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Kevin Harvick

| style="text-align:center;"| 864 (–119)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Martin Truex Jr.

| style="text-align:center;"| 862 (–121)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 6

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Brad Keselowski

| style="text-align:center;"| 832 (–151)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 7

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Kurt Busch

| style="text-align:center;"| 790 (–193)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 8

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Chase Elliott

| style="text-align:center;"| 780 (–203)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 9

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Kyle Larson

| style="text-align:center;"| 714 (–269)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Ryan Blaney

| style="text-align:center;"| 710 (–273)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 11

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Alex Bowman

| style="text-align:center;"| 694 (–289)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 12

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Erik Jones

| style="text-align:center;"| 694 (–289)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 13

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| William Byron

| style="text-align:center;"| 683 (–300)

align="left"| 10px 1

| style="text-align:center;"| 14

| style="background:#FFDEAD;"| Aric Almirola

| style="text-align:center;"| 674 (–309)

align="left"| 10px 2

| style="text-align:center;"| 15

| Clint Bowyer

| style="text-align:center;"| 625 (–358)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 16

| Daniel Suárez

| style="text-align:center;"| 617 (–366)

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!colspan="9"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/09/2019-25cup-points.pdf Official driver's standings]

;Manufacturers' Championship standings

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! Pos ! Manufacturer ! Points
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 1 \| Toyota \| style="text-align:center;"\| 917
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 2 \| Ford \| style="text-align:center;"\| 883 (–34)
align="left"\| 10px \| style="text-align:center;"\| 3 \| Chevrolet \| style="text-align:center;"\| 849 (–68)
class="sortbottom"

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! Manufacturer

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| Toyota

| style="text-align:center;"| 917

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 2

| Ford

| style="text-align:center;"| 883 (–34)

align="left"| 10px

| style="text-align:center;"| 3

| Chevrolet

| style="text-align:center;"| 849 (–68)

class="sortbottom"

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.

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