2019 Quaker State 400

The 2019 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 13, 2019 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 269 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mi speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The race saw an amazing finish between brothers Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch as Kurt would hold off his younger brother to win the race.

Background
The sixth running of the Quaker State 400 was held in Sparta, Kentucky at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2016. The track is a 1.5 mi tri-oval speedway owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.

Entry list

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

First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.389 seconds and a speed of 183.742 mph.

Final practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.621 seconds and a speed of 182.303 mph.

Qualifying
Daniel Suárez scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.254 and a speed of 184.590 mph.

Qualifying results

 * Note: Ryan Newman and Quin Houff had their times disallowed and started at the back due to failing inspection

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 15 among 10 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 35
 * Red flags: 0
 * Time of race: 2 hours, 51 minutes and 37 seconds
 * Average speed: 141.07 mph

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, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the action from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Doug Turnbull called the action from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the action from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Wendy Venturini, Steve Richards, and Brett McMillan called the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * 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.