# 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 33rd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the General Tire 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 4. General Tire took over the position as the official tire supplier of the series from Goodyear. Sam Mayer was crowned the series champion, becoming the youngest champion in series history, at 16 years, 3 months, 8 days, topping the previous record set by Todd Gilliland after he won the 2016 title. Tyler Ankrum entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but he did not defend his championship because he moved up to the Truck Series full time in 2019.
This was the last season of the series before it became an ARCA series in 2020 as part of the unification of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and the ARCA Menards Series.

## Teams and drivers
### Complete schedule

| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
| Chevrolet | GMS Racing | 21 | Sam Mayer (R) | Mardy Lindley |
| Ford | Rette Jones Racing | 30 | Spencer Davis | Mark Rette |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 15 | Tanner Gray (R) | Seth Smith |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Drew Dollar (R) 7 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Riley Herbst 1 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Hailie Deegan 1 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | David Gilliland (R) 1 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Ty Gibbs (R) 1 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Todd Gilliland 1 | Derek Smith 2 Kevin Manion 4 Chris Lawson 5 Blake Bainbridge 1 |
| Toyota | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Max McLaughlin (R) | Robert Huffman |
| Toyota | Rev Racing | 4 | Chase Cabre | Glenn Parker 1 Doug Howe 11 |
| Toyota | Rev Racing | 6 | Rubén García Jr. | Steve Plattenberger |

### Limited schedule

| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
| Chevrolet | 1/4 Ley Racing | 32 | Dale Quarterley | Alex Quarterley | 1 |
| Chevrolet | Ace Motorsports | 71 | Bill Hoff | Jeffrey Shutt | 4 |
| Chevrolet | Marsh Racing | 31 | Connor Hall | Todd Fisette | 1 |
| Chevrolet | Robert Pawlowski Racing | 11 | Robert Pawlowski | Sammie Brown 1 Aaron Brown 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet | Sam Hunt Racing | 18 | Colin Garrett | Clinton Cram 1 Andrew Abbott 5 Sam Hunt 4 Brian Keselowski 1 | 10 |
| Chevrolet | Sam Hunt Racing | 18 | Sam Hunt | Clinton Cram 1 Andrew Abbott 5 Sam Hunt 4 Brian Keselowski 1 | 1 |
| Ford | Chad Bryant Racing | 22 | Joe Graf Jr. | Paul Andrews | 1 |
| Ford | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 7 | Dylan Murry | Jeff Jefferson | 1 |
| Toyota | Austin Reed Racing | 14 | Austin Reed (R) | Bond Suss | 1 |
| Toyota | Ben Kennedy Racing | 20 | Anthony Sergi | Glenn Garrison | 2 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Derek Kraus | John Camilleri | 9 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Hailie Deegan | Kevin Reed Jr. 2 Kyle Wolosek 6 Kevin Bellicourt 1 | 7 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Todd Gilliland | Kevin Reed Jr. 2 Kyle Wolosek 6 Kevin Bellicourt 1 | 1 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Brandon Jones | Kevin Reed Jr. 2 Kyle Wolosek 6 Kevin Bellicourt 1 | 1 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 50 | Raphaël Lessard (R) | Doug George | 1 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 50 | Lawless Alan (R) | Doug George | 1 |
| Toyota | Bill McAnally Racing | 99 | Brittney Zamora (R) | Kevin Bellicourt | 6 |
| Toyota | Brandon Oakley Racing | 22 | Brandon Oakley | Ron Otto | 4 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 17 | Ty Gibbs (R) | Blake Bainbridge | 5 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 17 | Riley Herbst | Blake Bainbridge | 2 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 17 | Drew Dollar (R) | Blake Bainbridge | 1 |
| Toyota | DGR-Crosley | 98 | Natalie Decker (R) | Frank Kerr | 1 |
| Toyota | Jett Motorsports | 09 | Jett Noland (R) | Chris Cater | 1 |
| Toyota | Rev Racing | 2 | Nick Sanchez (R) | John Allen 2 Matt Butcher 1 | 3 |
| Toyota | TC Motorsports | 91 | Justin Carroll | Dwayne Skinnell 3 Unknown 1 Steven Dawson 1 | 5 |
| Toyota | Vizion Motorsports | 5 | Juan Manuel González | Wayne Setterington Jr. | 1 |
| Ford 2 Chevrolet 3 | Charles Buchanan Racing | 87 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Craig Wood | 5 |
| Chevrolet 5 Ford 1 Toyota 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 08 | Travis Milburn | Sonny Wahl 6 Jason Larivee Sr. 1 | 5 |
| Chevrolet 5 Ford 1 Toyota 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 08 | Jason Larivee Jr. (R) | Sonny Wahl 6 Jason Larivee Sr. 1 | 1 |
| Chevrolet 5 Ford 1 Toyota 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 08 | Josh Fanopoulos (R) | Sonny Wahl 6 Jason Larivee Sr. 1 | 1 |
| Ford 2 Chevrolet 2 | Kart Idaho Racing | 36 | Jason Miles (R) | Teddy Brown 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Darrel Pedderson 1 | 2 |
| Ford 2 Chevrolet 2 | Kart Idaho Racing | 36 | Josh Fanopoulos (R) | Teddy Brown 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Darrel Pedderson 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 1 Ford 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Ron Jay (R) | Mike Holleran 3 John Wood 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Josh Jackson 1 Unknown 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 1 Ford 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Josh Fanopoulos (R) | Mike Holleran 3 John Wood 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Josh Jackson 1 Unknown 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 1 Ford 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | John Wood | Mike Holleran 3 John Wood 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Josh Jackson 1 Unknown 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 1 Ford 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Armani Williams | Mike Holleran 3 John Wood 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Josh Jackson 1 Unknown 1 | 1 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 1 Ford 1 | Kart Idaho Racing | 38 | Stefan Parsons (R) | Mike Holleran 3 John Wood 2 Kevin McCarty 1 Josh Jackson 1 Unknown 1 | 1 |
| Ford 4 Toyota 1 | MAD Motorsports | 24 | Mason Diaz (R) | Mike Darne | 5 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 2 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Brandon McReynolds | Bruce Cook 1 Bill Goffin 1 John Visconti III 6 | 5 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 2 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Josh Berry | Bruce Cook 1 Bill Goffin 1 John Visconti III 6 | 1 |
| Chevrolet 6 Toyota 2 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Parker Retzlaff (R) | Bruce Cook 1 Bill Goffin 1 John Visconti III 6 | 2 |

## Schedule

On December 4, 2018, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and New Jersey were dropped from the schedule in favor a second race at Bristol. All races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis and shown live on FansChoice.tv.
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
| 1 | New Smyrna 175 | New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach | February 11 |
| 2 | Zombie Auto 150 | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | April 6 |
| 3 | WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | May 4 May 5 |
| 4 | WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | May 4 May 5 |
| 5 | Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone | Memphis International Raceway, Millington | June 1 |
| 6 | United Site Services 70 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 20 |
| 7 | Casey's General Store 150 | Iowa Speedway, Newton | July 26 |
| 8 | Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen | August 2 |
| 9 | Bush's Beans 150 | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 15 |
| 10 | Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 | World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison | August 24 |
| 11 | Apple Barrel 125 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 21 |
| 12 | General Tire 125 | Dover International Speedway, Dover | October 4 |

### Notes

* ↑ The New Smyrna 175 was postponed a day due to rain.
* ↑ The first 20 laps of the second WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100 race were run on May 4, before the race was red flagged and stopped for rain. The last 80 laps were run on 5 May.
* ↑ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series.
* ↑ The Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series.
* The race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park was originally scheduled for June 15, but was cancelled on June 4 and was not replaced.

## Results and standings
### Races

| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer | No. | Winning team |
| 1 | New Smyrna 175 | Hailie Deegan$^1$ | Colin Garrett | Derek Kraus | Toyota | 19 | Bill McAnally Racing |
| 2 | Zombie Auto 150 | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 21 | GMS Racing |
| 3 | WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s | Tanner Gray | Tanner Gray | Tanner Gray | Toyota | 15 | DGR-Crosley |
| 4 | WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s | Nick Sanchez$^2$ | Derek Kraus | Derek Kraus | Toyota | 19 | Bill McAnally Racing |
| 5 | Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone | Max McLaughlin | Max McLaughlin | Chase Cabre | Toyota | 4 | Rev Racing |
| 6 | United Site Services 70 | Chase Cabre | Chase Cabre | Chase Cabre | Toyota | 4 | Rev Racing |
| 7 | Casey's General Store 150 | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 21 | GMS Racing |
| 8 | Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 | Max McLaughlin | Max McLaughlin | Max McLaughlin | Toyota | 1 | Hattori Racing Enterprises |
| 9 | Bush's Beans 150 | Chase Cabre | Spencer Davis | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 21 | GMS Racing |
| 10 | Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 | Chase Cabre | Chase Cabre | Spencer Davis | Ford | 30 | Rette Jones Racing |
| 11 | Apple Barrel 125 | Chase Cabre | Ty Gibbs | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 54 | DGR-Crosley |
| 12 | General Tire 125 | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 21 | GMS Racing |
* $^1$ – The qualifying session for the New Smyrna 175 was cancelled due to weather. The starting lineup was decided by practice results.
* $^2$ – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100 race.

### Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV | Points |
| 1 | Sam Mayer (R) | 4 | 1* | 2 | 11$^2$ | 4 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1* | 511 |
| 2 | Chase Cabre | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13* | 6 | 5 | 472 |
| 3 | Tanner Gray (R) | 12 | 10 | 1* | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 458 |
| 4 | Spencer Davis | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5* | 1 | 4 | 7 | 458 |
| 5 | Max McLaughlin (R) | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6* | 4 | 10 | 1* | 7 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 440 |
| 6 | Rubén García Jr. | 8 | 17 | 5 | 7$^3$ | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 433 |
| 7 | Derek Kraus | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1* | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | | 2 | | | 366 |
| 8 | Colin Garrett | 6* | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | | | 344 |
| 9 | Drew Dollar (R) | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | | | | | 4 | 297 |
| 10 | Hailie Deegan | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12$^4$ | | 11 | 12 | | 9 | 9 | | | 258 |
| 11 | Brittney Zamora (R) | 15 | 11 | | | 9 | 12 | 20 | | | 16 | | | 181 |
| 12 | Brandon McReynolds | 3 | 3 | | | | 17 | | | 10 | | | 9 | 178 |
| 13 | Ty Gibbs (R) | 2 | | | | 2 | | 2 | 4 | 2 | | 1* | | 172 |
| 14 | Justin Carroll | | | 11 | 10 | | | | | 13 | | 9 | 10 | 167 |
| 15 | Mason Diaz (R) | 14 | 8 | DNS$^1$ | DNS$^1$ | | | | | 4 | | | | 160 |
| 16 | Travis Milburn | | | 7 | 9 | | | 15 | 17 | | 14 | | | 158 |
| 17 | Josh Fanopoulos (R) | | | | | | 13 | 17 | | | 12 | 12 | 11 | 155 |
| 18 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | 19 | 15 | 16 | DNS$^1$ | | | | | 15 | | | | 139 |
| 19 | Brandon Oakley | 13 | 14 | | | 13 | | 14 | | | | | | 122 |
| 20 | Bill Hoff | | | | | | 15 | | 13 | | | 14 | 12 | 122 |
| 21 | Nick Sanchez (R) | | | 14 | 8 | | | | | | | 8 | | 103 |
| 22 | Riley Herbst | | 18 | | | | 6 | | 12 | | | | | 96 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 3 | 77 |
| 24 | Parker Retzlaff (R) | | | | | 10 | | | | | 5 | | | 73 |
| 25 | Anthony Sergi | 5 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 71 |
| 26 | Robert Pawlowski | | | | | | | | 16 | | | 10 | | 62 |
| 27 | Jason Miles (R) | | | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 62 |
| 28 | Ron Jay (R) | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 29 | John Wood | | | | 15 | | | | 15 | | 17 | | | 56 |
| 30 | David Gilliland (R) | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 41 |
| 31 | Josh Berry | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | 41 |
| 32 | Dylan Murry | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | 38 |
| 33 | Dale Quarterley | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 37 |
| 34 | Raphaël Lessard (R) | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 35 |
| 35 | Connor Hall | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 34 |
| 36 | Lawless Alan (R) | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 34 |
| 37 | Jett Noland (R) | | | | | | | Wth | | 11 | | | | 33 |
| 38 | Armani Williams | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | 33 |
| 39 | Austin Reed (R) | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 32 |
| 40 | Sam Hunt | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 31 |
| 41 | Brandon Jones | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | 30 |
| 42 | Stefan Parsons (R) | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 30 |
| 43 | Jason Larivee Jr. (R) | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | | 28 |
| 44 | Joe Graf Jr. | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | 28 |
| 45 | Juan Manuel González | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 46 | Natalie Decker (R) | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points |||||||||||||||
| | Jagger Jones (R) | | | | | | | 11 | | | 7 | | | |
| | Trevor Huddleston | | | | | | | 8 | | | 18 | | | |
| | Todd Souza | | | | | | | 16 | | | 10 | | | |
| | Takuma Koga | | | | | | | 18 | | | 11 | | | |
| | Taylor Canfield | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Driver | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | DOV | Points |

#### Notes

* $^1$ – Chuck Buchanan Jr. and Mason Diaz received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
* $^2$ – Sam Mayer was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to prior commitments. Kyle Benjamin substituted for Mayer.
* $^3$ – Rubén García Jr. was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to a conflict with a PEAK Mexico Series race. Colin Garrett substituted for García Jr., after he crashed out his No. 18 entry on lap thirteen.
* $^4$ – Hailie Deegan was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to family reasons. Nobody substituted for her.