# 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXV) was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 18, 2019 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 88 laps—extended from 85 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the second exhibition race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

## Report
### Background

The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2019 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

#### Entry list
##### Monster Energy Open

| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer |
| 00 | Landon Cassill (i) | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford |
| 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford |
| 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 32 | Corey LaJoie | Go Fas Racing | Ford |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford |
| 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford |
| 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet |
| 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford |
| 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet |
| 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 46 | Joey Gase (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota |
| 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet |
| 51 | Cody Ware (i) | Petty Ware Racing | Chevrolet |
| 52 | Bayley Currey (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford |
| 53 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet |
| 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota |
| 77 | Quin Houff | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Leavine Family Racing | Toyota |
| Official entry list ||||

##### Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford |
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Official entry list ||||

## Practice
### Monster Energy Open/All-Star first practice

Aric Almirola was the fastest in the Open/All-Star first practice session with a time of 29.775 seconds and a speed of 181.360 mph (291.871 km/h).
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 29.775 | 181.360 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 30.070 | 179.581 |
| 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 30.182 | 178.915 |
| Official Monster Energy Open/All-Star first practice results |||||||

### Monster Energy Open final practice

Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open final practice session with a time of 29.961 seconds and a speed of 180.234 mph (290.059 km/h).
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.961 | 180.234 |
| 2 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 30.077 | 179.539 |
| 3 | 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 30.168 | 178.998 |
| Official Monster Energy Open final practice results |||||||

### Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice session with a time of 30.092 seconds and a speed of 179.450 mph (288.797 km/h).
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 30.092 | 179.450 |
| 2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 30.242 | 178.560 |
| 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 30.280 | 178.336 |
| Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice results |||||||

## Qualifying (Open)

Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.643 and a speed of 182.168 mph (293.171 km/h).

### Open qualifying results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | R1 | R2 |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.693 | 29.643 |
| 2 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 29.847 | 29.797 |
| 3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.820 | 29.819 |
| 4 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 29.941 | 29.827 |
| 5 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 29.940 | 29.890 |
| 6 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.951 | 29.918 |
| 7 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 29.965 | 29.918 |
| 8 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 29.963 | 30.132 |
| 9 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 30.046 | — |
| 10 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.073 | — |
| 11 | 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 30.105 | — |
| 12 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Leavine Family Racing | Toyota | 30.106 | — |
| 13 | 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 30.136 | — |
| 14 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 30.152 | — |
| 15 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 30.162 | — |
| 16 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 30.317 | — |
| 17 | 00 | Landon Cassill (i) | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 30.508 | — |
| 18 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.688 | — |
| 19 | 53 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 30.801 | — |
| 20 | 52 | Bayley Currey (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 31.097 | — |
| 21 | 51 | Cody Ware (i) | Petty Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 31.711 | — |
| 22 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 32.019 | — |
| 23 | 77 | Quin Houff | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 32.316 | — |
| 24 | 46 | Joey Gase (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 0.000 | — |
| Official Open qualifying results |||||||

## Qualifying (All-Star Race)

Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 118.794 and a speed of 136.371 mph (219.468 km/h).

### All-Star Race qualifying results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time |
| 1 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 118.794 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 118.971 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 119.058 |
| 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 119.314 |
| 5 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 120.334 |
| 6 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 120.383 |
| 7 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 120.405 |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 120.660 |
| 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 120.892 |
| 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 121.584 |
| 11 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 121.978 |
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 122.125 |
| 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 123.814 |
| 14 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 124.059 |
| 15 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 128.176 |
| Official All-Star qualifying results ||||||

## Monster Energy Open
### Monster Energy Open results

| Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps |
| 1 | 7 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 62 |
| 2 | 14 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 62 |
| 3 | 6 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 62 |
| 4 | 12 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Leavine Family Racing | Toyota | 62 |
| 5 | 15 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 62 |
| 6 | 11 | 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 62 |
| 7 | 5 | 21 | Paul Menard | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 62 |
| 8 | 9 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 62 |
| 9 | 16 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 62 |
| 10 | 2 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 62 |
| 11 | 13 | 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 62 |
| 12 | 4 | 41 | Daniel Suárez | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 62 |
| 13 | 17 | 00 | Landon Cassill (i) | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 62 |
| 14 | 20 | 52 | Bayley Currey (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 62 |
| 15 | 22 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 62 |
| 16 | 23 | 77 | Quin Houff | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 55 |
| 17 | 10 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 52 |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46 |
| 19 | 21 | 51 | Cody Ware (i) | Petty Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 20 | 18 | 15 | Ross Chastain (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 21 | 3 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27 |
| 22 | 24 | 46 | Joey Gase (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 21 |
| 23 | 8 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 16 |
| 24 | 19 | 53 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 15 |
| ^a Winner of the second segment. ^b Winner of the first segment. |||||||
| Official Monster Energy Open race results |||||||

## All-Star Race
### Race

The pole-sitter was Clint Bowyer, although the person who dominated the race was Kevin Harvick, seeking his second win in the All-Star Race and his first All-Star win since 2007. Kyle Larson took the lead in the #42 Chevrolet with 13 laps to go and held it to the end, winning his first All-Star Race victory.

### Post-race Scuffle

On the final lap of the race, pole-sitter Clint Bowyer chopped into the front of Ryan Newman's #6 Acorns Ford Fusion, almost taking both cars out of the race. When the checkered flag waved and during the cool-down lap, Newman tapped Bowyer in the back, igniting a post-race scuffle that ended with Bowyer running up to Newman's car and punching him several times while Newman was strapped in his car. Both drivers were summoned to the NASCAR Hauler post-race, but no penalties were assessed to either driver.

### All-Star Race results

| Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps |
| 1 | 18 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 88 |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 88 |
| 4 | 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 88 |
| 5 | 17 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 6 | 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 88 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 8 | 19 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 9 | 16 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 10 | 5 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 88 |
| 11 | 14 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 88 |
| 12 | 1 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 88 |
| 13 | 11 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 88 |
| 15 | 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 88 |
| 16 | 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 88 |
| 17 | 15 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 83 |
| 18 | 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 79 |
| 19 | 7 | 20 | Erik Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 77 |
| Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race results |||||||

## Media
### Television

Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer Mike Joy was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. This was Waltrip's final planned All Star race in the booth, as he retired from NASCAR broadcasting after the June 23rd Toyota/Save Mart 350 (although he was a guest during the 2020 broadcast). Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.
FS1 Television :
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip | Jamie Little Vince Welch Matt Yocum |

### Radio

Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, Steve Post and Dillon Welch were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRN Radio :
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace | Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey | Winston Kelly Kim Coon Steve Post Dillon Welch |