2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The **2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series** will be the 71st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 48th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races and the 61st running of the Daytona 500. The regular season will end with the Brickyard 400 on September 8, 2019. The playoffs will end with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2019.

It will be the fourth season of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the third of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks. It will also be the first year the Cup Series will be fielding the Ford Mustang.

### Chartered teams

|Manufacturer|Team||Race driver|Crew chief|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Chip Ganassi Racing**|1|Kurt Busch|Matt McCall|||
|42|Kyle Larson|Chad Johnston|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Germain Racing**|13|Ty Dillon|Matt Borland|||
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|**Hendrick Motorsports**|9|Chase Elliott|Alan Gustafson|||
|24|William Byron|Chad Knaus|||||
|48|Jimmie Johnson|Kevin Meendering|||||
|88|Alex Bowman|Greg Ives|||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**JTG Daugherty Racing**|37|Chris Buescher|Trent Owens|||
|47|Ryan Preece **(R)**|Tristan Smith|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Premium Motorsports**|15|Ross Chastain|Peter Sospenzo <small></small> Pat Tryson <small></small>|||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Richard Childress Racing**|3|Austin Dillon|Danny Stockman|||
|8|Daniel Hemric **(R)**|Luke Lambert <small></small> Justin Alexander <small></small>|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Richard Petty Motorsports**|43|Darrell Wallace Jr.|Derek Stamets|||
|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|**Spire Motorsports**|rowspan="7"||Jamie McMurray <small></small>|rowspan="7"|Scott Eggleston <small></small> Peter Sospenzo <small></small>|
|Garrett Smithley <small></small>|||||||
|Reed Sorenson <small></small>|||||||
|Quin Houff **(R)** <small></small>|||||||
|D. J. Kennington <small></small>|||||||
|Justin Haley  <small></small>|||||||
|TBA <small></small>|||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**StarCom Racing**|00|Landon Cassill|Wayne Carroll <small></small> Joe Williams Jr. <small></small>|||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|**Front Row Motorsports**|34|Michael McDowell|Drew Blickensderfer|||
|36|Matt Tifft **(R)**|Mike Kelley|||||
|38|David Ragan|Seth Barbour|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Go Fas Racing**|32|Corey LaJoie|Randy Cox|||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|**Roush Fenway Racing**|6|Ryan Newman|Scott Graves|||
|17|Ricky Stenhouse Jr.|Brian Pattie|||||
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|**Stewart-Haas Racing**|4|Kevin Harvick|Rodney Childers|||
|10|Aric Almirola|Johnny Klausmeier|||||
|14|Clint Bowyer|Mike Bugarewicz|||||
|41|Daniel Suárez|Billy Scott|||||
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|**Team Penske**|2|Brad Keselowski|Paul Wolfe|||
|12|Ryan Blaney|Jeremy Bullins|||||
|22|Joey Logano|Todd Gordon|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Wood Brothers Racing**|21|Paul Menard|Greg Erwin|||
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|**Joe Gibbs Racing**|11|Denny Hamlin|Chris Gabehart|||
|18|Kyle Busch|Adam Stevens|||||
|19|Martin Truex Jr.|Cole Pearn|||||
|20|Erik Jones|Chris Gayle|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|**Leavine Family Racing**|95|Matt DiBenedetto|Mike Wheeler|||
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|**Petty Ware Racing**|rowspan=5|51|B. J. McLeod <small></small>|rowspan=5|George Church <small></small> Mike Hillman Jr. <small></small>|
|Cody Ware **(R)** <small></small>|||||||
|Gray Gaulding <small></small>|||||||
|Jeb Burton <small></small>|||||||
|TBA <small></small>|||||||
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|**Rick Ware Racing**|rowspan=6|52|Cody Ware **(R)**  <small></small>|rowspan=6|Mike Hillman Jr. <small></small> George Church <small></small>|
|B. J. McLeod <small></small>|||||||
|Bayley Currey <small></small>|||||||
|Jeb Burton <small></small>|||||||
|Stanton Barrett <small></small>|||||||
|TBA <small></small>|||||||

## Schedule

Key changes from 2018 include:

The schedule, comprising 36 races, including the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel (qualifying races for the Daytona 500) and the All-Star Race, was released on April 3, 2018.

|No|Race Title|Track|Date|Time **ET**|TV||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Advance Auto Parts Clash|rowspan="3"|Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida|February 10|3:00 PM||FS1|
|Gander RV Duel|February 14|7:00 PM||FS1|||
|**Daytona 500**|February 17|2:30 PM||Fox|||
|Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500|Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia|February 24|2:00 PM||Fox||
|Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube|Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada|March 3|3:30 PM|Fox|||
|TicketGuardian 500|ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona|March 10|3:30 PM|Fox|||
|Auto Club 400|Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California|March 17|3:30 PM|Fox|||
|STP 500|Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia|March 24|2:00 PM|FS1|||
|O'Reilly Auto Parts 500|Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas|March 31|3:00 PM|Fox|||
|Food City 500|Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee|April 7|2:00 PM|FS1|||
|Toyota Owners 400|Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia|April 13|7:30 PM|Fox|||
|GEICO 500|Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama|April 28|2:00 PM|Fox|||
|Gander RV 400|Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware|May 5|2:00 PM|FS1|||
|Digital Ally 400|Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas|May 11|7:30 PM|FS1|||
|Monster Energy Open|rowspan="3"|Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina|May 18|6:00 PM|FS1||
|Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race|May 18|8:00 PM|FS1||||
|**Coca-Cola 600**|May 26|6:00 PM|Fox||||
|Pocono 400|Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania|June 2|2:00 PM|FS1|||
|FireKeepers Casino 400|Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan|June 9|2:00 PM|FS1|||
|Toyota/Save Mart 350|Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California|June 23|3:00 PM|FS1|||
|Camping World 400|Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois|June 30|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Coke Zero Sugar 400|Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida|July 6|7:30 PM|NBC|||
|Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart|Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky|July 13|7:30 PM|NBCSN|||
|Foxwoods Resort Casino 301|New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire|July 21|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Gander Outdoors 400|Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania|July 28|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Go Bowling at The Glen|Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York|August 4|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Consumers Energy 400|Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan|August 11|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race|Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee|August 17|7:30 PM|NBCSN|||
|**Bojangles' Southern 500**|Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina|September 1|6:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|**Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard**|Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana|September 8|2:00 PM|NBC|||
|South Point 400|Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada|September 15|7:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Federated Auto Parts 400|Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia|September 21|7:30 PM|NBCSN|||
|Bank of America Roval 400|Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, (Roval)|September 29|2:30 PM|NBC|||
|Gander Outdoors 400|Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware|October 6|2:30 PM|NBCSN|||
|**1000Bulbs.com 500**|Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama|October 13|2:00 PM|NBC|||
|Hollywood Casino 400|Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas|October 20|2:30 PM|NBC|||
|First Data 500|Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia|October 27|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|AAA Texas 500|Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas|November 3|3:00 PM|NBCSN|||
|Can-Am 500|ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona|November 10|2:30 PM|NBC|||
|Ford EcoBoost 400|Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida|November 17|3:00 PM|NBC|||

## Related pages

- 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series
- 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series