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 will begin 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, 2018. The playoffs will end with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2018. 
==Teams and drivers==
===Chartered teams===
===Limited schedule===
===Changes===
====Teams====
==Offseason changes==
===Rule changes===
==Schedule==
* The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, released Tuesday, virtually mirrors the 2018 schedule.
* The 38 races (including two non-point events) are scheduled to be run in the same order as this season, with no tracks added to or removed from the schedule.
* The season is scheduled to open Feb. 10 with the non-points Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, with the first regular-season race – the Daytona 500 – scheduled Feb. 17.
* The playoffs are scheduled to begin Sept. 15 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the season will end Nov. 17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.
* There are off weekends in April, June and August.
* In broadcasting changes from 2015, NBC will air the first 13 races of the season while Fox will air the final 23 races including the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, which will alternate with Fox and FS1.
* All NFL games will start on CBS, NBC, and NFL Network.
No 	Race Title 	Track 	Date 	Time 	TV
 	Advance Auto Parts Clash 	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	February 10 	3:00 p.m. 	NBC
 	Can-Am Duel 	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	February 14 	7:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
1 	Daytona 500 	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	February 17 	2:30 p.m. 	NBC
2 	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia 	February 24 	1:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
3 	Pennzoil 400 	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada 	March 3 	3:30 p.m. 	NBC
4 	TicketGuardian 500 	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona 	March 10 	3:30 p.m. 	NBC
5 	Auto Club 400 	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California 	March 18 	3:30 p.m. 	NBCSN
6 	STP 500 	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia 	March 24 	2:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
7 	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 	March 31 	2:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
8 	Food City 500 	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee 	April 7 	2:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
9 	Toyota Owners 400 	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia 	April 21 	6:30 p.m. 	NBCSN
10 	GEICO 500 	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama 	April 28 	2:00 p.m. 	NBC
11 	AAA 400 Drive for Autism 	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware 	May 5 	2:00 p.m. 	NBCSN
12 	Kansas 400 	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 	May 12 	8:00 p.m. 	NBC
 	Monster Energy Open 	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 	May 18 	6:00 p.m. 	CNBC
 	Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race 	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 	May 18 	8:00 p.m. 	CNBC
13 	Coca-Cola 600 	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 	May 26 	6:00 p.m. 	CNBC
14 	Pocono 400 	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 	June 2 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
15 	FireKeepers Casino 400 	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 	June 9 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
16 	Toyota/Save Mart 350 	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California 	June 23 	3:00 p.m. 	FS1
17 	Overton's 400 	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois 	June 30 	2:30 p.m. 	FS1
18 	Coke Zero Sugar 400 	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	July 6 	7:00 p.m. 	Fox
19 	Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts 	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky 	July 13 	7:30 p.m. 	FS1
20 	New Hampshire 301 	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire 	July 21 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
21 	Gander Outdoors 400 	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 	July 28 	2:30 p.m. 	Fox
22 	Go Bowling at The Glen 	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York 	August 5 	2:30 p.m. 	FS1
23 	Consumers Energy 400 	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan 	August 12 	2:30 p.m. 	FS1
24 	Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race 	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee 	August 17 	7:30 p.m. 	Fox
25 	Bojangles' Southern 500 	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina 	September 1 	6:00 p.m. 	Fox
26 	Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard 	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 	September 8 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
Cup Championship Playoffs	Cup Championship Playoffs 	Cup Championship Playoffs 	Cup Championship Playoffs	Cup Championship Playoffs	Cup Championship Playoffs
Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16 	Round of 16
27 	South Point 400 	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada 	September 16 	3:00 p.m. 	Fox
28 	Federated Auto Parts 400 	Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia 	September 22 	7:30 p.m. 	Fox
29 	Bank of America 500 	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 	September 30 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12 	Round of 12
30 	Dover 400 	Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware 	October 7 	2:00 p.m. 	Fox
31 	1000Bulbs.com 500https://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/Articles/2018/03/1000Bulbs.aspx	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama 	October 14 	2:00 p.m. 	Fox
32 	Hollywood Casino 400 	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 	October 21 	2:00 p.m. 	FS1
Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8 	Round of 8
33 	First Data 500 	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia 	October 28 	2:30 p.m. 	FS1
34 	AAA Texas 500 	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 	November 4 	3:00 p.m. 	Fox
35 	Can-Am 500 	ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona 	November 11 	2:30 p.m. 	Fox
Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4 	Championship 4
36 	Ford EcoBoost 400 	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida 	November 17 	2:30 p.m. 	FS1