2019 Gander RV 400
The 2019 Gander RV 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 6, 2019, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was postponed from Sunday, May 5 to Monday, May 6 due to rain. Report. Background. Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition  to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid -Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. First practice. Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.372 seconds and a speed of . Qualifying. Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 21.692 and  a speed of . Practice (post-qualifying). Second practice. Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to fog. Final practice. Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.241 seconds and a speed of . Race. Stage results. Stage One "Laps:" 120 Stage Two "Laps:" 120 Final stage results. Stage Three "Laps:" 160 Media. Television. Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Dover International Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and two-time Dover winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch  and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side. Radio. MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.