STP 500 Results

March 24, 2019 at 5:43 PM
Fin St Car Driver Make Laps Pts Status Laps Led
1 3 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 500 60 Running 446
2 7 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 500 51 Running 49
3 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 500 36 Running 0
4 17 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 500 48 Running 0
5 5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 500 47 Running 0
6 4 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 500 35 Running 0
7 10 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 500 38 Running 0
8 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 500 38 Running 0
9 2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 500 41 Running 0
10 9 41 Daniel Suarez Ford 500 29 Running 0
11 29 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 500 27 Running 0
12 19 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 500 25 Running 0
13 22 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 500 24 Running 0
14 16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 500 23 Running 0
15 14 21 Paul Menard Ford 500 22 Running 0
16 15 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 500 21 Running 0
17 26 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 500 20 Running 0
18 6 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 500 19 Running 0
19 1 22 Joey Logano Ford 500 23 Running 5
20 21 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 500 17 Running 0
21 12 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 499 16 Running 0
22 34 24 William Byron Chevrolet 499 15 Running 0
23 20 6 Ryan Newman Ford 499 14 Running 0
24 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 498 13 Running 0
25 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 498 12 Running 0
26 25 38 David Ragan Ford 496 11 Running 0
27 28 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 496 10 Running 0
28 27 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 494 9 Running 0
29 31 36 Matt Tifft Ford 494 8 Running 0
30 18 20 Erik Jones Toyota 491 7 Running 0
31 23 34 Michael McDowell Ford 491 6 Running 0
32 35 77 D.J. Kennington Chevrolet 489 0 Running 0
33 32 32 Corey LaJoie Ford 489 4 Running 0
34 30 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 365 0 Engine 0
35 36 52 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 163 0 Brakes 0
36 33 51 Cody Ware Ford 55 1 Brakes 0

Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 21 Mins, 54 Secs.
Average Speed: 78.158 MPH
Margin of Victory: .594 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 22, 19, 18, 3
Stage 2 Top 10: 2, 12, 11, 9, 19, 10, 4, 14, 41, 22

Race Comments: Brad Keselowski won the 70th Annual STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his 29th victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 32, 51 (backup car); Nos. 24, 77, 52 (inspection failure). Race Recap

Caution Flags: 7 for 56 laps; Laps: 66-71 (#34 Incident Turn 4 [6]); 132-141 (Stage 1 Conclusion [17]); 147-153 (Debris Turn 4 [24]); 262-271 (Stage 2 Conclusion [43]); 313-319 (#13, 24 Incident Turn 4 [47]); 373-379 (#36 Incident Turn 2 [37]); 447-455 (#15 Incident Turn 1 [43]).

Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers; J. Logano 1-5; B. Keselowski 6-324; C. Elliott 325-373; B. Keselowski 374-500.