The 2019 Digital Ally 400 was a

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race held on May 11, 2019, at Kansas Speedway in

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. Contested over 271 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 12th race of the

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season. Brad Keselowski won the race, his third of the season and 30th career victory overall.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in

. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

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was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.311 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

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was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.383 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.131 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

* Eleven cars failed post-qualifying inspection and started at the rear, including 5 of the top 8 qualifiers (Nos. 10, 41, 9, 19, 42, 13, 22, 34, 00, 46, 66).

Race

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 80 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 80

Final stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 107

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 23 among 12 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes and 9 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their ninth race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and

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called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little,

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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

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NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Jason Toy, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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