The 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 was a

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race held on March 30, 2019, at

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. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the sixth race of the

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season.

Background

Track

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located in the northernmost portion of the

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city of

– the portion located in

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. The reconfigured track measures with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a

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design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to

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and

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Entry list

Practice

First practice

Tyler Reddick Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He is a two-time champion i ...

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.822 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

Kyle Busch Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and par ...

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.752 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.225 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results

*Garrett Smithley and Tommy Joe Martins started at the rear for unapproved adjustments to their cars after qualifying. *Gray Gaulding, Timmy Hill, Josh Williams, Jeff Green, and Ronnie Bassett, Jr. were sent to the back of the field for missing the drivers meeting.

Race

Summary

Christopher Bell led the field to the green flag, and would remain as the race leader until after Stage 1. Kyle Busch then took the lead from Bell while Tyler Hill and David Starr were involved in a minor accident. Both would continue the race. Busch lost the lead when a caution occurred after Brad Keselowski was tapped by Justin Haley and crashed into the wall. Noah Gragson took the lead afterwards, but Ryan Sieg took it under a caution caused by Ray Black Jr. Sieg would win Stage 2 afterwards. Tyler Reddick and Bell would later trade the lead while Brandon Jones and Cole Custer got into a crash and took each other out of the race. Busch took the lead from Bell with 9 laps to go and held off Reddick to earn his third victory in the series for the year.

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 45 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 45

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 110 . – Qualified for Dash 4 Cash prize money in the next race.

References

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