The 2019 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart was a

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race held on July 13, 2019 at

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in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 269 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the speedway, it was the 19th race of the

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season.

Report

Background

The sixth running of the

Quaker State 400 The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as simply the Quaker State 400, was a annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Busch ...

was held in Sparta, Kentucky at

on July 9, 2016. The track is a tri-oval speedway owned by

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Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.

Entry list

* (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. * (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

First practice

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was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.389 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.621 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

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scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.254 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

* Note: Ryan Newman and Quin Houff had their times disallowed and started at the back due to failing inspection

Race

Stage results

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

Final stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 107

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 15 among 10 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 35 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 51 minutes and 37 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns,

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, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the action from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Doug Turnbull called the action from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the action from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie,

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, Steve Richards, and Brett McMillan called the duties on pit lane.

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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