NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Digital Ally 400 qualifying – Live updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live updates of qualifying for the Digital Ally 400, the 12th race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, at Kansas Speedway.
A total of 40 drivers are set to qualify for the 12th race on the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway, making this race the third race of the season to feature a full field.
This race is the first of two scheduled races at Kansas Speedway this season. The second of these two races is scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 20 as the third and final race of the round of 12, which is the second round of the four-round playoffs, and the sixth of 10 races in the playoffs as a whole.
Six of the 40 drivers who are set to compete in Saturday night’s race under the lights at the track have combined to win the 11 races that have been contested so far this season, with four of those drivers having combined to win nine of those 11 races.
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Of the other 34 drivers, 27 are full-time drivers while seven are part-time drivers.
Additionally, through the season’s first 11 races, eight different drivers have taken at least one pole position. Three of these eight drivers have taken two pole positions so far this season, and they have each taken one of the last three, as the season began with eight different polesitters in the first eight races.
Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for this Saturday night’s 267-lap Digital Ally 400 at the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates throughout the qualifying session for this race to find out.
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1st – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 179.217
2nd – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.725
3rd – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.324
4th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.247
5th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.954
6th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 177.357
7th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.148
8th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 176.875
9th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 176.817
10th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.806
11th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.603
12th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.592
13th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.551
14th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 176.551
15th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 176.442
16th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 176.217
17th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.177
18th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.051
19th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 176.033
20th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 175.73
21st – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 175.713
22nd – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 175.604
23rd – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 175.222
24th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 175.211
25th – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 175.194
26th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 175.182
27th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 174.82
28th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 174.797
29th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 174.661
30th – Tyler Reddick – #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 174.576
31st – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 174.543
32nd – Bayley Currey – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 174.441
33rd – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 174.239
34th – Quin Houff – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 173.505
35th – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 173.121
36th – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 172.844
37th – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 170.94
38th – Joey Gase – #46, MBM Motorsports, Toyota – 168.608
39th – Timmy Hill – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota – 156.59
40th – Reed Sorenson – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 0
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The live broadcast of the Digital Ally 400 itself is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 11. This race, which is the 12th race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, it set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from Kansas Speedway.