NASCAR Cup Series: 11 drivers sent to the rear for 2019 Digital Ally 400

A total of 11 drivers are set to be sent to the rear of the field for the start of this evening’s NASCAR Cup Series race, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway.

A total of 11 cars, including five of the eight that were set to start this evening’s NASCAR Cup Series race, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway in the top eight, failed pre-race inspection and are set to be sent to the back of the field for the start of this race.

Stewart-Haas Racing swept the top four positions on the starting grid for this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas, but only two of them are set to start there after these penalties.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Aric Almirola and Daniel Suarez qualified for this race in second and fourth place in their #10 Ford and #41 Ford, respectively, but they both failed pre-race inspection. Kevin Harvick is still set to start the race on the pole position in his #4 Ford, but he is set to start alongside Clint Bowyer in second in his #14 Ford as opposed to Almirola.

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Also failing pre-race inspection among the drivers who originally qualified for the race in the top eight were Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson. They originally qualified in fifth, sixth and eighth place in their #9 Chevrolet, #19 Toyota and #42 Chevrolet, respectively.

Germain Racing’s Ty Dillon, Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Front Row Motorsports’ Michael McDowell, StarCom Racing’s Landon Cassill and MBM Motorsports teammates Joey Gase and Timmy Hill also failed pre-race inspection. They originally qualified for the race in 15th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 38th and 39th place in their #13 Chevrolet, #22 Ford, #34 Ford, #00 Chevrolet, #46 Toyota and #66 Toyota, respectively.

Logano, Truex Jr., Elliott, Almirola, Suarez, Larson, Dillon, McDowell, Cassill, Gase and Hill are now set to start this race lined up by owner points in 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th and 40th place, respectively.

Here is the updated starting lineup for the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Clint Bowyer
3rd – William Byron
4th – Brad Keselowski
5th – Alex Bowman
6th – Erik Jones
7th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
8th – Kyle Busch
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Paul Menard
11th – Denny Hamlin
12th – Jimmie Johnson
13th – Ryan Blaney
14th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15th – Austin Dillon
16th – Corey LaJoie
17th – Daniel Hemric
18th – Chris Buescher
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Matt DiBenedetto
21st – Tyler Reddick
22nd – Ryan Preece
23rd – Bayley Currey
24th – David Ragan
25th – Quin Houff
26th – Matt Tifft
27th – Ross Chastain
28th – Cody Ware
29th – Reed Sorenson
30th – Joey Logano
31st – Martin Truex Jr.
32nd – Chase Elliott
33rd – Aric Almirola
34th – Daniel Suarez
35th – Kyle Larson
36th – Ty Dillon
37th – Michael McDowell
38th – Landon Cassill
39th – Joey Gase
40th – Timmy Hill

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Fox Sports 1 is set to broadcast the Digital Ally 400, which is the 12th race on the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, live from Kansas Speedway this evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET this evening.

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