NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race – Live qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 24th overall race and second race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.
The NASCAR Cup Series is set to contest its second race at Bristol Motor Speedway of the 36-race 2019 season this Saturday, August 17. This race, the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, is the 24th race on the schedule, and a total of 39 drivers are set to compete in it.
Three tracks have already hosted two races this season while nine are still on the schedule to do so following this race. Daytona International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway have already done so.
The first race of the season at Bristol Motor Speedway took place in early April, at which time the Cup Series had only visited Daytona International Speedway out of these three tracks this year.
Bristol Motor Speedway is the final track to feature two races in the regular season. The other nine make up nine of the 10 playoff venues. The two races to close out the 26-race regular season at Darlington Raceway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway are the only races at those respective tracks this year.
The only track on the playoff schedule that is only on the entire schedule once is Homestead-Miami Speedway, the host of the season finale.
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Entering the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, 10 different drivers representing six different teams have won at least one race this season, of whom nine representing five different teams are full-time Cup Series drivers. Seven of these nine drivers have won multiple races this season, with two winning four, two winning three and three winning two.
Meanwhile, 11 different drivers representing five different teams have taken at least one pole position so far this season. Each of these 11 drivers are full-time drivers, but only six representing four different teams have taken multiple pole positions in 2019.
Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for this Saturday night’s 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway oval in Bristol, Tennessee?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race to find out.
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 129.23
2nd – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 129.004
3rd – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 128.995
4th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 128.813
5th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 128.77
6th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 128.58
7th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 128.46
8th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 128.434
9th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 128.391
10th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 128.236
11th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 128.125
12th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 128.082
13th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 127.946
14th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 127.903
15th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 127.682
16th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 127.47
17th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 127.208
18th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 127.174
19th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 126.938
20th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 126.829
21st – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 126.52
22nd – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 126.337
23rd – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 126.303
24th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 126.03
25th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 125.881
26th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 125.633
27th – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 125.617
28th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 125.322
29th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 125.297
30th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 125.158
31st – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 125.085
32nd – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 124.873
33rd – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 124.05
34th – Quin Houff – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 123.166
35th – Josh Bilicki – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 122.756
36th – J.J. Yeley – #54, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 121.968
37th – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 121.96
38th – Kyle Weatherman – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 121.551
39th – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 121.136
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The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 17, so be sure not to miss the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 24th race.