NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 South Point 400 – Live qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener, the South Point 400, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The South Point 400 is set to begin the four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs this Sunday, September 15, and 39 drivers are set to compete in this round of 16 opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the fifth of 13 tracks on the 36-race 2019 schedule to host two races, as it also hosted the third race of the season back in early March, a race that was won by Team Penske’s Joey Logano.
Eight of the remaining nine tracks on the schedule throughout the four-round, 10-race playoffs have already hosted one race this season, with the only one that hasn’t done so being Homestead-Miami Speedway, the site of the Championship 4 season finale.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway can be considered an exception, as it hosted a race on its oval track in late May but is scheduled to host the round of 16 finale on the road course/roval layout.
So far this season, 11 different drivers representing six different teams have won at least one race, although only 10 of these drivers representing five of these teams are full-time (and playoff) drivers. Full-time Xfinity Series driver Justin Haley won the July race at Daytona International Speedway driving for Spire Motorsports.
In addition, 12 different drivers representing six different teams have taken at least one pole position so far in 2019, although only nine of these drivers representing five of these teams are playoff drivers. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon, who took three pole positions in the regular season, failed to qualify for the playoffs, as did Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez.
Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval in Las Vegas, Nevada?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 South Point 400 to find out.
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.926
2nd – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.873
3rd – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.772
4th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.501
5th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 178.112
6th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 177.83
7th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 177.317
8th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.264
9th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.119
10th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 177.107
11th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 176.893
12th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 176.869
13th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.823
14th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.661
15th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 176.528
16th – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 176.384
17th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 176.367
18th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 176.361
19th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.355
20th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.28
21st – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 176.056
22nd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 176.045
23rd – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 175.861
24th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 175.776
25th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 175.747
26th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 175.667
27th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 175.655
28th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 175.473
29th – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 175.279
30th – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 175.103
31st – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 174.797
32nd – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 174.042
33rd – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 173.74
34th – Garrett Smithley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 171.914
35th – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford – 171.903
36th – J.J. Yeley – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 171.222
37th – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 170.068
38th – Joe Nemechek – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 168.382
39th – Joey Gase – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota – 168.298
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The South Point 400 is scheduled to get the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs underway at 7:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, September 15, and NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast this race live from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.