NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Bluegreen Vacations 500 – Live qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series round of 8 finale at ISM Raceway, the Bluegreen Vacations 500.
ISM Raceway is set to play host to the penultimate race of the four-round, 10-race playoffs and the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Bluegreen Vacations 500, this Sunday, November 10.
The round of 8 finale is set to feature 39 drivers, including two who have already punched their tickets to the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and another two who are vying to lock up one of the two remaining tickets to the championship finale.
ISM Raceway is the 13th and final track on the schedule that has already hosted a race this season. It hosted a race back in March, a race that was won by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch. Busch is one of the six round of 8 drivers who are still seeking to lock up a spot in the Championship 4.
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Busch has been in the Championship 4 in each of the last four seasons, only failing to qualify for the round in its first year of existence back in 2014.
Entering Sunday afternoon’s Bluegreen Vacations 500, 13 drivers representing six different teams, including all eight of the round of 8 drivers representing all five of the round of 8 teams, have won at least one race so far this year. Of the 34 races that have been contested so far in 2019, they have combined to to win 27, including the last nine and 14 of the last 15. Additionally, six of them representing all five of these teams have won at least one race in the playoffs.
As far as qualifying is concerned, 14 drivers representing six different teams, including six of the round of 8 drivers representing four of the remaining round of 8 teams, have taken at least one pole position so far this year. They have combined to take 17 of the 34 pole positions so far this year, including four of the last five. Additionally, three of them representing three of these teams have taken at least one pole position in the playoffs.
Who will take the pole position for this 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) ISM Raceway oval in Avondale, Arizona, and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the 39-car field?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 Bluegreen Vacations 500.
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 140.116
2nd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 139.752
3rd – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 139.394
4th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 139.324
5th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 139.238
6th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 139.179
7th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 138.921
8th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 138.91
9th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 138.862
10th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 138.755
11th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 138.611
12th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 138.52
13th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 138.419
14th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 138.35
15th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 138.132
16th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 138.037
17th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 137.979
18th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 137.762
19th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 137.515
20th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 137.373
21st – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 137.075
22nd – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 137.049
23rd – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 136.997
24th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 136.945
25th – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 136.726
26th – John Hunter Nemechek – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 136.617
27th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 136.571
28th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 136.245
29th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 135.542
30th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 135.41
31st – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 135.338
32nd – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 133.665
33rd – J.J. Yeley – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 133.566
34th – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 133.368
35th – Bayley Currey – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 133.126
36th – Garrett Smithley – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 132.602
37th – Joe Nemechek – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 131.593
38th – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 129.338
39th – Joey Gase – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota – 129.018
NBC is set to broadcast the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series round of 8 finale live from ISM Raceway beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, November 10. Be sure not to miss the Bluegreen Vacations 500.