NASCAR 2019 Race 35: Phoenix Bluegreen Vacations 500 Race Thread - Playoff #9

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Bluegreen Vacations 500

ISM Raceway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #35 of 36
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race #9 of 10

Sunday, November 10, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:44pm/et
Laps/Stages: 312 laps total. Stages end on laps: 75/150/312

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 2:30pm/et, NBC and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Motor Racing Network (MRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Friday, November 8, 4:05-4:55pm/et, TV-NBCSN at 4:30pm/et;
Friday, November 8, 7:00-7:50pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Qualifying:
Saturday, November 9 at 2:00pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Thursday, November 7
5:00 PM-7:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Friday, November 8
11:00 AM- 8:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
1:00 PM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
2:05 PM-2:55 PM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
5:00 PM-5:50 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Saturday, November 9
7:30 AM-1:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
12:00 PM (2:00 PM/ET) MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / TWO LAPS ALL POSITIONS)

Sunday, November 10
8:30 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
10:30 AM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
11:50 AM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
12:30 PM (2:30 PM/ET) MENCS RACE (STAGES 75/150/312 LAPS = 312 MILES)





Track Specs:
Degree of Banking: Turns 1-2: 11 degrees; Turns 3-4: 9 degrees
Frontstretch: Length: 1,179 feet, Banking: None
Backstretch: Length: 1,551 feet, Banking: None
Pit Road: Length: 1,140
Grandstand seating: 51,000 [was 55,000, 67,000 and 76,812]

Pit Stalls:
Length: 30 feet
Width: 17 feet

Track Records & Stats


2019 March Race winner: Kyle Busch, 101.693mph, started 4th
2018 November Race winner: Kyle Busch, 98.354mpt, started 6th

2019 March Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney, 141.287mph, finished 3rd.
2018 November Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick, 139.340mph, finished 5th

Race Record: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 118.132mph
Slowest Race Record: Al Kulwicki, 1988, 90.457mph
Track Qualifying Record: Jimmie Johnson, 11/15/2015, 143.158mph
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 54 years, 1 month, 23 days, 3/1/2013
Youngest Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 11 months, 20 days, 4/22/2006

Stats as of 2018
Most Races: Mark Martin & Jeff Gordon, 34; Ryan Newman, 31
Most Wins: Kevin Harvick, 8; Jimmie Johnson, 4
Most Poles: Ryan Newman, 4; Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, 3
Most Top 5s: Jimmie Johnson 15; Kevin Harvick, 14;
Most Top 10s: Jeff Gordon, 24; Mark Martin, 21; Jimmie Johnson, 20
Most Lead Changes: 28 - 2/27/2011
Fewest Lead Changes: 1 - 11/4/1990
Most Leaders: 15 - 3/4/2012
Fewest Leaders: 2 - 11/4/1990
Most Cautions: 12 - 11/9/2014
Most Caution Laps: 66, 11/2/2003
Fewest Cautions: 2 - 11/7/1999 & 11/15/2015
Fewest Caution Laps: 10, 11/7/1999
Most on the Lead Lap: 29 - 11/2/2003
Fewest on the Lead Lap: 3 - 10/30/1994
Most Running at the Finish: 41 - five times, last on 11/15/2015
Fewest Running at the Finish: 27 - 11/5/1989
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Ricky Rudd, 1995, started 29th
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 264 - Kevin Harvick, 11/9/2014
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 6 - Ryan Newman 3/19/2017
Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 23 - Chevy; 15 - Ford; 3 - Toyota; 2 - Pontiac

Race statistics (March 2019 race)

Lead changes: 17 among 6 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 9 for 57
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 5 seconds
Average speed: 101.693 miles per hour (163.659 km/h)

[4me2c]

1) Kyle Busch
2) Kevin Harvick
3) Martin Truex jr.
4) Kyle Larson

[Ryu]

Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch

[82harley]

Kyle Busch***
Martin Truex Jr.
Chase Elliot
Brad Keselowski

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NASCAR starting lineup at Phoenix
Pos. Driver
1. Kyle Busch
2. Joey Logano
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Kyle Larson
6. Chase Elliott
7. Kevin Harvick
8. Kurt Busch
9. Erik Jones
10. Ryan Blaney
11. Aric Almirola
12. Brad Keselowski
13. Clint Bowyer
14. Alex Bowman
15. Daniel Suarez
16. Matt DiBenedetto
17. Chris Buescher
18. William Byron
19. Paul Menard
20. Ryan Newman
21. Michael McDowell
22. Jimmie Johnson
23. Bubba Wallace
24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25. Ryan Preece
26. John Hunter Nemechek
27. Daniel Hemric
28. Austin Dillon
29. Ty Dillon
30. David Ragan
31. Corey LaJoie
32. Ross Chastain
33. Landon Cassill
34. Bayley Currey
35. Garrett Smithley
36. Joe Nemechek
37. Reed Sorenson
38. Joey Gase
39. JJ Yeley

Kyle Busch is not yet locked into the Championship 4, but his pole position for Sunday's playoff race at Phoenix should help in his quest to seal his contention in next week's championship race at Homestead.

Busch earned the pole for the Phoenix race on Saturday when he beat Joey Logano (second) and teammate Denny Hamlin (third), the two drivers behind him in the championship points standings.

Martin Truex Jr., who along with Kevin Harvick already has secured a place among the Championship 4, will start fourth at Phoenix.

The other playoff drivers — Harvick (seventh), Ryan Blaney (10th), Kyle Larson (fifth) and Chase Elliott (sixth) — also will start in the top 10 on Sunday.

The winner of the Cup Series playoff race at ISM has gone on to win the championship four times. Jimmie Johnson did it in three consecutive years from 2007-09, and Harvick did it in 2014. Johnson also has the worst finish in the Phoenix playoff race among drivers who went on to win the title; he finished 38th en route to his 2016 championship, barely worse than Logano's 37th-place finish at ISM last season.

[dara]

Kyle Busch*
Denny Hamlin
Joey Logano
Martin Truex, Jr.

[dishuser]

Kyle Busch ***
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.

[Marley]

Kyle Busch *****
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.

[crazed 9.6]

Kyle Busch ***
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott
Ryan Blaney