2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500


The 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 31, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

First practice

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.459 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.588 and a speed of.

Qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.879 seconds and a speed of.

Race

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 85
Stage Two
Laps: 85

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 164

Race statistics

Television

covered their 19th race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2009 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Toyota263
2Ford257
3Chevrolet226