2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series facts for kids
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The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be the 71st season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 48th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races and the 61st running of the Daytona 500. The regular season will end with the Brickyard 400 on September 8, 2019. The playoffs will end with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2019.
It will be the fourth season of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the third of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks. It will also be the first year the Cup Series will be fielding the Ford Mustang.
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Teams and drivers
Chartered teams
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Race driver | Crew chief |
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| Chevrolet | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 | Kurt Busch | Matt McCall |
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chad Johnston | ||
| Germain Racing | 13 | Ty Dillon | Matt Borland | |
| Hendrick Motorsports | 9 | Chase Elliott | Alan Gustafson | |
| 24 | William Byron | Chad Knaus | ||
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Kevin Meendering | ||
| 88 | Alex Bowman | Greg Ives | ||
| JTG Daugherty Racing | 37 | Chris Buescher | Trent Owens | |
| 47 | Ryan Preece (R) | Tristan Smith | ||
| Premium Motorsports | 15 | Ross Chastain | Peter Sospenzo 28 Pat Tryson 8 |
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| Richard Childress Racing | 3 | Austin Dillon | Danny Stockman | |
| 8 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Luke Lambert 35 Justin Alexander 1 |
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| Richard Petty Motorsports | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Derek Stamets | |
| Spire Motorsports | 77 | Jamie McMurray 1 | Scott Eggleston 29 Peter Sospenzo 7 |
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| Garrett Smithley 6 | ||||
| Reed Sorenson 1 | ||||
| Quin Houff (R) 13 | ||||
| D. J. Kennington 1 | ||||
| Justin Haley 1 | ||||
| TBA 13 | ||||
| StarCom Racing | 00 | Landon Cassill | Wayne Carroll 1 Joe Williams Jr. 35 |
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| Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 34 | Michael McDowell | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 36 | Matt Tifft (R) | Mike Kelley | ||
| 38 | David Ragan | Seth Barbour | ||
| Go Fas Racing | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Randy Cox | |
| Roush Fenway Racing | 6 | Ryan Newman | Scott Graves | |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Brian Pattie | ||
| Stewart-Haas Racing | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Rodney Childers | |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | Johnny Klausmeier | ||
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | Mike Bugarewicz | ||
| 41 | Daniel Suárez | Billy Scott | ||
| Team Penske | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Paul Wolfe | |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | Jeremy Bullins | ||
| 22 | Joey Logano | Todd Gordon | ||
| Wood Brothers Racing | 21 | Paul Menard | Greg Erwin | |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chris Gabehart |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Adam Stevens | ||
| 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Cole Pearn | ||
| 20 | Erik Jones | Chris Gayle | ||
| Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Mike Wheeler | |
| Chevrolet 6 Ford 5 |
Petty Ware Racing | 51 | B. J. McLeod 2 | George Church 6 Mike Hillman Jr. 5 |
| Cody Ware (R) 7 | ||||
| Gray Gaulding 1 | ||||
| Jeb Burton 1 | ||||
| TBA 25 | ||||
| Chevrolet 8 Ford 3 |
Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Cody Ware (R) 1 | Mike Hillman Jr. 6 George Church 5 |
| B. J. McLeod 4 | ||||
| Bayley Currey 4 | ||||
| Jeb Burton 1 | ||||
| Stanton Barrett 1 | ||||
| TBA 25 |
Limited schedule
Changes
Offseason changes
Rule changes
Schedule
Key changes from 2018 include:
The schedule, comprising 36 races, including the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel (qualifying races for the Daytona 500) and the All-Star Race, was released on April 3, 2018.
Related pages
Images for kids
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Kyle Busch, the 2019 champion and 2019 regular season champion.
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Kevin Harvick, finished 7 points behind Kyle Busch in third place.
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Brad Keselowski leads the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in March, a race he wins
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Kyle Busch leads the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway in April
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Polesitter Chase Elliott leads the Gander RV 400 at Dover International Speedway in May
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Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green flag at the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway in October
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