The 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was a

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race that was held on March 31, 2019, at

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. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the

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season.

Report

Background

Texas Motor Speedway is a

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located in the northernmost portion of the

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city of

– the portion located in

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. 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 (formerly Lowe's 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

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

Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson 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

Denny Hamlin 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

* Lead changes: 26 among 13 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 29 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 16 minutes and 11 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

Fox NASCAR, Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the

. 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 *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR playoffs, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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