2019 1000Bulbs.com 500

The 2019 1000Bulbs.com 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 13–14, 2019 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama.

The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family.

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 46.734 seconds and a speed of 204.904 mph (329.761 km/h).

[10] Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 47.396 seconds and a speed of 202.042 mph (325.155 km/h).

Starting in 6th, Brad Keselowski charged his way from the front and led the first lap taking the lead away from pole sitter Chase Elliott with a push from Clint Bowyer.

On lap 34, green flag pitstops began and Blaney gave the lead to Erik Jones.

On lap 90, the second round of green flag pitstops began and Elliott gave the lead to Keselowski.

Bowman overcorrected and spun right up the track right in front of the pack collecting Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Michael McDowell, Kyle Larson, Ryan Preece, and Jimmie Johnson.

Brad Keselowski won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 117.

On lap 132, the 5th caution flew when Martin Truex Jr's left front tire exploded on the backstretch and put debris on the racetrack.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the race off of pit road after taking fuel only and he led the field to the restart with 51 laps to go.

William Byron won the race off of pit road taking fuel only and he led the field to the restart with 31 laps to go.

Busch, Byron, and Logano also took out Erik Jones, Matt Crafton, Daniel Suárez, Ryan Preece, Austin Theriault, and Joey Gase.

Meanwhile, Brendan Gaughan had a huge push from Brad Keselowski and it looked like he was going to steal the lead from Stenhouse and Busch.

Gaughan spun and got hit by both Matt DiBenedetto and Kurt Busch at the right angle that sent his car in the full 360 barrel roll into the air before it landed perfectly on all four wheels.

The cars involved were Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Daniel Hemric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch, Chris Buescher, David Ragan, Ryan Preece, Brendan Gaughan, and Matt DiBenedetto.

[14] The wreck would cause a short red flag to clean it up; Gaughan, freshly released from the infield care center, would give an interview during this red flag where he saw a replay and, on noticing Stenhouse was involved, quipped "Eh, it's Stenhouse, go figure" while also reflecting on his wreck he also quoted "mother, its okay.

On the final lap, Ryan Newman got a big push from Denny Hamlin down the backstretch and took the lead.

Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and six-time Talladega winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. covered the race in the booth for NBC.

Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, Steve Post, and Dillon Welch called the race for MRN from pit road.