Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series.
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.372 seconds and a speed of 168.445 mph (271.086 km/h).
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.241 seconds and a speed of 161.863 mph (260.493 km/h).
Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.