2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

Sam Mayer, the 2019 K&N Pro Series East champion.
Chase Cabre finished second behind Mayer in the championship by 39 points.
Tanner Gray finished third in the championship.

The 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 33rd season of the K&N Pro Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna 175 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and concluded with the General Tire 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 4. General Tire took over the position as the official tire supplier of the series from Goodyear.[1] Sam Mayer was crowned the series champion, becoming the youngest champion in series history, at 16 years, 3 months, 8 days, topping the previous record set by Todd Gilliland after he won the 2016 title.[2] Tyler Ankrum entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, but he did not defend his championship because he moved up to the Truck Series full time in 2019.

This was the last season of the series before it became an ARCA series in 2020 as part of the unification of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and the ARCA Menards Series.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer (R) Mardy Lindley
Ford Rette Jones Racing 30 Spencer Davis Mark Rette
Toyota DGR-Crosley 15 Tanner Gray (R) Seth Smith
54 Drew Dollar (R) 7 Derek Smith 2
Kevin Manion 4
Chris Lawson 5
Blake Bainbridge 1
Riley Herbst 1
Hailie Deegan 1
David Gilliland (R) 1
Ty Gibbs (R) 1
Todd Gilliland 1
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Max McLaughlin (R) Robert Huffman
Rev Racing 4 Chase Cabre Glenn Parker 1
Doug Howe 11
6 Rubén García Jr. Steve Plattenberger

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley Alex Quarterley 1
Ace Motorsports 71 Bill Hoff Jeffrey Shutt 4
Marsh Racing 31 Connor Hall Todd Fisette 1
Robert Pawlowski Racing 11 Robert Pawlowski Sammie Brown 1
Aaron Brown 1 		2
Sam Hunt Racing 18 Colin Garrett Clinton Cram 1
Andrew Abbott 5
Sam Hunt 4
Brian Keselowski 1 		10
Sam Hunt 1
Ford Chad Bryant Racing 22 Joe Graf Jr. Paul Andrews 1
Jefferson Pitts Racing 7 Dylan Murry Jeff Jefferson 1
Toyota Austin Reed Racing 14 Austin Reed (R) Bond Suss 1
Ben Kennedy Racing 20 Anthony Sergi Glenn Garrison 2
Bill McAnally Racing 16 Derek Kraus John Camilleri 9
19 Hailie Deegan Kevin Reed Jr. 2
Kyle Wolosek 6
Kevin Bellicourt 1 		7
Todd Gilliland 1
Brandon Jones 1
50 Raphaël Lessard (R) Doug George 1
Lawless Alan (R) 1
99 Brittney Zamora (R) Kevin Bellicourt 6
Brandon Oakley Racing 22 Brandon Oakley Ron Otto 4
DGR-Crosley 17 Ty Gibbs (R) Blake Bainbridge 5
Riley Herbst 2
Drew Dollar (R) 1
98 Natalie Decker (R) Frank Kerr 1
Jett Motorsports 09 Jett Noland (R) Chris Cater 1
Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez (R) John Allen 2
Matt Butcher 1 		3
TC Motorsports 91 Justin Carroll Dwayne Skinnell 3
Unknown 1
Steven Dawson 1 		5
Vizion Motorsports 5 Juan Manuel González Wayne Setterington Jr. 1
Ford 2
Chevrolet 3 		Charles Buchanan Racing 87 Chuck Buchanan Jr. Craig Wood 5
Chevrolet 5
Ford 1
Toyota 1 		Kart Idaho Racing 08 Travis Milburn Sonny Wahl 6
Jason Larivee Sr. 1 		5
Jason Larivee Jr. (R) 1
Josh Fanopoulos (R) 1
Ford 2
Chevrolet 2 		36 Jason Miles (R) Teddy Brown 2
Kevin McCarty 1
Darrel Pedderson 1 		2
Josh Fanopoulos (R) 2
Chevrolet 6
Toyota 1
Ford 1 		38 Ron Jay (R) Mike Holleran 3
John Wood 2
Kevin McCarty 1
Josh Jackson 1
Unknown 1 		2
Josh Fanopoulos (R) 2
John Wood 2
Armani Williams 1
Stefan Parsons (R) 1
Ford 4
Toyota 1 		MAD Motorsports 24 Mason Diaz (R) Mike Darne 5
Chevrolet 6
Toyota 2 		Visconti Motorsports 74 Brandon McReynolds Bruce Cook 1
Bill Goffin 1
John Visconti III 6 		5
Josh Berry 1
Parker Retzlaff (R) 2

Schedule

On December 4, 2018, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and New Jersey were dropped from the schedule in favor a second race at Bristol.[3] All races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis and shown live on FansChoice.tv.[4]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 New Smyrna 175 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach February 11[a]
2 Zombie Auto 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 6
3 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s South Boston Speedway, South Boston May 4
May 5[b]
4
5 Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone Memphis International Raceway, Millington June 1
6 United Site Services 70 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 20
7 Casey's General Store 150[c] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 26
8 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 2
9 Bush's Beans 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 15
10 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[d] World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison August 24
11 Apple Barrel 125 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 21
12 General Tire 125 Dover International Speedway, Dover October 4
Notes
  1. ^ The New Smyrna 175 was postponed a day due to rain.[5]
  2. ^ The first 20 laps of the second WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100 race were run on May 4, before the race was red flagged and stopped for rain. The last 80 laps were run on 5 May.
  3. ^ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series.
  4. ^ The Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. Drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 New Smyrna 175[7] Hailie Deegan1 Colin Garrett Derek Kraus Toyota 19 Bill McAnally Racing
2 Zombie Auto 150[8] Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
3 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s[9] Tanner Gray Tanner Gray Tanner Gray Toyota 15 DGR-Crosley
4 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s[10] Nick Sanchez2 Derek Kraus Derek Kraus Toyota 19 Bill McAnally Racing
5 Memphis 150 presented by AutoZone[11] Max McLaughlin Max McLaughlin Chase Cabre Toyota 4 Rev Racing
6 United Site Services 70[12] Chase Cabre Chase Cabre Chase Cabre Toyota 4 Rev Racing
7 Casey's General Store 150[13] Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
8 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100[14] Max McLaughlin Max McLaughlin Max McLaughlin Toyota 1 Hattori Racing Enterprises
9 Bush's Beans 150[15] Chase Cabre Spencer Davis Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
10 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125[16] Chase Cabre Chase Cabre Spencer Davis Ford 30 Rette Jones Racing
11 Apple Barrel 125[17] Chase Cabre Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 54 DGR-Crosley
12 General Tire 125[18] Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Sam Mayer Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
  • 1 – The qualifying session for the New Smyrna 175 was cancelled due to weather. The starting lineup was decided by practice results.
  • 2 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100 race.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos. Driver NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA DOV Points
1 Sam Mayer (R) 4 1* 2 112 4 2 1* 3 1 4 5 1* 511
2 Chase Cabre 17 2 8 2 1 1* 5 2 8 13* 6 5 472
3 Tanner Gray (R) 12 10 1* 4 3 5 6 11 6 15 2 2 458
4 Spencer Davis 7 5 4 5 14 7 9 8 5* 1 4 7 458
5 Max McLaughlin (R) 11 13 3 3 6* 4 10 1* 7 19 13 6 440
6 Rubén García Jr. 8 17 5 73 12 14 3 5 3 6 7 8 433
7 Derek Kraus 1 6 9 1* 5 3 4 9 2 366
8 Colin Garrett 6* 7 6 14 11 9 13 10 14 8 344
9 Drew Dollar (R) 9 4 12 6 7 8 7 4 297
10 Hailie Deegan 16 16 10 124 11 12 9 9 258
11 Brittney Zamora (R) 15 11 9 12 20 16 181
12 Brandon McReynolds 3 3 17 10 9 178
13 Ty Gibbs (R) 2 2 2 4 2 1* 172
14 Justin Carroll 11 10 13 9 10 167
15 Mason Diaz (R) 14 8 DNS1 DNS1 4 160
16 Travis Milburn 7 9 15 17 14 158
17 Josh Fanopoulos (R) 13 17 12 12 11 155
18 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 19 15 16 DNS1 15 139
19 Brandon Oakley 13 14 13 14 122
20 Bill Hoff 15 13 14 12 122
21 Nick Sanchez (R) 14 8 8 103
22 Riley Herbst 18 6 12 96
23 Todd Gilliland 8 3 77
24 Parker Retzlaff (R) 10 5 73
25 Anthony Sergi 5 12 71
26 Robert Pawlowski 16 10 62
27 Jason Miles (R) 13 13 62
28 Ron Jay (R) 15 58
29 John Wood 15 15 17 56
30 David Gilliland (R) 3 41
31 Josh Berry 3 41
32 Dylan Murry 6 38
33 Dale Quarterley 7 37
34 Raphaël Lessard (R) 9 35
35 Connor Hall 10 34
36 Lawless Alan (R) 10 34
37 Jett Noland (R) Wth 11 33
38 Armani Williams 11 33
39 Austin Reed (R) 12 32
40 Sam Hunt 13 31
41 Brandon Jones 14 30
42 Stefan Parsons (R) 14 30
43 Jason Larivee Jr. (R) 16 28
44 Joe Graf Jr. 16 28
45 Juan Manuel González 18 26
46 Natalie Decker (R) 19 25
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
Jagger Jones (R) 11 7
Trevor Huddleston 8 18
Todd Souza 16 10
Takuma Koga 18 11
Taylor Canfield 19
Pos. Driver NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA DOV Points
Notes
  • 1 – Chuck Buchanan Jr. and Mason Diaz received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
  • 2 – Sam Mayer was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to prior commitments. Kyle Benjamin substituted for Mayer.
  • 3 – Rubén García Jr. was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to a conflict with a PEAK Mexico Series race. Colin Garrett substituted for García Jr., after he crashed out his No. 18 entry on lap thirteen.
  • 4 – Hailie Deegan was unable to complete the last 80 laps after the rain delay due to family reasons. Nobody substituted for her.

See also

References

  1. ^ "General Tire to Serve as Exclusive Tire Supplier For NASCAR's K&N Pro Series, Pinty's Series and PEAK Mexico Series". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Segal, Davey (October 3, 2019). "Looking Back On Sam Mayer's Dominant Season". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2019 Schedule Announced". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. ^ "FansChoice.TV To Live Stream Entire Regional Series Schedule". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ Segal, Davey (11 February 2019). "Rain Postpones New Smyrna 175 to Monday Night". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Race at Thompson Cancelled". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 New Smyrna 175 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 Zombie Auto 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s #1 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s #2 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 Memphis 150 Presented by AutoZone race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 United Site Services 70 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 Casey's General Store 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  14. ^ "2019 Great Outdoors RV Superstore 100 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 Busch's Beans 150 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  16. ^ "2019 Monaco Cocktails Gateway Classic 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  17. ^ "2019 Apple Barrel 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  18. ^ "2019 General Tire 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.