Good for everyone in the Steemit community, today I bring you the second part of the most important changes of the drivers for the season 2019 of the Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series, which the season will start with an exhibition race, the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, next February 10, 2019. And officially the first race that will give points for the championship will be the Daytona 500 on the track mentioned above, but on Sunday, February 17, 2019.
Among the changes of most important pilots we have:
6) Kasey Kahne #95
Current team: Leavine Family Racing
2019 plans: retire from the full-time racing Cup
Years in the Cup: 15
Victories in the Cup series: 18
Best final of the 2018 Cup: 4th at Daytona 500
Replacement of #95 in 2019: Matt DiBenedetto
Kasey Kahne, after fifteen years in the Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series, where he debuted in the category in 2004 with the Evernham Motorsports team, announced in 2018 that at the end of the season he would retire from the Nascar series of indefinite time to perform other activities on the sport. In his last year in 2018 Kahne competed with a Chevrolet from the Leavine Family team. He obtained a fourth place and 9 top 20, but due to problems of dehydration from the 26th date he could not finish his season and was replaced by Regan Smith.
7) AJ Allmendinger #47
Current team: JTG Daugherty Racing
2019 Plans: NBC Sports / Rolex 24
Years in the Cup: 13
Victories in the Cup series: 1
Best final in the Copa 2018: third in Coca Cola Zero 400 at Daytona
Replacement of #47 in 2019: Ryan Preece
AJ Allmendinger announced on September 25, 2018 that at the end of the season he would leave the JTG Daugherty Racing team, with whom he spent a little more than 5 years, where he achieved a victory in 2014 at the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York. Allmendinger plans to collaborate with NBC Sports as sports car analyst IMSA, in addition to participating in 2019 in the mythical 24 hours of Daytona that will take place from January 26 to the 27 of the same month in 2019, on the track of Daytona International Speedway.
8) Trevor Bayne #6
Current team: Roush Fenway Racing
2019 Plans: TBD
Years in the Cup: 9
Victories in the Cup series: 1
** Best final in the 2018 Cup:** 11th in the Bass Pro Shop NRA Night Race in Bristol
Replacement of #6 in 2019: Ryan Newman
Trevor Bayne, after running several years with the Roush Fenway Racing team, announced in 2018 that Bayne would leave the team, where the team shortened the driver's full schedule for the season, in which he had to share a car. with Matt Kenseth, who left the category culminated the championship of the year 2017. Trevor will be replaced by Ryan Newman in the car #6, in addition to note that there is still no news about the future of the pilot for 2019.
9) Daniel Hemric #8
Current team: Richard Childress Racing (half time)
Team / Car 2019: Richard Childress Racing #8 (Formally #31)
Start in the Cup Series: 2
Victories in the Cup series: 0
Best final in the cup in 2018: 23rd Bank of America Roval 400 in Charlotte
Daniel Hemric will make his full-time debut with Richard Childress Racing in the Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series driving #8 instead of traditional #31, where the team unveiled the Daytona 500 program for Daniel in 2019, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of RCR. Hemric will be sponsored by Caterpillar.
10) Ryan Preece #18 (Xfinity Series)
Current team: Joe Gibbs Racing (Xfinity Series)
Team / Car 2019: JTG Daugherty Racing #47
Start ne the series of the Cup: 5 (2015)
Victories in the Cup series: 0
Best cup final: 32 ° in 2015 Sylvania 300 in New Hampshire
Ryan Preece, will debut full time in the Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series with the JTG Daugherty Racing team in 2019, replacing him in driving the #47 car of AJ Allmendinger. Ryan Preece will be competing for the Rookie of the Year honors 2019, along with the other debutants of the series.
Track information for the first official event for the 2019 season:
Daytona International Speedway
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Coordinates: 29 ° 11'08 "N 81 ° 04'10" W
Events: NASCAR Cup Series; NASCAR Xfinity Series; NASCAR Truck Series; IMSA
Capacity: 101,500 seats.
Owner: International Speedway Corporation.
Inauguration: February 6, 1959 (59 years ago)
Surface: Asphalt
Length: 2.5 miles (4.02 km)
Curves: 4
Record lap: 40,364 (NASCAR)
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