2019 NASCAR Cup Series Mock Season

[Bryan Rodriguez]

Hello, and welcome to a brand-new season of NASCAR Cup Series racing. After a lack of motivation caused the cancellation of the 2013 Mock Season, I decided to come back to the mock series idea, except now with the 2019 roster and with the exhibition races cut. I hope you enjoy this rewritten season and if you any doubts, you can post in the comments below. Enjoy!


Roster: (* - Part-Time rides , * - Rookies)

00	Landon Cassill	Starcom Fiber, Permatex	Starcom Racing
1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy, Gearwrench	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tires, Miller Lite	Team Penske
3	Austin Dillon	DOW	Richard Childress Racing
4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Beer, Mobil 1, Hunt Brothers Pizza, Jimmy Johns	Stewart-Haas Racing
6	Ryan Newman	Oscar Mayer, Wyndham Resorts	Roush-Fenway Racing
8*	Daniel Hermic	Caterpillar, Bass Pro Shops, Liberty National Life Insurance, VF Workwear, Cessna	Richard Childress Racing
9	Chase Elliott	NAPA, Hooters, Kelley Blue Book, Mountain Dew	Hendrick Motorsports
10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield, Valley Technical Academy	Stewart-Haas Racing
11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing
12	Ryan Blaney	Menards, Bodyarmour, Moneylion	Team Penske
13	Ty Dillon	GEICO	Germain Racing
14	Clint Bowyer	RUSH, Mobil 1, Peak, BlueDEF	Stewart-Haas Racing
15	Ross Chastain	TBA	Premium Motorsports
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Fastenal, SunnyD, Fifth Third Bank	Roush-Fenway Racing
18	Kyle Busch	M&M's, Interstate Batteries,, Skittles, Snickers, Pedigree	Joe Gibbs Racing
19	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops, Auto-Owners Insurance, Sirius-XM	Joe Gibbs Racing
20	Erik Jones	Dewalt, Craftsman, Sports Clips, Stanley	Joe Gibbs Racing
21	Paul Menard	Motorcraft, Menards	Wood Brothers Racing
22	Joey Logano	Shell-Pennzoil, AAA, Moneylion	Team Penske
24	William Byron	Axalta, Liberty Insurance, Hertz, Unifirst	Hendrick Motorsports
27*	Casey Mears, Reed Sorenson	TBA	Premium Motorsports
31*	Tyler Reddick	Symbicort	Richard Childress Racing
32	Corey LaJoie	Old Spice, Keen Parts, Schluter Systems	Go Fas Racing
34	Michael McDowell	Loves, FR8 Auctions, Dockside Logistics	Front Row Motorsports
36*	Matt Tiff	Tunity, Surface Sunscreen, Speedco	Front Row Motorsports
37	Chris Buescher	Kleenex, Kroger, Bush's Beans, Cottonelle, Scott Products	JTG Daugherty Racing
38	David Ragan	Select Blinds, Shriners Hospital for Children, Citgard, Mystic Lubricants	Front Row Motorsports
41	Daniel Suarez	Haas Automation, Arris, Ruckus	Stewart-Haas Racing
42	Kyle Larson	Credit One Bank, McDonalds	Chip Ganassi Racing
43	Bubba Wallace	Aftershocks, World Wide Technologies, Blue-Emu	Richard Petty Motorsports
47*	Ryan Preece	Kroger	JTG Daugherty Racing
48	Jimmie Johnson	Ally	Hendrick Motorsports
51	B.J. Mcleod	Jacob Companies	Rick Ware Racing
52	Bayley Currey	Winn-Dixie	Rick Ware Racing
62*	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Casinos	Beard Motorsports
66*	Joey Gase	Eternal Fans	Motorsport Business....
77 / 40	Jamie McMurray, Quinn Houff	McDonalds, TBA	Spire Motorsports
88	Alex Bowman	Nationwide, Axalta, Valvoline	Hendrick Motorsports
95	Matt DiBenedetto	Procore, Dumont Jets	Leavine Family Racing
96*	Parker Kligerman	TRD Development	Gaunt Brothers Racing

Schedule:

1	Sunday, February 17th	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona 500
2	Sunday, February 24th	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500
3	Sunday, March 3rd	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Pennzoil 400
4	Sunday, March 10th	ISM Raceway	TicketGuardian 500
5	Sunday, March 17th	Auto Club Speedway	Auto Club 400
6	Sunday, March 24th	Martinsville Speedway	STP 500
7	Sunday, March 31st	Texas Motor Speedway	O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
8	Sunday, April 7th	Bristol Motor Speedway	Food City 500
9	Sunday, April 13th	Richmond Raceway	Toyota Owners 400
10	Sunday, April 28th	Talladega Superspeedway	GEICO 500
11	Sunday, May 5th	Dover International Speedway	Gander RV 400
12	Saturday, May 11th	Kansas Speedway	Digital Ally 400
13	Sunday, May 26th	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Coca-Cola 600
14	Sunday, June 2nd	Pocono Raceway	Pocono 400
15	Sunday, June 9th	Michigan International Speedwa…	Firekeepers Casino 400
16	Sunday, June 23rd	Sonoma Raceway	Toyota / Save Mart 350
17	Sunday, June 30th	Chicagoland Speedway	Camping World 400
18	Saturday, July 6th	Daytona International Speedway	Coke Zero Sugar 400
19	Saturday, July 13th	Kentucky Speedway	Quaker State 400
20	Sunday, July 21st	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Foxwoods Resorts Casino 301
21	Sunday, July 28th	Pocono Raceway	Gander RV 400
22	Sunday, August 4th	Watkins Glen International	Go Bowling at The Glen
23	Sunday, August 11th	Michigan International Speedway	Consumers Energy 400
24	Saturday, August 17th	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bass Pro Shops Night Race
25	Sunday, September 1st	Darlington Raceway	Bojangles Southern 500
26	Sunday, September 8th	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Big Machine Vodka 400
		NASCAR Playoffs
27	Sunday, September 15th	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	South Point 400
28	Saturday, September 21st	Richmond Raceway	Federated Auto Parts 400
29	Sunday, September 29th	Charlotte Motor Speedway (ROVAL)	Bank of America ROVAL 400
30	Sunday, October 6th	Dover International Speedway	Drydene 400
31	Saturday, October 13th	Talladega Superspeedway	1000Bulbs 500
32	Sunday, October 20th	Kansas Speedway	Hollywood Casino 400
33	Sunday, October 27th	Martinsville Speedway	First Data 500
34	Sunday, November 3rd	Texas Motor Speedway	AAA Texas 500
35	Sunday, November 10th	ISM Raceway	Bluegreen Vacations 500
36	Sunday, November 17th	Homestead Miami Speedway	Ford EcoBoost 400

Next Race: Daytona 500

 

[Bryan Rodriguez]

Race 1: The Daytona 500


Welcome everybody to the 61st Annual Daytona 500. I am your host, Bryan J, and 40 of NASCAR's greatest drivers are prepared to kick this season off into gear!

Last year's ROTY driver, William Byron won the Pole in this #24 Axalta Chevrolet, with his teammate, Alex Bowman on his outside.

Now as they take the command to fire the engines, here is your starting lineup.

Inside		Outside
24 William Byron	Row 1	88 Alex Bowman
22 Joey Logano	Row 2	4 Kevin Harvick
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Row 3	14 Clint Bowyer
21 Paul Menard	Row 4	10 Aric Almirola
11 Denny Hamlin	Row 5	95 Matt DiBenedetto
19 Martin Truex Jr.	Row 6	1 Kurt Busch
43 Bubba Wallace	Row 7	12 Ryan Blaney
37 Chris Buescher	Row 8	40 Jamie McMurray
48 Jimmie Johnson	Row 9	9 Chase Elliott
6 Ryan Newman	Row 10	3 Austin Dillon
47 Ryan Preece	Row 11	13 Ty Dillon
41 Daniel Suarez	Row 12	38 David Ragan
96 Parker Kligerman	Row 13	42 Kyle Larson
00 Landon Cassill	Row 14	20 Erik Jones
8 Daniel Hemric	Row 15	18 Kyle Busch
62 Brendan Gaughan	Row 16	32 Corey Lajoie
36 Matt Tiff	Row 17	34 Michael McDowell
2 Brad Keselowski	Row 18	15 Ross Chastain
52 Bayley Currey	Row 19	51 B.J. Mcleod
31 Tyler Reddick	Row 20	27 Casey Mears
71 Ryan Trex	DNQs	66 Joey Gase

And as they come off turn 4 two by two, the green flag is in the air and the race is underway!



Lap 1: William Byron & Alex Bowman lead them, but Stenhouse quickly passes them and takes command on Lap 1.

Lap 3: Byron takes back the lead, but Stenhouse quickly takes it back.


Lap 21: Rookie Ryan Preece goes up front and takes the lead from Stenhouse.

Lap 24: Stenhouse doesn't give up and re-takes the lead from Preece.


Lap 25: Ty Dillon tries to go down low, but gets hooked by Kyle Busch sending Busch spinning through the backstretch..

But it wasn't over, as Ty Dillon tries to re-enter the track surface in Turn 3, teammates Byron and Bowman get together and end up wrecking collecting Ty Dillon and damaging the side panel of Logano's car.


(All 3,got their cars repaired and went back)

Lap 26: Preece leads the field down to pit road for the first time.

McDowell leads them off pit road.


Lap 30: The Field goes back to racing with 1 to go in Stage 1

Lap 31: Stage 1 ends with Erik Jones winning the stage.




Lap 35: The Field goes green for Stage 2.


Lap 37: Ricky Stenhouse Jr pulls a 2018 Daytona and spins with Elliott to the backstretch wall.

(He continues in the race)

Lap 41: Field goes back to Green with Kyle Busch and Michael McDowell on the front row.


Lap 42: McDowell leads the way as he tries to escape a 3 way battle for 1st.


Lap 44: Hamlin takes the lead away from Kyle Busch who took it a lap earlier.


Lap 51: Hamlin's teammate, Erik Jones takes command of the lead,
But not for long, as Hamlin takes it back 4 laps later.


Lap 60: Chase goes a bit too high and spins the 15 of Ross Chastain brining out a caution.

Lap 61: The Field goes back to pit lane with McDowell pulling out in front.



Lap 68: B.J. Mcleod gets tagged by Jimmie Johnson sending both hard into the safer barrier.




Lap 69: The Field comes down to pit road (again)

Lap 73: The Field goes back to Green.

As the laps wind down, the 2 Kyles fought hard for the lead.

Until came..........................SLOW CAR, SLOW CAR IN THE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


This gives the lead to Ryan Newman, then to Ryan Preece.



Lap 92: Deja Vu occurs, and Blaney slows up Preece, giving the lead to Clint Bowyer with 10 laps to go.

Until he too gets boxed by more lap traffic, causing a spectacular 3 wide battle for the lead between Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, and Chase Elliott

But in the end, Hamlin wins the battle and goes on top with 5 to go.
(Moments before 11 takes the lead)

However, with 3 laps to go, a new face appeared, RYAN PREECE.



FINAL LAP: Thru Turn 1 & 2, Hamlin and Preece battled hard to get to the top, it seemed like Hamlin would get to 1st, but then Preece got draft support.




And coming out of Turn 4, Preece is gonna pull a Trevor Bayne 2011 and SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, WIN THE DAYTONA 500!!!!!!!!!


Race Results:


Stage 1 Stage 2

Number	Driver	Playoff Points
20	Erik Jones	10	34	Michael McDowell	10
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	9	18	Kyle Busch	9
34	Michael McDowell	8	15	Ross Chastain	8
47	Ryan Preece	7	11	Denny Hamlin	7
40	Jamie McMurray	6	20	Erik Jones	6
18	Kyle Busch	5	6	Ryan Newman	5
11	Denny Hamlin	4	31	Tyler Reddick	4
42	Kyle Larson	3	1	Kurt Busch	3
21	Paul Menard	2	62	Brendan Gaughan	2
15	Ross Chastain	1	14	Clint Bowyer	1

Standings after Race #1:



Next Race: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.