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.
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief |
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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 |
Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Rounds |
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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 Unknown1 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 Unknown1 | 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 |
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 |
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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 |
(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 | ||
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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 |
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