2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

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Sam Mayer, the 2019 K&N Pro Series East champion. SamMayerMadisonARCA2019.jpg
Sam Mayer, the 2019 K&N Pro Series East champion.
Chase Cabre finished second behind Mayer in the championship by 39 points. Chase Cabre NJMP 2018.png
Chase Cabre finished second behind Mayer in the championship by 39 points.
Tanner Gray finished third in the championship. Tanner Gray.jpg
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.

Contents

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

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew 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)7Derek 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

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRounds
Chevrolet 1/4 Ley Racing 32 Dale Quarterley Alex Quarterley1
Ace Motorsports71 Bill Hoff Jeffrey Shutt4
Marsh Racing 31Connor HallTodd Fisette1
Robert Pawlowski Racing11Robert PawlowskiSammie 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 Hunt1
Ford Chad Bryant Racing 22 Joe Graf Jr. Paul Andrews1
Jefferson Pitts Racing 7Dylan MurryJeff Jefferson1
Toyota Austin Reed Racing14Austin Reed (R)Bond Suss1
Ben Kennedy Racing 20Anthony SergiGlenn Garrison2
Bill McAnally Racing 16 Derek Kraus John Camilleri9
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 Bellicourt6
Brandon Oakley Racing22Brandon OakleyRon Otto4
DGR-Crosley 17 Ty Gibbs (R)Blake Bainbridge5
Riley Herbst 2
Drew Dollar (R)1
98 Natalie Decker (R)Frank Kerr1
Jett Motorsports 09 Jett Noland (R)Chris Cater1
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 Racing87Chuck Buchanan Jr.Craig Wood5
Chevrolet 5
Ford 1
Toyota 1
Kart Idaho Racing08 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
38Ron 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 Darne5
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 [lower-alpha 1]
2 Zombie Auto 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 6
3 WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s South Boston Speedway, South Boston May 4
May 5 [lower-alpha 2]
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 [lower-alpha 3] 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 [lower-alpha 4] 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 ledWinning driverManufacturerNo.Winning team
1 New Smyrna 175 [7] Hailie Deegan 1 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 Sanchez 2 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

Drivers' championship

(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)41*2112421*31451*511
2 Chase Cabre 1728211*52813*65472
3 Tanner Gray (R)12101*43561161522458
4 Spencer Davis 7545147985*147458
5 Max McLaughlin (R)1113336*4101*719136440
6 Rubén García Jr. 8175731214353678433
7 Derek Kraus 1691*53492366
8 Colin Garrett 6*76141191310148344
9 Drew Dollar (R)941267874297
10 Hailie Deegan 161610124111299258
11 Brittney Zamora (R)15119122016181
12 Brandon McReynolds 3317109178
13 Ty Gibbs (R)222421*172
14 Justin Carroll 111013910167
15 Mason Diaz (R)148DNS1DNS14160
16 Travis Milburn 79151714158
17 Josh Fanopoulos (R)1317121211155
18Chuck Buchanan Jr.191516DNS115139
19Brandon Oakley13141314122
20 Bill Hoff 15131412122
21 Nick Sanchez (R)1488103
22 Riley Herbst 1861296
23 Todd Gilliland 8377
24 Parker Retzlaff (R)10573
25Anthony Sergi51271
26Robert Pawlowski161062
27 Jason Miles (R)131362
28Ron Jay (R)1558
29John Wood15151756
30 David Gilliland (R)341
31 Josh Berry 341
32Dylan Murry638
33 Dale Quarterley 737
34 Raphaël Lessard (R)935
35Connor Hall1034
36 Lawless Alan (R)1034
37 Jett Noland (R)Wth1133
38 Armani Williams 1133
39Austin Reed (R)1232
40Sam Hunt1331
41 Brandon Jones 1430
42 Stefan Parsons (R)1430
43Jason Larivee Jr. (R)1628
44 Joe Graf Jr. 1628
45 Juan Manuel González 1826
46 Natalie Decker (R)1925
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
Jagger Jones (R)117
Trevor Huddleston 818
Todd Souza 1610
Takuma Koga 1811
Taylor Canfield19
Pos.Driver NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA DOV Points
Notes

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