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2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300
Race details
Race 1 of 33 in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
	Daytona International Speedway
Date	February 15, 2020
Location	Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	120 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	136.64 mph
Pole position
Driver	Myatt Snider;
Time	47.763
Most laps led
Driver	Jeb Burton
Laps	26
Winner
No. 9	Noah Gragson
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Clint Bowyer, and Brad Keselowski
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Dave Moody and Jeff Striegle
Turn Announcers	Mike Bagley, Kyle Rickey, and Steve Post

The 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 15, 2020. It was contested over 120 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. It was the first race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson collected his first career Xfinity Series win in a finish under caution.

Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.^[5] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[6]

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor	Crew Chief
0	B.J. McLeod	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	Opav	Wayne Carroll, Jr
1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	AHA/Pilot Flying J	Travis Mack
02	Brett Moffitt (i)	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	Plan B Sales	Joe Williams Jr.
4	Jesse Little (R)	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	KSDT/Series Seating	Bryan Berry
5	Matt Mills	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	J F Electric	George Ingram
6	David Starr	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	Whataburger	Kase Kallenbach
7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	BRANDT	Jason Burdett
07	Ray Black Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	CDA Tech	Jason Miller
8	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	LS Tractor	Taylor Moyer
08	Joe Graf Jr. (R)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	CORE Development Group	Patrick Donahue
9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/BRCC	David Elenz
10	Ross Chastain	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	Nutrien Ag Solutions	Bruce Schlicker
11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	LeafFilter Gutter Protection	Alex Yontz
13	Chad Finchum	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	Garrison Homes	Ryan Bell
15	Robby Lyons	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	CSM/Carr & Sons Masonry	Mark Setzer
16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	Ellsworth Advisors	Lennie Chandler
18	Riley Herbst (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Monster Energy	Dave Rogers
19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	Jeff Meendering
20	Harrison Burton (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Dex Imaging	Ben Beshore
21	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer	Andy Street
22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	MoneyLion	Brian Wilson
25	Chris Cockrum	ACG Motorsports	Chevrolet	Advanced Communications Group	Jeff Spraker
26	Colin Garrett	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	The Rosie Network	Brian Keselowski
36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Globocam/Rousseau	Nathan Kennedy
38	Jeff Green	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	C2 Freight Resources	Clifford Turner
39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	CMR Roofing	Kevin Starland
44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	AAN Adjusters	Daniel Johnson
47	Joe Nemechek (i)	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	Trump-Pence 2020/Patriots PAC of America	Ed Jewett
51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	Repairables.com	Andrew Abbott
52	J. J. Yeley (i)	Means Racing	Chevrolet		Tim Brown
61	Austin Hill (i)	Hattori Racing	Toyota	AISIN Group	Dan Stillman
66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	VSI Racing/RoofClaim.com	Sebastion Laforge
68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	Larry's Lemonade	Doug Randolph
74	Mike Harmon	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet		Teddy Brown
78	Vinnie Miller	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	UAP.ORG	Keith Wolfe
90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Maxim/Alpha Prime Regimen	Mario Gosselin
92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	Sleep Well/Harkin Construction	Adam Brenner
93	C. J. McLaughlin	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	Sci Aps	Kevyn Rebolledo
98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Highpoint.com	Richard Boswell, II
99	Josh Bilicki	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	DITEC Marine/Insurance King	Adam Brooks
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Noah Gragson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.214 seconds and a speed of 190.621 mph (306.775 km/h).^[7]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.214	190.621
2	10	Ross Chastain	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	47.225	190.577
3	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	47.226	190.573
Official first practice results

Final practice

Caesar Bacarella was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.311 seconds and a speed of 186.293 mph (299.810 km/h).^[8]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	48.311	186.293
2	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.461	185.716
3	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	48.515	185.510
Official final practice results

Qualifying

In his first Xfinity Series start, Myatt Snider scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.763 seconds and a speed of 188.430 mph (303.249 km/h).^[9] Colin Garrett, Tommy Joe Martins, Ross Chastain, and A. J. Allmendinger did not qualify for the race. Josh Bilicki, J. J. Yeley, and Mike Harmon made the field based on 2019 owner points, while Joe Nemechek made the field as a past champion. After qualifying, it was announced that Chastain would take over for Jeff Green in the No. 38.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	21	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	47.763
2	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.817
3	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	47.849
4	8	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	47.917
5	08	Joe Graf Jr. (R)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	47.926
6	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	47.936
7	18	Riley Herbst (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	47.981
8	20	Harrison Burton (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	47.985
9	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	48.021
10	98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	48.032
11	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.070
12	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.079
13	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.207
14	90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	48.242
15	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	48.437
16	07	Ray Black Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	48.438
17	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	48.446
18	4	Jesse Little (R)	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.526
19	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	48.589
20	15	Robby Lyons	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.598
21	93	C. J. McLaughlin	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	48.599
22	0	B. J. McLeod	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.691
23	38	Jeff Green	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	48.705
24	02	Brett Moffitt (i)	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.715
25	78	Vinnie Miller	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	48.827
26	66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	48.835
27	25	Chris Cockrum	ACG Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.837
28	61	Austin Hill (i)	Hattori Racing	Toyota	48.887
29	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	48.895
30	5	Matt Mills	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	48.996
31	6	David Starr	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.017
32	99	Josh Bilicki	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	49.082
33	52	J. J. Yeley (i)	Means Racing	Chevrolet	49.202
34	74	Mike Harmon	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	49.377
35	10	Ross Chastain	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	50.602 (DNQ)
36	47	Joe Nemechek (i)	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	49.184
37	26	Colin Garrett	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	49.027 (DNQ)
38	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.095 (DNQ)
39	13	Chad Finchum	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	49.116
40	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	51.113 (DNQ)
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 30

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	8	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	21	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Harrison Burton (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	38	Ross Chastain	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	1

Stage Two Laps: 30

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	8	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	38	Ross Chastain	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 60

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points	Status
1	12	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	120	49	Running
2	8	20	Harrison Burton (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	120	38	Running
3	26	66	Timmy Hill	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	120	0	Running
4	6	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	120	36	Running
5	10	98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	120	34	Running
6	3	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	120	46	Running
7	11	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	120	35	Running
8	16	07	Ray Black Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	120	29	Running
9	9	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	120	35	Running
10	19	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	120	29	Running
11	2	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	119	35	Accident
12	34	52	J. J. Yeley	Means Racing	Chevrolet	119	25	Running
13	22	0	B. J. McLeod	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	119	24	Running
14	25	78	Vinnie Miller	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	119	23	Running
15	36	47	Joe Nemechek (i)	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	119	0	Running
16	35	74	Mike Harmon	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	119	21	Running
17	20	15	Robby Lyons	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	119	20	Running
18	31	6	David Starr	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	119	19	Running
19	18	4	Jesse Little (R)	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	118	18	Accident
20	33	13	Chad Finchum	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	118	17	Running
21	32	99	Josh Bilicki	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	117	16	Running
22	23	38	Ross Chastain	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	115	19	Running
23	4	8	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	114	32	Accident
24	24	02	Brett Moffitt (i)	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	114	0	Accident
25	15	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	113	23	Accident
26	17	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	113	11	Accident
27	21	93	C. J. McLaughlin	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	113	10	Running
28	29	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	113	9	Running
29	14	90	Caesar Bacarella	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	112	8	Accident
30	13	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	107	25	Accident
31	30	5	Matt Mills	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	101	6	Electrical
32	7	18	Riley Herbst (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	59	5	Accident
33	1	21	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	59	8	Accident
34	27	25	Chris Cockrum	ACG Motorsports	Chevrolet	59	3	Accident
35	28	61	Austin Hill (i)	Hattori Racing	Toyota	37	0	Accident
36	5	08	Joe Graf Jr. (R)	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	37	1	Accident
Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 12 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 7 for 28
Red flags: 1
Time of race: 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 44 seconds
Average speed: 136.64 mph (219.90 km/h)

Media

Television

The NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski called the race from the booth, with Regan Smith and Matt Yocum covering pit road.


FS1
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: Brad Keselowski	Regan Smith Matt Yocum

Radio

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody and Jeff Striegle anchored the action from the booth. Mike Bagley called the action from Turns 1 & 2, Kyle Rickey worked the backstretch, and Steve Post called the race through turns 3 & 4. NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley anchored pit road and was joined by Dillon Welch.


MRN Radio
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Dave Moody Announcer: Jeff Striegle	Turns 1 & 2: Mike Bagley Backstretch: Kyle Rickey Turns 3 & 4: Steve Post	Winston Kelley Dillon Welch

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Noah Gragson	49
	2	Justin Haley	46 (-3)
	3	Harrison Burton (R)	38 (-11)
	4	Brandon Jones	36 (-13)
	5	Brandon Brown	35 (-14)
	6	Ryan Sieg	35 (-14)
	7	Michael Annett	35 (-14)
	8	Chase Briscoe	34 (-15)
	9	Jeb Burton	32 (-17)
	10	Ray Black Jr.	29 (-20)
	11	Alex Labbé	29 (-20)
	12	J. J. Yeley	25 (-24)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

^ "Entry List" (PDF). jayski.com. February 14, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ "Race Results" (PDF). jayski.com. February 15, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ "FOX Sports Bolsters Stellar NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Driver Analyst Roster with Addition of Stewart and Busch Brothers". FOX Sports PressPass. February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ Wackerlin, Jeff (February 14, 2020). "Daytona Weekend Preview". Motor Racing Network. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ "NASCAR.COM : Tracks". 2010-08-11. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
^ "Daytona International Speedway: The World Center of Racing". 2010-08-30. Archived from the original on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
^ Practice 1 NASCAR
^ Practice 2 NASCAR
^ Time Trial Results NASCAR
^ Lineup

Previous race: 2019 Ford EcoBoost 300	NASCAR Xfinity Series 2020 season	Next race: 2020 Boyd Gaming 300

[1] "Entry List" (PDF). jayski.com. February 14, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] "Race Results" (PDF). jayski.com. February 15, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[3] "FOX Sports Bolsters Stellar NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Driver Analyst Roster with Addition of Stewart and Busch Brothers". FOX Sports PressPass. February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[4] Wackerlin, Jeff (February 14, 2020). "Daytona Weekend Preview". Motor Racing Network. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[5] "NASCAR.COM : Tracks". 2010-08-11. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

[6] "Daytona International Speedway: The World Center of Racing". 2010-08-30. Archived from the original on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

[7] Practice 1 NASCAR

[8] Practice 2 NASCAR

[9] Time Trial Results NASCAR

[10] Lineup

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