NASCAR Cup Series race
Motor car race
The 2020 Alsco Uniforms 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race scheduled to be held on May 27, 2020, but run on May 28, 2020 due to Tropical Depression Bertha at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina , replacing Sonoma Raceway event.[ 8] Contested over 208 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the eighth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.
The first two stages were 60 laps each, and the final was 88.
Report
Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway , the track where the race was held.
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway , which is located in Concord, North Carolina . The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that will be utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track . The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area . The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
William Byron was awarded the pole for the race as determined by the top 20 from Sunday's finishing order inverted.
Starting Lineup
Race
Chase Elliott won the race.
Stage Results
Stage One
Laps: 55
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
10
2
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
9
3
21
Matt DiBenedetto
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
8
4
4
Kevin Harvick
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
7
5
88
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
6
6
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
JTG Daugherty Racing
Chevrolet
5
7
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
4
8
1
Kurt Busch
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chevrolet
3
9
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
2
10
17
Chris Buescher
Roush Fenway Racing
Ford
1
Official stage one results
Stage Two
Laps: 60
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1
88
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
10
2
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
9
3
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
8
4
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
7
5
4
Kevin Harvick
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
6
6
1
Kurt Busch
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chevrolet
5
7
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
4
8
38
John Hunter Nemechek (R)
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
3
9
95
Christopher Bell (R)
Leavine Family Racing
Toyota
2
10
43
Bubba Wallace
Richard Petty Motorsports
Chevrolet
1
Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three
Laps: 93
Pos
Grid
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Laps
Points
1
19
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
208
49
2
29
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
208
35
3
18
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford
208
52
4
24
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
JTG Daugherty Racing
Chevrolet
208
38
5
14
1
Kurt Busch
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chevrolet
208
40
6
8
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford
208
49
7
20
2
Brad Keselowski
Team Penske
Ford
208
30
8
7
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
208
37
9
15
19
Martin Truex Jr.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
208
28
10
16
4
Kevin Harvick
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
208
40
11
40
48
Jimmie Johnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
208
26
12
1
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
208
25
13
5
38
John Hunter Nemechek (R)
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
208
27
14
13
8
Tyler Reddick (R)
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
208
23
15
4
21
Matt DiBenedetto
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
208
30
16
39
14
Clint Bowyer
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
208
21
17
27
6
Ryan Newman
Roush Fenway Racing
Ford
208
20
18
9
41
Cole Custer (R)
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
208
19
19
23
32
Corey LaJoie
Go Fas Racing
Ford
208
18
20
6
10
Aric Almirola
Stewart-Haas Racing
Ford
208
17
21
12
95
Christopher Bell (R)
Leavine Family Racing
Toyota
208
18
22
11
17
Chris Buescher
Roush Fenway Racing
Ford
208
16
23
26
42
Matt Kenseth
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chevrolet
207
14
24
22
37
Ryan Preece
JTG Daugherty Racing
Chevrolet
207
13
25
3
34
Michael McDowell
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
207
12
26
10
20
Erik Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
207
11
27
25
13
Ty Dillon
Germain Racing
Chevrolet
207
10
28
28
96
Daniel Suárez
Gaunt Brothers Racing
Toyota
207
9
29
17
18
Kyle Busch
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
207
8
30
31
27
Gray Gaulding
Rick Ware Racing
Ford
206
7
31
2
88
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
206
22
32
35
00
Quin Houff (R)
StarCom Racing
Chevrolet
205
5
33
34
66
Timmy Hill (i)
MBM Motorsports
Toyota
205
0
34
21
77
J. J. Yeley (i)
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
204
0
35
32
78
B. J. McLeod (i)
B. J. McLeod Motorsports
Ford
203
0
36
37
7
Josh Bilicki (i)
Tommy Baldwin Racing
Chevrolet
200
0
37
38
43
Bubba Wallace
Richard Petty Motorsports
Chevrolet
165
2
38
30
15
Brennan Poole (R)
Premium Motorsports
Chevrolet
86
1
39
36
51
Joey Gase (i)
Petty Ware Racing
Ford
8
0
40
33
53
Garrett Smithley (i)
Rick Ware Racing
Chevrolet
0
0
Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 15 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 7 for 37
Red flags: 1 for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 2 seconds
Time of race: 2 hours, 29 minutes and 23 seconds
Average speed: 125.315 miles per hour (201.675 km/h)
Television
The Alsco Uniforms 500 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy and five-time Charlotte winner Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Vince Welch handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio . Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright reported the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini were the pit reporters during the broadcast.
PRN Radio
Booth announcers
Turn announcers
Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow
Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson
Brad Gillie Brett McMillanWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings
Note : Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs .
References
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^ "Charlotte Motor Speedway" . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
^ "Entry List" . MRN.com . Motor Racing Network . May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ "Starting Lineup" . MRN.com . Motor Racing Network . May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
^ "Alsco Uniforms 500 Results" . MRN.com . Motor Racing Network . May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
^ "Points standings" (PDF) . Jayski.com . Jayski's Silly Season Site . May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
^ "Alsco Uniforms 500 ratings" . ShowBuzzDaily . Mitch Metcalf . Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
^ Norris, Brad. "NASCAR realigns 2020 schedule, shifts events from Chicagoland, Richmond, Sonoma" . NASCAR.com . Retrieved May 18, 2020 .