2020 Alsco Uniforms 500 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 8 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Alsco Uniforms 500
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Year:	2020
Location:	Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	208
Distance Mi:	312
Distance Km:	500
Avg:	125.315mph
Pole Driver:	William Byron
Pole Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid From Inversion:	yes
Most Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Most Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Most Laps:	63
Car:	9
First Driver:	Chase Elliott
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Ratings:	1.508 million^[7]
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

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.

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Background

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5miles 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.

	Driver	Manufacturer
00	Quin Houff (R)	Chevrolet
1		Chevrolet
2		Ford
3		Chevrolet
4		Ford
6		Ford
7	Josh Bilicki (i)	Chevrolet
8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Chevrolet
9		Chevrolet
10		Ford
11		Toyota
12		Ford
13		Chevrolet
14		Ford
15	Brennan Poole (R)	Chevrolet
17		Ford
18		Toyota
19		Toyota
20		Toyota
21		Ford
22		Ford
24		Chevrolet
27		Ford
32		Ford
34		Ford
37		Chevrolet
38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Ford
41	Cole Custer (R)	Ford
42		Chevrolet
43		Chevrolet
47		Chevrolet
48		Chevrolet
51	Joey Gase (i)	Ford
53	Garrett Smithley (i)	Chevrolet
66	Timmy Hill (i)	Toyota
77	J. J. Yeley (i)	Chevrolet
78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Ford
88		Chevrolet
95	Christopher Bell (R)	Toyota
96		Toyota
Official entry list

Qualifying

William Byron was awarded the pole for the race as determined by the top 20 from Sunday's finishing order inverted.

Starting Lineup

Pos		Driver	Manufacturer
1	24		Chevrolet
2	88		Chevrolet
3	34		Ford
4	21		Ford
5	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Ford
6	10		Ford
7	3		Chevrolet
8	22		Ford
9	41	Cole Custer (R)	Ford
10	20		Toyota
11	17		Ford
12	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Toyota
13	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Chevrolet
14	1		Chevrolet
15	19		Toyota
16	4		Ford
17	18		Toyota
18	12		Ford
19	9		Chevrolet
20	2		Ford
21	77	J. J. Yeley (i)	Chevrolet
22	37		Chevrolet
23	32		Ford
24	47		Chevrolet
25	13		Chevrolet
26	42		Chevrolet
27	6		Ford
28	96		Toyota
29	11		Toyota
30	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Chevrolet
31	27		Ford
32	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Ford
33	53	Garrett Smithley (i)	Chevrolet
34	66	Timmy Hill (i)	Toyota
35	00	Quin Houff (R)	Chevrolet
36	51	Joey Gase (i)	Ford
37	7	Josh Bilicki (i)	Chevrolet
38	43		Chevrolet
39	14		Ford
40	48		Chevrolet
Official starting lineup

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 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 TwoLaps: 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 ThreeLaps: 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: 125.315mph

Media

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.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kevin Harvick	331
	2	Joey Logano	317 (–14)
1	3	Chase Elliott	290 (–41)
1	4	Alex Bowman	288 (–43)
	5	Brad Keselowski	265 (–66)
1	6	Ryan Blaney	264 (–67)
1	7	Martin Truex Jr.	263 (–68)
	8	Denny Hamlin	244 (–87)
1	9	Aric Almirola	225 (–106)
2	10	Kurt Busch	223 (–108)
	11	Matt DiBenedetto	220 (–111)
3	12	Kyle Busch	217 (–114)
	13	Erik Jones	193 (–138)
	14	Clint Bowyer	192 (–139)
3	15	Austin Dillon	190 (–141)
1	16	Jimmie Johnson	188 (–143)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Ford	295
1	2	Chevrolet	276 (–19)
1	3	Toyota	271 (–24)

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Notes and References

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Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 25, 2020. May 25, 2020.
Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 25, 2020. May 25, 2020.
Web site: Alsco Uniforms 500 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 28, 2020. May 28, 2020.
Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 28, 2020. May 28, 2020.
Web site: Alsco Uniforms 500 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529201414/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-28-2020.html. dead. May 29, 2020. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. May 29, 2020.
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