2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 20 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Year:	2020
Location:	New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Mi:	1.058
Course Km:	1.703
Distance Laps:	301
Distance Mi:	318.458
Distance Km:	512.603
Avg:	100.372mph
Pole Driver:	Aric Almirola
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Grid From Ballot:	yes
Most Driver:	Brad Keselowski
Most Team:	Team Penske
Most Laps:	184
Car:	2
First Driver:	Brad Keselowski
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ratings:	2.210 million^[7]
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2020 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 2, 2020 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Originally scheduled for July 19th, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058miles speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058miles oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6miles road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

Entry list

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

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
00	Quin Houff (R)		Chevrolet
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3			Chevrolet
4			Ford
6			Ford
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	J. J. Yeley (i)		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			Chevrolet
66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota
77	Garrett Smithley (i)		Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95	Christopher Bell (R)		Toyota
96			Toyota
Official entry list

Qualifying

Aric Almirola was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Starting Lineup

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

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 75

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	7
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 110

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 116

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	301	56
2	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	301	54
3	11	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	301	46
4	9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	301	44
5	7	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301	40
6	19	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	301	32
7	1	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301	38
8	14	41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301	29
9	3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301	30
10	13	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	301	27
11	16	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301	32
12	20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301	25
13	23	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	301	28
14	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	301	23
15	8	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301	22
16	30	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	301	23
17	10	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	301	20
18	6	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301	28
19	18	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	301	18
20	12	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	301	22
21	22	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	300	16
22	25	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	300	15
23	15	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	14
24	17	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300	13
25	24	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	300	12
26	37	96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	299	11
27	34	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	299	10
28	35	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	299	16
29	29	27	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	299	0
30	26	53	James Davison	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	298	7
31	27	77	Garrett Smithley (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	295	0
32	32	00	Quin Houff (R)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	294	5
33	38	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	294	0
34	28	51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford	293	0
35	33	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	262	2
36	36	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	212	1
37	21	42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	203	1
38	5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	15	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 22 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 11 for 52
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds
• Average speed: 100.372mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. covered the race from the booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties on site, and Rutledge Wood handled the features from his home during the race.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie and Jim Noble handled the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kevin Harvick	803
	2	Brad Keselowski	722 (–81)
1	3	Denny Hamlin	688 (–115)
1	4	Ryan Blaney	685 (–118)
	5	Chase Elliott	660 (–143)
	6	Joey Logano	653 (–150)
	7	Martin Truex Jr.	648 (–155)
	8	Aric Almirola	614 (–189)
1	9	Kurt Busch	581 (–222)
1	10	Kyle Busch	563 (–240)
	11	Alex Bowman	561 (–242)
	12	Clint Bowyer	512 (–291)
	13	Matt DiBenedetto	509 (–294)
	14	William Byron	484 (–319)
	15	Tyler Reddick	469 (–334)
1	16	Austin Dillon	466 (–337)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Ford	748
	2	Toyota	701 (–47)
	3	Chevrolet	666 (–82)

• 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

1. Web site: 2020 schedule . Jayski.com. . June 14, 2020. January 17, 2020.
2. Web site: New Hampshire Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. June 14, 2020. January 3, 2013. May 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170502073112/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/new-hampshire-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 28, 2020. July 28, 2020.
4. Web site: Starting Lineup. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. July 30, 2020. July 30, 2020.
5. Web site: Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 2, 2020. August 2, 2020.
6. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 2, 2020. August 2, 2020.
7. Web site: Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806132239/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-7-27-8-2-2020.html. dead. August 6, 2020. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. August 4, 2020.