2020 Super Start Batteries 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 19 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Year:	2020
Location:	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Mi:	400.5
Distance Laps:	267
Distance Km:	644.542
Avg:	121.835mph
Pole Driver:	Kevin Harvick
Pole Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Grid From Ballot:	yes
Most Driver:	Denny Hamlin
Most Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most Laps:	57
Car:	11
First Driver:	Denny Hamlin
First Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ratings:	1.470 million^[7]
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2020 Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on May 31, 2020 and was rescheduled to July 23, 2020, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it will be the 19th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5miles tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

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
7			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	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	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
66	Timmy Hill (i)		Toyota
77	Garrett Smithley (i)		Chevrolet
78	B. J. McLeod (i)		Chevrolet
88			Chevrolet
95	Christopher Bell (R)		Toyota
96			Toyota
Official entry list

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Starting Lineup

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

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	10
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 107

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	10	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	56
2	7	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	267	51
3	5	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	45
4	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	42
5	21	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	37
6	3	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	42
7	24	41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	30
8	6	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	31
9	9	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	28
10	15	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	27
11	8	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	42
12	11	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	26
13	23	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	29
14	19	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	23
15	36	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	267	22
16	27	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	21
17	14	42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	20
18	37	96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	267	19
19	30	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	266	18
20	4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	266	33
21	31	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	266	16
22	28	27	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	265	0
23	22	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	264	14
24	32	00	Quin Houff (R)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	260	13
25	33	53	Josh Bilicki (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	260	0
26	26	77	Garrett Smithley (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	260	0
27	16	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	251	10
28	18	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	251	9
29	34	51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford	251	0
30	29	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	219	7
31	39	7	Reed Sorenson	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	216	6
32	20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	7
33	13	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	182	4
34	35	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	181	3
35	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	176	2
36	12	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	175	1
37	17	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	170	1
38	38	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	116	0
39	40	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	66	0
40	25	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	58	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 22 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 11 for 47
• Red flags: 1 for 2 minutes and 45 seconds
• Time of race: 3 hours, 17 minutes and 14 seconds
• Average speed: 121.835mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. covered the race from the booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Parker Kligerman and Kelli Stavast handled the pit road duties on site, and Marty Snider handled the features from the RCR shop during the race.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kevin Harvick	763
1	2	Brad Keselowski	666 (–97)
1	3	Ryan Blaney	663 (–100)
2	4	Denny Hamlin	634 (–129)
	5	Chase Elliott	630 (–133)
2	6	Joey Logano	609 (–154)
	7	Martin Truex Jr.	602 (–161)
	8	Aric Almirola	576 (–187)
1	9	Kyle Busch	562 (–201)
1	10	Kurt Busch	561 (–202)
	11	Alex Bowman	539 (–224)
1	12	Clint Bowyer	484 (–279)
1	13	Matt DiBenedetto	477 (–286)
2	14	William Byron	452 (–311)
2	15	Tyler Reddick	442 (–321)
2	16	Erik Jones	440 (–323)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Ford	708
	2	Toyota	666 (–42)
	3	Chevrolet	638 (–70)

• 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. . March 18, 2020. January 17, 2020.
2. Web site: Kansas Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 18, 2020. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428025309/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/kansas-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 20, 2020. July 20, 2020.
4. Web site: Starting Lineup. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. July 22, 2020. July 22, 2020.
5. Web site: Super Start Batteries 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. July 23, 2020. July 23, 2020.
6. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 23, 2020. July 23, 2020.
7. Web site: Super Start Batteries 400 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724225232/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-23-2020.html. dead. July 24, 2020. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. July 24, 2020.