2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 9 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Supermarket Heroes 500
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Year:	2020
Location:	Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course Mi:	0.533
Course Km:	0.858
Distance Laps:	500
Distance Mi:	266.5
Distance Km:	429
Avg:	80.338mph
Pole Driver:	Brad Keselowski
Pole Team:	Team Penske
Grid From Ballot:	yes
Most Driver:	Denny Hamlin
Most Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most Laps:	131
Car:	2
First Driver:	Brad Keselowski
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Ratings:	2.932 million^[7]
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (Backstretch)

The 2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on April 5, 2020 and was rescheduled to May 31, 2020, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533miles concrete short track, it was the ninth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was won by Brad Keselowski after Joey Logano and Chase Elliott wrecked as Elliott got loose and hit Logano coming off turn 4 with 3 laps to go.

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Background

Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was moved from its original April 5 date to May 31. Sponsor K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. also rebranded the event to the "Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500" to honor grocery store workers during the pandemic.^[8] The event was held behind closed doors with ticketholders later given the option of exchanging the tickets for later events, including the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race that is to be held at Bristol at 20% capacity.

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	J. J. Yeley (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)	Chevrolet
53	Bayley Currey (i)	Chevrolet
66	Timmy Hill (i)	Toyota
77	Garrett Smithley (i)	Chevrolet
78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Ford
88		Chevrolet
95	Christopher Bell (R)	Toyota
96		Toyota
Official entry list

Qualifying

Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Starting Lineup

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

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 125

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	4
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 125

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 250

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	500	50
2	23	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	500	40
3	24	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	35
4	7	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	39
5	15	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	35
6	20	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	31
7	12	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	500	30
8	13	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	33
9	35	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	500	28
10	36	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	27
11	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	500	39
12	33	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	500	25
13	18	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	500	24
14	25	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	500	23
15	17	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	500	22
16	14	42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	500	21
17	10	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	32
18	37	96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	500	19
19	38	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	500	0
20	5	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	17
21	3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	500	29
22	6	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	35
23	19	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	496	15
24	34	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	494	13
25	40	7	J. J. Yeley (i)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	492	0
26	31	77	Garrett Smithley	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	489	0
27	28	00	Quin Houff	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	483	10
28	39	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	Ford	477	0
29	2	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	470	15
30	30	27	Gray Gaulding	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	456	7
31	9	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	456	10
32	32	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	375	5
33	27	51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Chevrolet	302	0
34	16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	228	5
35	22	41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	228	2
36	21	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	228	1
37	11	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	228	1
38	26	53	Bayley Currey (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	203	0
39	29	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	201	1
40	4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	199	10
Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 21 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 17 for 102
Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 35 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 19 minutes and 2 seconds
Average speed: 80.338mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 20th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy and five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race which will was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini covered the action on pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kevin Harvick	370
	2	Joey Logano	346 (–24)
	3	Chase Elliott	325 (–45)
1	4	Brad Keselowski	315 (–55)
1	5	Alex Bowman	289 (–81)
1	6	Martin Truex Jr.	280 (–90)
1	7	Denny Hamlin	276 (–94)
2	8	Ryan Blaney	274 (–96)
3	9	Kyle Busch	256 (–114)
	10	Kurt Busch	253 (–117)
2	11	Aric Almirola	240 (–130)
2	12	Clint Bowyer	232 (–138)
2	13	Matt DiBenedetto	230 (–140)
1	14	Erik Jones	228 (–142)
1	15	Jimmie Johnson	223 (–147)
1	16	Austin Dillon	221 (–149)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ford	335
2	Chevrolet	310 (–25)
3	Toyota	304 (–31)

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

Web site: 2020 schedule . Jayski.com. . March 6, 2020. January 17, 2020.
Web site: Bristol Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 6, 2020. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428170112/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/bristol-motor-speedway.html. dead.
Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 27, 2020. May 27, 2020.
Web site: Starting Lineup. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 29, 2020. May 29, 2020.
Web site: Supermarket Heroes 500 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 31, 2020. May 31, 2020.
Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 31, 2020. May 31, 2020.
Web site: Supermarket Heroes 500 ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024741/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-5-25-5-31-2020.html. dead. June 3, 2020. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. June 2, 2020.
News: Sunday's BMS NASCAR Cup Series race named Food City presents Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor grocery store front-line workers. Bristol Motor Speedway. May 26, 2020. May 26, 2020.