2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300

2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 1 of 33 in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
Daytona International Speedway
Date	February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15)
Location	Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	120 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	136.64 mph
Pole position
Driver	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing
Time	47.763
Most laps led
Driver	Jeb Burton	JR Motorsports
Laps	26
Winner
No. 9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Clint Bowyer, and Brad Keselowski
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Dave Moody and Jeff Striegle
Turn Announcers	Mike Bagley, Kyle Rickey, and Steve Post

The 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 15, 2020. It was contested over 120 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. It was the first race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson collected his first career Xfinity Series win in a finish under caution.

Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.^[5] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[6]

Entry list

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

Practice

First practice

Noah Gragson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.214 seconds and a speed of 190.621 mph (306.775 km/h).^[7]

Final practice

Caesar Bacarella was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.311 seconds and a speed of 186.293 mph (299.810 km/h).^[8]

Qualifying

In his first Xfinity Series start, Myatt Snider scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.763 seconds and a speed of 188.430 mph (303.249 km/h).^[9] Colin Garrett, Tommy Joe Martins, Ross Chastain, and A. J. Allmendinger did not qualify for the race. Josh Bilicki, J. J. Yeley, and Mike Harmon made the field based on 2019 owner points, while Joe Nemechek made the field as a past champion. After qualifying, it was announced that Chastain would take over for Jeff Green in the No. 38.^[10]

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 30

Stage Two Laps: 30

Final Stage Results

Laps: 60

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 12 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 28
• Red flags: 1
• Time of race: 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 44 seconds
• Average speed: 136.64 mph (219.90 km/h)

Media

Television

The NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski called the race from the booth, with Regan Smith and Matt Yocum covering pit road.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody and Jeff Striegle anchored the action from the booth. Mike Bagley called the action from Turns 1 & 2, Kyle Rickey worked the backstretch, and Steve Post called the race through turns 3 & 4. NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley anchored pit road and was joined by Dillon Welch.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Noah Gragson	49
	2	Justin Haley	46 (-3)
	3	Harrison Burton (R)	38 (-11)
	4	Brandon Jones	36 (-13)
	5	Brandon Brown	35 (-14)
	6	Ryan Sieg	35 (-14)
	7	Michael Annett	35 (-14)
	8	Chase Briscoe	34 (-15)
	9	Jeb Burton	32 (-17)
	10	Ray Black Jr.	29 (-20)
	11	Alex Labbé	29 (-20)
	12	J. J. Yeley	25 (-24)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

This page was last edited on 6 March 2024, at 19:39