2020 Alsco Uniforms 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 8 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	208 laps, 312 mi (500 km)
Average speed	125.315 miles per hour (201.675 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by partial inversion of previous race's finishing order
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	63
Winner
No. 9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Nielsen Ratings	1.508 million[7]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	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.

Report

Background

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) 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.

Qualifying

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

Starting Lineup

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 55

Stage Two Laps: 60

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 93

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: 125.315 miles per hour (201.675 km/h)

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.