2020 Pennzoil 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 2 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2020 Pennzoil 400 program cover, featuring Joey Logano.
Date	February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	134.861 miles per hour (217.038 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	N/A
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	92
Winner
No. 22	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Nielsen Ratings	5.500 million[9]
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 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 23, 2020, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the second race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the first NASCAR Cup Series race run without Ryan Newman and David Ragan in the field since Loudon, 2001 and Homestead, 2006 respectively. Joey Logano was the race winner.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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

Practice

First practice

Aric Almirola was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.226 seconds and a speed of 178.654 mph (287.516 km/h).^[10]

Final practice

Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.095 seconds and a speed of 179.432 mph (288.768 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying

Qualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Kyle Busch was awarded the pole as a result.^[12]

Starting Lineup

• Polesitter Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Christopher Bell all started at the back after failing inspection.^[13]

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 25 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 9 for 37
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds
• Average speed: 134.861 miles per hour (217.038 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 20th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy and 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon called from the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Ryan Blaney 85 11 2 Joey Logano 82 (–3) 3 Kevin Harvick 81 (–4) 2 4 Kyle Larson 70 (–15) 4 5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 66 (–19) 1 6 Chase Elliott 65 (–20) 5 7 Austin Dillon 63 (–22) 4 8 Chris Buescher 61 (–24) 8 9 Denny Hamlin 60 (–25) 7 10 Matt DiBenedetto 60 (–25) 10 11 Jimmie Johnson 60 (–25) 3 12 Bubba Wallace 59 (–26) 2 13 Clint Bowyer 56 (–29) 6 14 Alex Bowman 51 (–34) 1 15 Corey LaJoie 50 (–35) 8 16 Martin Truex Jr. 50 (–35) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Ford 75 1 2 Chevrolet 64 (–11) 2 3 Toyota 62 (–13) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.