2020 South Point 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 30 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
2020 South Point 400 program cover
Date	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	268 laps, 402 mi (643.2 km)
Scheduled Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	131.42 miles per hour (211.50 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	121
Winner
No. 1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Charlotte) and Brad Daugherty (Las Vegas)
Nielsen Ratings	1.15 (1.97 million)
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 South Point 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 27, 2020, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 268 laps—extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the fourth race of the Playoffs, and the first race of the Round of 12.

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.

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.^[4]

Starting Lineup

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 20 among 11 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 36
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 32 seconds
• Average speed: 131.42 miles per hour (211.50 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action from the booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Brad Daugherty called the action on site. Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled the pit road duties on site, and Dave Burns handled pit road duties from Charlotte Motor Speedway during the race.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which will also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from 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 and Brett McMillan handled the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kevin Harvick 3,104 2 Denny Hamlin 3,101 (–3) 3 Brad Keselowski 3,059 (–45) 2 4 Martin Truex Jr. 3,058 (–46) 1 5 Joey Logano 3,054 (–50) 1 6 Chase Elliott 3,053 (–51) 7 Alex Bowman 3,052 (–52) 2 8 Kyle Busch 3,043 (–61) 3 9 Kurt Busch 3,041 (–63) 1 10 Clint Bowyer 3,032 (–72) 2 11 Aric Almirola 3,025 (–79) 4 12 Austin Dillon 3,020 (–84) 2 13 Ryan Blaney 2,098 (–1,006) 2 14 Matt DiBenedetto 2,092 (–1,012) 2 15 Cole Custer 2,088 (–1,016) 2 16 William Byron 2,075 (–1,029) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 1,119 2 Toyota 1,051 (–68) 3 Chevrolet 1,012 (–107) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.