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2020 Auto Club 400

The 2020 Auto Club 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 1, 2020, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 200 laps on the two-mile (3.2 km) D-shaped oval, it was the third race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Auto Club Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a two-mile (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023. It was also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack was located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track was owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and was the only track owned by ISC to have its naming rights sold. The speedway was served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.

Entry list

Practice

First practice

Alex Bowman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 40.125 seconds and a speed of 179.439 mph (288.779 km/h).[10]

Final practice

Alex Bowman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 40.764 seconds and a speed of 176.626 mph (284.252 km/h).[11]

Qualifying

Clint Bowyer scored the pole position.

Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 40.086 and a speed of 179.614 mph (289.061 km/h).[12]

Qualifying results

Race

Alex Bowman won the race.

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 60

Stage TwoLaps: 60

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 80

Race statistics

Media

Television

The race was the 20th race Fox Sports covered at the Auto Club Speedway. Mike Joy and three-time Auto Club winner Jeff Gordon called the race in the booth for Fox. 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

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and 2001 race winner Rusty Wallace called the race from the booth when the field raced their way down the front stretch. Dan Hubbard called the race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field raced their way through turns 1 and 2 & Kyle Rickey called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field raced their way through turns 3 and 4. Kim Coon, Steve Post and Dillon Welch had the pit road duties for MRN.

Standings after the race

References

  1. ^ "2020 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. January 17, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Auto Club Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Auto Club 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Auto Club 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  10. ^ Utter, Jim (February 28, 2020). "Bowman leads first Cup practice at Fontana as Chevys dominate". Motorsport.com. Fontana, California: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  11. ^ Utter, Jim (February 28, 2020). "Alex Bowman tops final Cup practice; Kyle Busch tags wall". Motorsport.com. Fontana, California: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  12. ^ Utter, Jim (February 29, 2020). "Bowyer narrowly beats out Johnson for Fontana pole". Motorsport.com. Fontana, California: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 29, 2020.