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2020 Pennzoil 400

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, the track where the race was held.

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

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

Race

Stage Results

Joey Logano won the race.

Stage OneLaps: 80

Stage TwoLaps: 80

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 107

Race statistics

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

References

  1. ^ "2020 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Las Vegas Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Pennzoil 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Pennzoil 400 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ^ Utter, Jim (February 21, 2020). "Aric Almirola tops Friday's first Cup practice at Vegas". Motorsport.com. Las Vegas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  11. ^ Utter, Jim (February 21, 2020). "Jimmie Johnson leads final practice at Las Vegas". Motorsport.com. Las Vegas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  12. ^ Utter, Jim (February 22, 2020). "Las Vegas Cup qualifying rained out; Kyle Busch on pole". Motorsport.com. Las Vegas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  13. ^ DeGroot, Nick (February 22, 2020). "Busch, Hamlin and Bell penalized at Las Vegas". Motorsport.com. Las Vegas: Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2020.