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2020 Drydene 311 Race 1

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NASCAR Cup Series race number 24 of 36
Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
311 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (311.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:30:03 Average speed: 124.359 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 4 for 21 laps Margin of victory: 1.179 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15
Green flag passes: 1,749 (6.0 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2020 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2020 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts	PPts
1	2	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	311	running	115	60	7
2	3	19	Martin Truex Jr	SiriusXM (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	311	running	88	50	0
3	22	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	311	running	3	41	0
4	10	4	Kevin Harvick	Mobil 1 (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	311	running	0	42	0
5	1	9	Chase Elliott	Mountain Dew / Team Rubicon (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	311	running	27	33	0
6	4	14	Clint Bowyer	Haas Automation (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	311	running	0	46	0
7	6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	311	running	0	37	0
8	5	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	311	running	0	37	0
9	7	2	Brad Keselowski	Wurth (Roger Penske)	Ford	311	running	9	42	0
10	19	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Kroger / Pringles / Minute / Slim Jim (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	311	running	1	29	0
11	21	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com / Jacob Companies (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	311	running	0	26	0
12	13	20	Erik Jones	DeWalt Atomic (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	311	running	0	25	0
13	16	8	Tyler Reddick	Cat App (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	310	running	0	24	0
14	20	12	Ryan Blaney	Advance Auto Parts (Roger Penske)	Ford	310	running	0	23	0
15	32	3	Austin Dillon	Dow / Behr Ultra Scuff Defense (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	310	running	49	31	0
16	12	17	Chris Buescher	SunnyD (Jack Roush)	Ford	310	running	0	23	0
17	17	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Hometown Original (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	309	running	0	21	0
18	25	13	Ty Dillon	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Chevrolet	309	running	0	19	0
19	23	6	Ryan Newman	Guaranteed Rate (Jack Roush)	Ford	309	running	0	18	0
20	14	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Menards / Monster Energy (Wood Brothers)	Ford	309	running	17	17	0
21	11	88	Alex Bowman	Acronis (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	309	running	0	16	0
22	18	95	Christopher Bell	Rheem / Procore (Leavine Family Racing)	Toyota	309	running	0	15	0
23	26	42	Matt Kenseth	Clover (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	309	running	1	14	0
24	31	38	John H. Nemechek	Acme (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	309	running	0	13	0
25	27	37	Ryan Preece	Scott Brand (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	309	running	0	12	0
26	15	34	Michael McDowell	Digital Ally Shield Cleansers (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	308	running	0	11	0
27	24	43	Bubba Wallace	Door Dash (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	308	running	0	10	0
28	8	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	308	running	1	9	0
29	29	32	Corey LaJoie	Drydene (Archie St. Hilaire)	Ford	308	running	0	8	0
30	28	96	Daniel Suarez	CommScope (Gaunt Brothers)	Toyota	306	running	0	7	0
31	34	27	J.J. Yeley	Thriv5 (Rick Ware)	Ford	302	running	0	0	0
32	37	53	Josh Bilicki	Insurance King / The Wounded Blue (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	299	running	0	0	0
33	35	00	Quin Houff	Eagle Rock Wealth (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	298	running	0	4	0
34	33	66	Timmy Hill	Manscaped / SBC Contractors (Carl Long)	Toyota	298	running	0	0	0
35	38	51	Joey Gase	Race 4 Relief / Gift of Life Donor Program (Rick Ware)	Ford	293	running	0	0	0
36	30	15	Brennan Poole	Remember Everyone Deployed (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	286	rear end	0	1	0
37	39	7	Garrett Smithley	Tommy Baldwin Racing (Tommy Baldwin, Jr.)	Chevrolet	241	battery	0	0	0
38	40	78	B.J. McLeod	Royal Teak Collection (B.J. McLeod)	Chevrolet	166	handling	0	0	0
39	36	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	83	handling	0	1	0
40	9	1	Kurt Busch	Gearwrench (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	6	crash	0	1	0

Top 10 in Stage 1: #11, 3, 2, 14, 19, 22, 4, 48, 17, 10
Top 10 in Stage 2: #11, 19, 14, 18, 2, 4, 48, 22, 47, 9

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Garrett Smithley	7	impound procedure infraction
Brennan Poole	15	2 inspection failures
Joey Gase	51	unapproved adjustments
Daniel Suarez	96	unapproved adjustments

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	7	7
	8	11	4	#1,20 accident backstretch	#7
	12	26	15
	27	31	5	competition	#7
	32	71	40
	72	77	6	end of stage 1	#15
	78	186	109
	187	192	6	end of stage 2	#12
	193	311	119
Percent of race run under caution: 6.8% Average green flag run: 58.0 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Chase Elliott	1	27	27
Austin Dillon	28	30	3
Matt Kenseth	31	31	1
Austin Dillon	32	58	27
Denny Hamlin	59	136	78
Brad Keselowski	137	138	2
Kyle Busch	139	141	3
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	142	142	1
Matt DiBenedetto	143	159	17
William Byron	160	160	1
Denny Hamlin	161	188	28
Martin Truex, Jr.	189	253	65
Brad Keselowski	254	260	7
Austin Dillon	261	279	19
Martin Truex, Jr.	280	302	23
Denny Hamlin	303	311	9

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kevin Harvick	981
2	Denny Hamlin	881	-100
3	Brad Keselowski	845	-136
4	Chase Elliott	808	-173
5	Martin Truex Jr	803	-178
6	Joey Logano	791	-190
7	Ryan Blaney	778	-203
8	Aric Almirola	703	-278
9	Kyle Busch	693	-288
10	Kurt Busch	674	-307
11	Clint Bowyer	664	-317
12	Alex Bowman	626	-355
13	Matt DiBenedetto	613	-368
14	Jimmie Johnson	589	-392
15	William Byron	586	-395
16	Erik Jones	567	-414
17	Tyler Reddick	544	-437
18	Austin Dillon	532	-449
19	Christopher Bell	446	-535
20	Cole Custer	439	-542
21	Chris Buescher	426	-555

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Kevin Harvick	6	981
2	Denny Hamlin	6	881
3	Brad Keselowski	3	845
4	Chase Elliott	2	808
5	Joey Logano	2	791
6	Martin Truex Jr	1	803
7	Ryan Blaney	1	778
8	Alex Bowman	1	626
9	Austin Dillon	1	532
10	Cole Custer	1	439
11	Aric Almirola	0	703
12	Kyle Busch	0	693
13	Kurt Busch	0	674
14	Clint Bowyer	0	664
15	Matt DiBenedetto	0	613
16	Jimmie Johnson	0	589