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NASCAR Cup Series race number 13 of 36
Monday, June 22, 2020 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:28 Average speed: 146.933 mph Pole speed: drew for pole	Cautions: 8 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .007 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 57
Green flag passes: 11,799 (74.7 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	12	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / TruWave Technology by Sylvania (Roger Penske)	Ford	191	running	63	54	5
2	20	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	NOS Energy Drink (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	191	running	5	45	1
3	15	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	191	running	0	34	0
4	2	11	Denny Hamlin	National Civil Rights Museum (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	191	running	18	33	0
5	18	20	Erik Jones	Sport Clips (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	191	running	0	32	0
6	21	17	Chris Buescher	Fastenal / Milwaukee (Jack Roush)	Ford	191	running	4	33	0
7	8	88	Alex Bowman	Valvoline (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	191	running	12	39	0
8	22	38	John H. Nemechek	Death Wish Coffee (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	191	running	0	29	0
9	7	1	Kurt Busch	Monster Energy (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	191	running	0	31	0
10	5	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	191	running	2	27	0
11	19	24	William Byron	Axalta (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	191	running	11	28	0
12	33	13	Ty Dillon	GEICO (Germain Racing)	Chevrolet	191	running	0	25	0
13	4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	191	running	1	31	0
14	24	43	Bubba Wallace	Victory Junction (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	191	running	1	27	0
15	31	37	Ryan Preece	Kroger / P&G (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	191	running	3	22	0
16	25	32	Corey LaJoie	WallStBookie.com (Archie St. Hilaire)	Ford	191	running	0	21	0
17	9	22	Joey Logano	Money Lion (Roger Penske)	Ford	191	running	33	33	0
18	26	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops / Speedco (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	191	running	0	19	0
19	6	2	Brad Keselowski	Dent Wizard (Roger Penske)	Ford	191	running	0	29	0
20	16	8	Tyler Reddick	Realtree (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	191	running	19	27	1
21	39	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino / Beard Oil (Beard Motorsports)	Chevrolet	191	running	0	0	0
22	28	41	Cole Custer	Autodesk / HaasTooling.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	191	running	0	18	0
23	1	19	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATVs / USO (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	191	running	4	14	0
24	14	6	Ryan Newman	Castrol (Jack Roush)	Ford	191	running	1	13	0
25	10	14	Clint Bowyer	Barstool Sports America (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	190	running	0	12	0
26	23	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center (Wood Brothers)	Ford	190	running	1	11	0
27	32	00	Quin Houff	Permatex (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	190	running	0	10	0
28	37	96	Daniel Suarez	CommScope (Gaunt Brothers)	Toyota	190	running	0	9	0
29	35	95	Christopher Bell	Procore (Leavine Family Racing)	Toyota	190	running	4	14	0
30	29	27	Gray Gaulding	Panini America (Rick Ware)	Ford	190	running	0	0	0
31	30	77	B.J. McLeod	Oil Fire Rye Whiskey / Tilson (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	190	running	0	0	0
32	3	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	189	running	5	19	0
33	38	66	Timmy Hill	RoofClaim.com (Carl Long)	Toyota	185	running	0	0	0
34	40	78	Garrett Smithley	Baker Camp Arnold Capital Management (B.J. McLeod)	Chevrolet	185	running	0	0	0
35	27	15	Brennan Poole	Spartan Mosquito / Remember Everyone Deployed (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	178	crash	1	2	0
36	34	53	J.J. Yeley	Truckworx (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	178	running	0	0	0
37	36	51	Joey Gase	The Gifted Life Podcast / LOPA (Rick Ware)	Ford	141	crash	0	0	0
38	11	9	Chase Elliott	Mountain Dew / Little Caesars (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	135	crash	3	3	0
39	17	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	133	crash	0	1	0
40	13	42	Matt Kenseth	McDonald's McDelivery (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	127	rear hub	0	1	0

* Race extended to 191 laps due to overtime.

Top 10 in Stage 1: #8, 88, 22, 48, 18, 12, 2, 1, 9, 24
Top 10 in Stage 2: #47, 12, 18, 2, 95, 22, 43, 41, 17, 24

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
William Byron	24	2 inspection failures
Joey Gase	51	3 inspection failures
Brendan Gaughan	62	unapproved adjustments
B.J. McLeod	77	unapproved adjustments
Garrett Smithley	78	2 inspection failures
Daniel Suarez	96	unapproved adjustments

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	James Davison	77	Oil Fire Rye Whiskey	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
DC	B.J. McLeod	78		B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	26	26
	27	29	3	competition	#15
	30	56	27
	57	64	8	rain	#27
	65	95	31
	96	99	4	#38 spun frontstretch	#77
	100	115	16
	116	118	3	debris backstretch	#51
	119	121	3
	122	125	4	end of stage 2	#51
	126	134	9
	135	138	4	#9,2,3 accident backstretch	#00
	139	142	4
	143	146	4	#15,51 accident turn 4	#00
	147	186	40
	187	189	3	#48,4 accident frontstretch	#62
	190	191	2
Percent of race run under caution: 17.3% Average green flag run: 17.6 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Martin Truex, Jr.	1	4	4
Denny Hamlin	5	7	3
Joey Logano	8	10	3
Denny Hamlin	11	14	4
Joey Logano	15	17	3
Denny Hamlin	18	22	5
Joey Logano	23	26	4
Matt DiBenedetto	27	27	1
Joey Logano	28	35	8
Kyle Busch	36	36	1
Joey Logano	37	39	3
William Byron	40	40	1
Denny Hamlin	41	42	2
Joey Logano	43	43	1
Denny Hamlin	44	45	2
Alex Bowman	46	46	1
Joey Logano	47	49	3
Alex Bowman	50	50	1
Joey Logano	51	51	1
Tyler Reddick	52	52	1
Joey Logano	53	55	3
Tyler Reddick	56	60	5
Ryan Newman	61	61	1
Alex Bowman	62	64	3
Ryan Blaney	65	65	1
Jimmie Johnson	66	66	1
Kyle Busch	67	67	1
Ryan Blaney	68	69	2
Kyle Busch	70	71	2
Ryan Blaney	72	73	2
Kyle Busch	74	74	1
Ryan Blaney	75	96	22
Brennan Poole	97	97	1
Ryan Blaney	98	105	8
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	106	106	1
Ryan Blaney	107	111	5
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	112	112	1
Ryan Blaney	113	118	6
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	119	121	3
Chris Buescher	122	125	4
Kevin Harvick	126	126	1
Ryan Preece	127	127	1
Chase Elliott	128	130	3
Denny Hamlin	131	131	1
Ryan Blaney	132	142	11
Christopher Bell	143	146	4
Denny Hamlin	147	147	1
Joey Logano	148	150	3
William Byron	151	160	10
Bubba Wallace	161	161	1
Joey Logano	162	162	1
Ryan Preece	163	164	2
Alex Bowman	165	171	7
Tyler Reddick	172	184	13
Ryan Blaney	185	189	5
Kevin Harvick	190	190	1
Ryan Blaney	191	191	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kevin Harvick	490
2	Joey Logano	467	-23
3	Ryan Blaney	465	-25
4	Chase Elliott	458	-32
5	Brad Keselowski	441	-49
6	Denny Hamlin	428	-62
7	Martin Truex Jr	424	-66
8	Alex Bowman	419	-71
9	Kyle Busch	378	-112
10	Kurt Busch	369	-121
11	Jimmie Johnson	353	-137
12	Aric Almirola	337	-153
13	Clint Bowyer	328	-162
14	William Byron	319	-171
15	Matt DiBenedetto	312	-178
16	Tyler Reddick	306	-184
17	Erik Jones	305	-185
18	Austin Dillon	282	-208
19	Chris Buescher	266	-224
20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	263	-227
21	Bubba Wallace	258	-232

Rank	Driver	Wins	Points
Playoff standings after this race:
1	Denny Hamlin	3	428
2	Kevin Harvick	2	490
3	Joey Logano	2	467
4	Brad Keselowski	2	441
5	Ryan Blaney	1	465
6	Chase Elliott	1	458
7	Martin Truex Jr	1	424
8	Alex Bowman	1	419
9	Kyle Busch	0	378
10	Kurt Busch	0	369
11	Jimmie Johnson	0	353
12	Aric Almirola	0	337
13	Clint Bowyer	0	328
14	William Byron	0	319
15	Matt DiBenedetto	0	312
16	Tyler Reddick	0	306