Links for this race (some data may be unavailable):
Race Results	Qualifying Results	Loop Data Stats	Pit Stops \| Penalties
Comments (633)	Video Links (2)	Crew Chiefs	Entry List

2020 YellaWood 500

Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track / Next at this track

Post

NASCAR Cup Series race number 31 of 36
Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 4:05:58 Average speed: 129.774 mph Pole speed: metric qualifying	Cautions: 13 for 54 laps Margin of victory: .086 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 58
Green flag passes: 9,109 (62.4 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2020 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2020 standings

Playoff drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts	PPts
1	1	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	26	40	5
2	16	20	Erik Jones	Sport Clips (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	200	running	13	41	0
3	28	13	Ty Dillon	GEICO For Your RV (Germain Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	36	0
4	21	24	William Byron	Hendrickcars.com Ricky Hendrick Throwback (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	1	38	0
5	10	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	41	44	0
6	19	6	Ryan Newman	Guaranteed Rate (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	running	0	31	0
7	30	8	Tyler Reddick	CAT Next Gen Dozers Patriotic (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	running	2	34	0
8	23	38	John H. Nemechek	Speedy Cash (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	200	running	0	35	0
9	32	15	Brennan Poole	Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	28	0
10	25	37	Ryan Preece	Kroger / Energizer / Hershey's / Hungry Jack (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	30	0
11	35	77	Justin Haley	Parts Plus (Spire Motorsports)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	0	0
12	12	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	33	0
13	33	00	Quin Houff	Permatex (StarCom Racing)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	24	0
14	4	88	Alex Bowman	Truck Hero / Patriot Foundation (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	23	0
15	37	66	Timmy Hill	Trump 2020 (Carl Long)	Ford	200	running	1	0	0
16	20	42	Matt Kenseth	Credit One Bank (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	200	running	0	21	0
17	36	51	Joey Gase	Jimco Windows / Donate Life (Rick Ware)	Ford	200	running	0	0	0
18	7	2	Brad Keselowski	Discount Tire (Roger Penske)	Ford	200	running	6	35	0
19	34	27	Cody Ware	Thriv5 (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	200	running	1	18	0
20	5	4	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	200	running	2	17	0
21	13	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Menards / Tuscany (Wood Brothers)	Ford	200	running	10	16	0
22	15	17	Chris Buescher	Sunny D (Jack Roush)	Ford	200	running	15	33	1
23	3	19	Martin Truex Jr	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats & ATVs (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	198	running	6	27	1
24	27	43	Bubba Wallace	World Wide Technology (Richard Petty Motorsports)	Chevrolet	192	crash	10	14	0
25	14	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	192	crash	10	16	0
26	8	22	Joey Logano	Shell / Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Ford	188	crash	45	20	0
27	6	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's (Joe Gibbs)	Toyota	188	crash	0	10	0
28	29	32	Corey LaJoie	Schluter Systems (Archie St. Hilaire)	Ford	188	running	0	9	0
29	17	48	Jimmie Johnson	Ally (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	133	crash	1	8	0
30	38	53	James Davison	America's Best Value Inn (Rick Ware)	Chevrolet	118	running	0	7	0
31	18	41	Cole Custer	HaasTooling.com (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	108	crash	0	7	0
32	2	1	Kurt Busch	Gearwrench (Chip Ganassi)	Chevrolet	108	crash	0	7	0
33	9	14	Clint Bowyer	Rush Truck Centers / BlueDEF (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	108	crash	0	4	0
34	31	96	Daniel Suarez	Team USA (Gaunt Brothers)	Toyota	108	crash	0	3	0
35	39	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel & Casino / Beard Oil (Beard Motorsports)	Chevrolet	108	crash	0	2	0
36	24	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops / Luber Finer (Bob Jenkins)	Ford	79	overheating	1	1	0
37	11	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Power Bites (Stewart Haas Racing)	Ford	57	crash	9	1	0
38	26	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hungry Jack (JTG-Daugherty Racing)	Chevrolet	8	crash	0	1	0
39	22	95	Christopher Bell	Rheem / Procore (Leavine Family Racing)	Toyota	1	crash	0	1	0

* Race extended to 200 laps due to overtime.

Top 10 in Stage 1: #17, 22, 3, 2, 20, 9, 8, 19, 1, 41
Top 10 in Stage 2: #19, 2, 17, 9, 38, 24, 12, 37, 13, 43

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Brennan Poole	15	multiple inspection failures
Cody Ware	27	driver change
Timmy Hill	66	multiple inspection failures

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	J.J. Yeley	27		Rick Ware	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	Free Pass
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	4	3	#8,13,43,95 accident turn 2	none
	5	9	5
	10	12	3	#38,47 accident turn 4	none
	13	13	1
	14	15	2	#32 stopped on track	none
	16	26	11
	27	30	4	competition	none
	31	58	28
	59	65	7	#3,10,12,18,88 accident backstretch	#62
	66	68	3
	69	73	5	debris turn 2	#00
	74	87	14
	88	92	5	#12 accident turn 3	#51
	93	109	17
	110	113	4	#1,2,3,14,15,18,37,41,62,96 accident frontstretch	#77
	114	121	8
	122	125	4	end of stage 2	#32
	126	148	23
	149	152	4	debris	#51
	153	183	31
	184	187	4	#53 spun turn 4	#3
	188	188	1
	189	192	4	#4,6,8,18,19,22 accident frontstretch	#3
	193	193	1
	194	198	5	#2,3,4,12,19,20,37,42,43 accident turn 4	#19
	199	200	2
Percent of race run under caution: 27.0% Average green flag run: 10.4 laps

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Denny Hamlin	1	16	16
Joey Logano	17	18	2
Denny Hamlin	19	26	8
Michael McDowell	27	27	1
Aric Almirola	28	32	5
Ryan Blaney	33	33	1
Aric Almirola	34	34	1
Erik Jones	35	35	1
Ryan Blaney	36	36	1
Erik Jones	37	41	5
Ryan Blaney	42	49	8
Joey Logano	50	50	1
Erik Jones	51	51	1
Chase Elliott	52	54	3
Aric Almirola	55	57	3
Chris Buescher	58	61	4
Kevin Harvick	62	62	1
Chase Elliott	63	65	3
Brad Keselowski	66	67	2
Chase Elliott	68	69	2
Chris Buescher	70	74	5
Erik Jones	75	75	1
Chris Buescher	76	81	6
Erik Jones	82	86	5
Matt DiBenedetto	87	88	2
Cody Ware	89	89	1
Chase Elliott	90	106	17
Jimmie Johnson	107	107	1
Chase Elliott	108	113	6
Joey Logano	114	116	3
Martin Truex, Jr.	117	117	1
Tyler Reddick	118	118	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	119	121	3
Kevin Harvick	122	122	1
Denny Hamlin	123	123	1
Martin Truex, Jr.	124	125	2
Brad Keselowski	126	126	1
Tyler Reddick	127	127	1
Brad Keselowski	128	128	1
Bubba Wallace	129	134	6
Brad Keselowski	135	136	2
Joey Logano	137	148	12
Timmy Hill	149	149	1
Joey Logano	150	152	3
William Byron	153	153	1
Joey Logano	154	158	5
Chase Elliott	159	159	1
Joey Logano	160	160	1
Chase Elliott	161	161	1
Bubba Wallace	162	162	1
Joey Logano	163	166	4
Chase Elliott	167	169	3
Joey Logano	170	179	10
Bubba Wallace	180	182	3
Joey Logano	183	186	4
Matt DiBenedetto	187	187	1
Chase Elliott	188	192	5
Matt DiBenedetto	193	199	7
Denny Hamlin	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Denny Hamlin	3141
2	Kevin Harvick	3121	-20
3	Chase Elliott	3097	-44
4	Brad Keselowski	3094	-47
5	Martin Truex Jr	3085	-56
6	Alex Bowman	3075	-66
7	Joey Logano	3074	-67
8	Austin Dillon	3053	-88
8	Kyle Busch	3053	-88
10	Kurt Busch	3048	-93
11	Clint Bowyer	3036	-105
12	Aric Almirola	3026	-115
13	Ryan Blaney	2114	-1027
14	William Byron	2113	-1028
15	Matt DiBenedetto	2108	-1033
16	Cole Custer	2095	-1046
17	Jimmie Johnson	754	-2387
18	Erik Jones	751	-2390
19	Tyler Reddick	687	-2454
20	Chris Buescher	591	-2550
21	Christopher Bell	540	-2601

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Non-playoff standings after this race:
1	Kevin Harvick	1255
2	Denny Hamlin	1127	-128
3	Brad Keselowski	1062	-193
4	Martin Truex Jr	1051	-204
5	Joey Logano	1040	-215
6	Chase Elliott	1034	-221
7	Ryan Blaney	959	-296
8	Kyle Busch	900	-355
9	Aric Almirola	876	-379
10	Alex Bowman	867	-388
11	Kurt Busch	854	-401
12	Clint Bowyer	834	-421
13	William Byron	782	-473
14	Matt DiBenedetto	774	-481
15	Jimmie Johnson	754	-501
16	Erik Jones	751	-504
17	Austin Dillon	736	-519
18	Tyler Reddick	687	-568
19	Chris Buescher	591	-664
20	Cole Custer	566	-689