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2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500

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2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500
Race details^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Race 34 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
2020 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 program cover
Date	October 25 & 28, 2020
Location	Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km)
Average speed	135.263 miles per hour (217.685 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	90
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 25, 2020 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8. Rain forced the race to be stopped after 52 laps, and the race was re-commenced on Wednesday, October 28.

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Background

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Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

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(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
00	Quin Houff (R)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet
1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
7	Josh Bilicki (i)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet
8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet
14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet
17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
27	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet
32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford
34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
49	Chad Finchum (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota
51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford
53	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota
77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota
96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota
Official entry list^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Qualifying

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Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.^[4]

Starting Lineup

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
5	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
8	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
10	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
11	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
12	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
13	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
14	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
15	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota
16	41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
17	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
18	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet
19	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
20	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
21	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
22	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
23	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
24	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
25	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
27	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet
28	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford
29	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
30	96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota
31	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet
32	42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
33	27	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet
34	00	Quin Houff (R)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet
35	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
36	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota
37	7	Josh Bilicki (i)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet
38	53	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
39	51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford
40	49	Chad Finchum (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota
Official starting lineup Archived 2020-10-25 at the Wayback Machine

Race

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Stage Results

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Stage One Laps: 105

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage Two Laps: 105

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	5
7	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

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Stage Three Laps: 124

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	50
2	6	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	53
3	15	95	Christopher Bell (R)	Leavine Family Racing	Toyota	334	39
4	10	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	334	46
5	5	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	40
6	3	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	334	38
7	8	1	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	334	30
8	14	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	334	30
9	7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	334	28
10	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	334	30
11	12	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	334	32
12	22	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	334	27
13	11	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	29
14	16	41	Cole Custer (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	334	23
15	19	8	Tyler Reddick (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	334	22
16	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	333	22
17	21	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	333	33
18	29	37	Ryan Preece	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	333	19
19	25	6	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	333	18
20	4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	333	21
21	17	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	333	24
22	24	38	John Hunter Nemechek (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	332	15
23	13	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	332	14
24	27	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	332	13
25	28	32	Corey LaJoie	Go Fas Racing	Ford	331	12
26	23	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	331	11
27	30	96	Daniel Suárez	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	328	10
28	31	15	Brennan Poole (R)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	328	9
29	37	7	Josh Bilicki (i)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	326	0
30	36	66	Timmy Hill (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	325	0
31	38	53	Garrett Smithley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	325	0
32	35	77	Reed Sorenson	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	321	5
33	34	00	Quin Houff (R)	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	316	4
34	20	17	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	310	3
35	40	49	Chad Finchum (i)	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	310	0
36	26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	279	7
37	39	51	Joey Gase (i)	Petty Ware Racing	Ford	184	0
38	18	43	Bubba Wallace	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	59	1
39	32	42	Matt Kenseth	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	59	1
40	33	27	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	20	0
Official race results

Race statistics

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Lead changes: 23 among 11 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 8 for 47
Red flags: 1 for 72 hours, 28 minutes and 34 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 42 minutes and 14 seconds
Average speed: 135.263 miles per hour (217.685 km/h)

Media

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Television

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NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action from the booth on Sunday. Allen, Burton and Letarte called the action from the booth on Wednesday. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Kelli Stavast handled the pit road duties on Sunday, Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties on Wednesday.

NBCSN
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen (Sunday and Wednesday) Color-commentator: Jeff Burton (Sunday and Wednesday) Color-commentator: Steve Letarte (Sunday and Wednesday) Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Sunday)	Dave Burns (Sunday) Parker Kligerman (Sunday and Wednesday) Marty Snider (Wednesday) Kelli Stavast (Sunday)

Radio

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PRN covered their final 2020 broadcast, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice & Mark Garrow covered the action for PRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Rob Albright covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini had the call from pit lane for PRN.

PRN
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow	Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson	Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Wendy Venturini

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kevin Harvick	4,137
	2	Denny Hamlin	4,122 (–15)
	3	Brad Keselowski	4,120 (–17)
3	4	Martin Truex Jr.	4,104 (–33)
1	5	Alex Bowman	4,095 (–42)
2	6	Chase Elliott	4,095 (–42)
2	7	Joey Logano	4,094 (–43)
	8	Kurt Busch	4,039 (–98)
	9	Kyle Busch	2,270 (–1,867)
1	10	Ryan Blaney	2,251 (–1,986)
1	11	Austin Dillon	2,244 (–1,893)
	12	William Byron	2,213 (–1,924)
1	13	Clint Bowyer	2,199 (–1,938)
1	14	Matt DiBenedetto	2,190 (–1,947)
2	15	Aric Almirola	2,181 (–1,956)
	16	Cole Custer	2,169 (–1,968)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ford	1,259
2	Toyota	1,197 (–62)
3	Chevrolet	1,152 (–107)

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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^ "2020 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. January 17, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "Texas Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "Starting Lineup". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ "Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.

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