Starting from 8th place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet won the 72nd Annual Xfinity 500, his 10th win in 185 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 4th win & 21st Top 10 finish in 2020. This is his 1st won the 6th Top 10 finish in 11 races at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Libman Ford, started from 10th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 10 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 16th Top 10 finish in 2020. 3rd Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 7th place posted his 12th Top 10 finish in 24 races at Martinsville Speedway.
4th Place Car 2 Brad Keselowski Dent Wizard Ford, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 88 Alex Bowman Planters Chevrolet, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Hometown Original Ford, started from 16th place. 8th Place Car 14 Clint Bowyer Clint Bowyer Tribute Ford, started from 16th place followed by 9th place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota, started from 9th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, in 10th place, started from 12th place. Cole Custer (13th) was the highest finishing rookie. Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski advance to the Championship 4 round.
The race had 12 Cautions for 83 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 62 for Competition. 2nd Caution on lap 74 for #14, 3, 10 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 105 for #77 Stalled On Track. 4th Caution on lap 116 for #00, 51 Crash in Turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 132 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 147 for Possible Fluid On Track From #17. 7th Caution on lap 186 for #15 Crash in Turn 2. 8th Caution on lap 217 for #38, 37 Incident Turn 2. 9th Caution on lap 262 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 10th Caution on lap 353 for #66 Crash in Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 401 for #53 Stalled On Track. 12th Caution on lap 442 for #24 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 20 Lead Changes among 10 drivers; B. Keselowski (P) 1-3; M. Truex Jr. (P) 4-88; C. Elliott (P) 89-112; D. Hamlin (P) 113-133; A. Bowman (P) 134; K. Busch 135-139; K. Busch (P) 140-162; C. Elliott (P) 163-217; D. Hamlin (P) 218-220; J. Logano (P) 221; D. Hamlin (P) 222-239; C. Elliott (P) 240-266; M. Truex Jr. (P) 267; C. Elliott (P) 268-353; J. Logano (P) 354-368; R. Blaney 369-404; J. Logano (P) 405-407; M. Truex Jr. (P) 408-442; C. LaJoie 443-448; M. Truex Jr. (P) 449-456; C. Elliott (P) 457-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 88, 2, 9, 22, 19, 18, 24, 1, 48
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 19, 11, 12, 1, 18, 2, 22, 88, 6
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 35
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 263. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 8. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 500 Running |
2. 10. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Libman Ford 500 Running |
3. 7. Car 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 Running |
4. 1. Car 2 Brad Keselowski (P) Dent Wizard Ford 500 Running |
5. 5. Car 1 Kurt Busch (P) Monster Energy Chevrolet 500 Running |
6. 3. Car 88 Alex Bowman (P) Planters Chevrolet 500 Running |
7. 20. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Hometown Original Ford 500 Running |
8. 16. Car 14 Clint Bowyer Clint Bowyer Tribute Ford 500 Running |
9. 9. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 500 Running |
10. 12. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 500 Running |
11. 4. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) FedEx Ground Toyota 500 Running |
12. 19. Car 20 Erik Jones Toyota Camry Toyota 500 Running |
13. 15. Car 41 Cole Custer # HaasTooling.com Ford 500 Running |
14. 31. Car 42 Matt Kenseth Clover Chevrolet 500 Running |
15. 11. Car 95 Christopher Bell # Germania Insurance Toyota 500 Running |
16. 25. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICOween Chevrolet 500 Running |
17. 6. Car 4 Kevin Harvick (P) Mobil 1 Ford 500 Running |
18. 21. Car 6 Ryan Newman Guaranteed Rate Ford 499 Running |
19. 22. Car 37 Ryan Preece Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 499 Running |
20. 18. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger Chevrolet 499 Running |
21. 32. Car 43 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Chevrolet 499 Running |
22. 2. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 499 Running |
23. 14. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevrolet 498 Running |
24. 17. Car 8 Tyler Reddick # Motor Trend Chevrolet 498 Running |
25. 26. Car 32 Corey LaJoie CorvetteParts.net Ford 498 Running |
26. 23. Car 38 John Hunter Nemechek # Death Wish Coffee Ford 498 Running |
27. 29. Car 96 * Daniel Suarez PeacockTV – Can’t Not Watch Toyota 497 Running |
28. 24. Car 34 Michael McDowell CarParts Ford 497 Running |
29. 34. Car 66 * Timmy Hill(i) DREAMWORKS MOTORSPORTS Toyota 495 Running |
30. 27. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Sign for Jimmie Chevrolet 495 Running |
31. 38. Car 27 JJ Yeley(i) Figgers Ford 494 Running |
32. 33. Car 7 * Josh Bilicki(i) Insurance King Chevrolet 490 Running |
33. 35. Car 00 Quin Houff # UNITS Chevrolet 489 Running |
34. 39. Car 51 Joey Gase(i) Thanks to our Sponsors Ford 447 Electrical |
35. 13. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 439 Accident |
36. 37. Car 53 James Davison VIR Ford 422 Electrical |
37. 30. Car 15 Brennan Poole # THRIV5 Chevrolet 184 Accident |
38. 28. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 146 Accident |
39. 36. Car 77 Garrett Smithley(i) 12secondculturebook.com Chevrolet 100 Electrical |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 77 (driver change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 40 Mins, 27 Secs. Average Speed: 71.581 MPH. Margin of Victory: 6.577 Seconds. Caution Flags: 12 for 83 laps. Lead Changes: 20 among 10 drivers. American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Chase Elliott, #9. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Cole Custer, #41.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: November 8, 2020 – Phoenix Raceway
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