Starting from 10th place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota won the 10th Annual Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts, his 42nd win in 525 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 5th win & 11th Top 10 finish in 2020. It is also the 4th time in his career he has won 5 or more races in a season (2010, 2012, 2019, 2020). This is his 3rd win & 9th Top 10 finish in 24 races at Kansas Speedway – his 3rd win ties Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick for series-most wins at Kansas. This is Joe Gibbs Racing’s sixth victory at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wabash Ford, started from 7th place posted his 11th Top 10 finish in 21 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 14th Top 10 finish in 2020. 3rd Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto Owner’s Insurance Toyota, started from 5th place posted his 11th Top 10 finish in 24 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple Ford, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 20 Erik Jones Reser’s Fine Foods Toyota, started from 21st place. 6th Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Hometown Original Ford, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 41 Cole Custer # HaasTooling.com Ford, started from 24th place was the highest finishing rookie. 8th Place Car 88 Alex Bowman ChevyGoods.com/Adam’s Polishes Chevrolet, started from 6th place followed by 9th place Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet, started from 9th place. Lastly in the Top Top 10 was Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 15th place.
The race had 11 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 27 for Competition. 2nd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 101 for #43 Crash in Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 144 for #17 Spin Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 162 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 172 for #37, 42, 43 Crash in Turn 4. 7th Caution on lap 177 for #3, 48, 21, 22, 4, Crash in Turn 2. 8th Caution on lap 183 for #6, 17, 37, 95 Crash on the Backstretch [Red: 00:02:45]. 9th Caution on lap 196 for #6 Spin Turn 3. 10th Caution on lap 236 for #32 Crash in Turn 2. 11th Caution on lap 243 for #38 Crash on the Backstretch.
The race had 22 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; J. Logano 1-27; M. Truex Jr. 28-30; K. Busch 31-82; D. Hamlin 83-96; M. Truex Jr. 97-101; B. Keselowski 102-104; M. Truex Jr. 105-106; B. Keselowski 107-114; M. Truex Jr. 115-144; R. Blaney 145-158; B. Keselowski 159-162; R. Blaney 163; D. Hamlin 164-192; M. Truex Jr. 193-196; W. Byron 197-199; D. Hamlin 200; W. Byron 201-205; B. Keselowski 206-220; W. Byron 221-239; A. Bowman 240-245; K. Harvick 246-254; D. Hamlin 255-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 11, 19, 12, 2, 8, 4, 10, 88, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 2, 12, 10, 11, 18, 4, 20, 19, 48, 9
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 19
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 10. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 267 Running |
2. 7. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wabash Ford 267 Running |
3. 5. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto Owner’s Insurance Toyota 267 Running |
4. 1. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple Ford 267 Running |
5. 21. Car 20 Erik Jones Reser’s Fine Foods Toyota 267 Running |
6. 3. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Hometown Original Ford 267 Running |
7. 24. Car 41 Cole Custer # HaasTooling.com Ford 267 Running |
8. 6. Car 88 Alex Bowman ChevyGoods.com/Adam’s Polishes Chevrolet 267 Running |
9. 9. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 267 Running |
10. 15. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 267 Running |
11. 8. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Fudge Brownie Toyota 267 Running |
12. 11. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 267 Running |
13. 23. Car 8 Tyler Reddick # I Am Second Chevrolet 267 Running |
14. 19. Car 14 Clint Bowyer One Cure Ford 267 Running |
15. 36. Car 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 267 Running |
16. 27. Car 34 Michael McDowell Dockside Logistics Ford 267 Running |
17. 14. Car 42 Matt Kenseth McDelivery Chevrolet 267 Running |
18. 37. Car 96 * Daniel Suarez Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 267 Running |
19. 30. Car 38 John Hunter Nemechek # Digital Ally Ford 266 Running |
20. 4. Car 12 Ryan Blaney DEX Imaging Ford 266 Running |
21. 31. Car 32 Corey LaJoie Plan B Sales Ford 266 Running |
22. 28. Car 27 JJ Yeley(i) Ford 265 Running |
23. 22. Car 95 Christopher Bell # Rheem Toyota 264 Running |
24. 32. Car 00 Quin Houff # Creek Enterprises Inc. Chevrolet 260 Running |
25. 33. Car 53 Josh Bilicki(i) RBR Aviation Chevrolet 260 Running |
26. 26. Car 77 Garrett Smithley(i) Formula One Imports Chevrolet 260 Running |
27. 16. Car 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol Chevrolet 251 Running |
28. 18. Car 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford 251 Running |
29. 34. Car 51 Joey Gase(i) Page Construction Ford 251 Running |
30. 29. Car 15 Brennan Poole # Spartan Mosquito Chevrolet 219 Running |
31. 39. Car 7 * Reed Sorenson TBR Chevrolet 216 Electrical |
32. 20. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 200 DVP |
33. 13. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 182 Accident |
34. 35. Car 37 Ryan Preece Bush’s Beans Chevrolet 181 Accident |
35. 2. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 176 Accident |
36. 12. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 175 Accident |
37. 17. Car 43 Bubba Wallace Victory Junction Chevrolet 170 Accident |
38. 38. Car 66 * Timmy Hill(i) RoofClaim.com Toyota 116 Electrical |
39. 40. Car 78 * BJ McLeod(i) Axele.com Chevrolet 66 Rear Gear |
40. 25. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger Chevrolet 58 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. 53 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify:
None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 17 Mins, 14 Secs. Average Speed: 121.835 MPH Margin of Victory: 510 Seconds. Caution Flags: 11 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 22 among 9 drivers. American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Denny Hamlin, #11, Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Cole Custer, #41.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 2, 2020 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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