2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 10 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 program cover, with the original scheduled date of March 15, 2020.
Date	June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07)
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance	325 laps, 500.5 mi (806 km)
Average speed	142.966 miles per hour (230.081 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by ballot
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	150
Winner
No. 4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Nielsen Ratings	3.957 million[7]
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 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on March 15, 2020 and was rescheduled to June 7, 2020, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. On March 13, 2020, NASCAR announced that they would postpone the race due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] Contested over 325 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway, it was the 10th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

The event was run with grandstands, infield, and backstretch camping closed. Owners of the 46 condominiums in Turn Four were permitted to attend the weekend live with a procedure similar to Charlotte Motor Speedway, with each owner having five tickets to the event, for 230 spectators.

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

Chase Elliott was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Stage One Laps: 105

Stage Two Laps: 105

Stage Three Laps: 115

• Lead changes: 21 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 24
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 30 minutes and 3 seconds
• Average speed: 142.966 miles per hour (230.081 km/h)

The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was carried by Fox in the United States. Mike Joy and five-time Atlanta winner Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Jamie Little handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2 & Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Doug Turnbull.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kevin Harvick 421 2 Joey Logano 373 (–48) 3 Chase Elliott 365 (–56) 4 Brad Keselowski 346 (–75) 1 5 Martin Truex Jr. 334 (–87) 1 6 Denny Hamlin 322 (–99) 1 7 Ryan Blaney 317 (–104) 3 8 Alex Bowman 314 (–107) 9 Kyle Busch 308 (–113) 10 Kurt Busch 284 (–137) 11 Aric Almirola 260 (–161) 12 Clint Bowyer 259 (–162) 2 13 Jimmie Johnson 256 (–165) 2 14 Austin Dillon 247 (–174) 2 15 Matt DiBenedetto 246 (–175) 2 16 Erik Jones 240 (–181) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 375 2 Chevrolet 341 (–34) 3 Toyota 339 (–36) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.