2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300
The 2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on July 18, 2020 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 201 laps – extended from 200 due to an overtime finish – on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 16th race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Austin Cindric won his third consecutive race after Kyle Busch's car failed post-race inspection.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300
The race was originally scheduled to be held on March 28, 2020, but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Report, Background
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 Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Report, Background
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Qualifying
Michael Annett was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Media, Television
The My Bariatric Solutions 300 was carried by NBCSN in the United States. Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, Jeff Burton, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Marty Snider and Dave Burns covering pit road.


2020 My Bariatric Solutions 300, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network (PRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.


2020 Myanmar National League
The 2020 Myanmar National League is the 11th season of the Myanmar National League, the top Myanmar professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2009, also known as MPT Myanmar National League due to the sponsorship deal with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications. Recently, AIA agreed a sponsorship deal with Myanmar National League in order to support both MNL and Myanmar Football. A total of 12 football teams will compete in the league.


2020 Myanmar National League
Shan United are the defending champions, while Chin United and I.S.P.E have been promoted from the 2019 MNL-2. Shan United were crowned champions in the final matchday defeating 4-time winner Yadanarbon.


2020 Myanmar National League
The 1st transfer window is from 9 November 2019 to 10 January 2020 . The 2nd mid season transfer window is from 6 April 2020 to 7 May 2020.


2020 Myanmar National League
On March 1, all of Myanmar National League matches was played behind closed doors as broadcast only events. On March 24, MNL postponed all the matches after first reports of COVID-19 cases in the country.


2020 Myanmar National League
On June 10, After MFF & MNL meeting, Zwekapin United and Chin United were disbanded from Myanmar National League. All Zwekapin United and Chin United  matches, goals and marks are cancelled.


2020 Myanmar National League
All remaining matches will be held at Yangon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Myanmar National League
Yangon United crashed out of the title race despite being obliterated by Shan United 4–0 on 16 September 2020. Ayeyawady United lost their unbeaten run afer losing 2–1 to Shan United.


2020 Myanmar National League, 2020 Title Sponsor
Myanma Posts and Telecommunications signed 3 years contract with MNL. They help to develop Myanmar Football and Youth program.


2020 Myanmar National League, Clubs, Stadiums
(*) – not ready to play. MNL clubs that have not had their home stadia ready to host home matches currently use Aung San Stadium and Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon.


2020 Myanmar National League, Clubs, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Myanmar National League, Matches
Fixtures and results of the Myanmar National League 2020 season.


2020 Myanmar general election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 8 November 2020. Voting occurred in all constituencies, excluding seats appointed by or reserved for the military, to elect members to both the upper house- Amyotha Hluttaw (the House of Nationalities) and the lower house- Pyithu Hluttaw (the House of Representatives) of the Assembly of the Union, as well as State and Regional Hluttaws (legislatures). Ethnic Affairs Ministers were also elected by their designated electorates on the same day, although only select ethnic minorities in particular states and regions were entitled to vote for them. A total of 1,171 national, state, and regional seats were contested in the election, with polling having taken place in all townships, including areas considered conflict zones and self-administered regions.


2020 Myanmar general election
On 1 February 2021, the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) falsely claimed the results of the election were illegitimate and launched a coup d'état that deposed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. The military later annulled the results of the 2020 election, and scheduled new elections for 2023.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
The prior elections in 2015 were only the second to be considered at least semi-democratic in the country since 1960 (the first being in 1990, which the military invalidated), as for a majority of its independent history, it was either controlled by a totalitarian dictatorship or a military junta.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a majority of seats and votes, taking 86 percent of the seats in the Assembly of the Union (235 in the House of Representatives and 135 in the House of Nationalities), well more than the 67 percent supermajority needed to ensure that its preferred candidates would be elected president and second vice president in the Presidential Electoral College.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
The party technically also needed at least 67 percent to outvote the combined pro-military bloc in the Presidential Electoral College (the Union Solidarity and Development Party and the appointed legislators representing the military). Although NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from the presidency (as both her late husband and her children are foreign citizens), she was the de facto head of government, after being appointed to a newly created office, the State Counsellor of Myanmar, a position akin to a Prime Minister.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
Most political parties in the country are ethnically-based, with only two (the NLD and the USDP) having large sway at the national level, although both are dominated by the ethnic Bamar majority. Parties also tend to be based more on personality (based on the attitudes and personality of their leaders) rather than a stable ideological platform.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
Statistics for share of the popular vote appear not to be available.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background
The election took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as both the Rohingya conflict and the Rohingya genocide (alongside international condemnation for these events). In addition, the government has also been criticised for restricting press freedom and having failed to deal with the country's economic issues, putting dents in its electoral promise of reform.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, Rohingya conflict
Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy's actions since being elected in 2015 have been described by international media and international organisations including the United Nations, International Criminal Court, and Amnesty International as failing to stop the persecution of the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority group mainly in Rakhine State, although it is unclear how much say they actually have, regardless of their relative silence on the matter. The actions of the military, who are said to hold the real power in the region, have been described as crimes against humanity and a genocide.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, Rohingya conflict
Over 25,000 people have been killed in the conflicts, with tens of thousands more being injured or subjected to sexual violence, in addition to over 725,000 people having fled the country, mostly to neighboring Bangladesh. Media activity in the province is heavily restricted by the government. The Rohingya are currently classed as stateless people, as Myanmar refuses to give them citizenship, claiming they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite evidence suggesting they have been present in the area for centuries. In the rare cases that Rohingya individuals do possess citizenship, the government routinely refuses to acknowledge the validity of documents they provide.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, Economic issues
In addition, some construction and infrastructure projects have been either delayed or cancelled due to supply and demand shocks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the US$1 billion Yangon Elevated Expressway and the development of the US$8–10 billion Dawei Special Economic Zone and accompanying US$137.1 million Dawei-Htee Kee Road linking the zone to Ratchaburi in Thailand.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, Economic issues
The government has also not been able to muster up enough funds to put together a stimulus package, only allocating the equivalent of around US$72 million to assist small- and medium-sized enterprises compared to the tens of billions allocated in nearby countries like Thailand. Prior to the pandemic, some areas of the country's economy had been highlighted as trouble spots, including bank lending and tourism. GDP growth is expected to decline nearly 7% from the prior year, with overall GDP expected to about break even with the prior year due to the pandemic.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, COVID-19 pandemic
Despite only reporting around 300 confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationwide as of early July 2020, Myanmar has limited testing capacity, so the true extent of the spread of the virus is still unknown. Regardless, authorities implemented strict containment measures early on, including travel restrictions, closure of land borders, and bans on mass public gatherings. Nevertheless, the number of confirmed cases has ballooned to more than 50,000 by November 2020.


2020 Myanmar general election, Background, Constitutional reform
In January 2019, the National League for Democracy pushed for constitutional reform, but was unsuccessful because any changes required 75% approval in the legislature, and 25% of seats are reserved for the military. Outside of these seats, the pro-military USDP was also unlikely to go along (as well as other minor parties potentially being unwilling), meaning any proposals were dead on arrival.


2020 Myanmar general election, Electoral system
All offices elected by popular vote are contested under a first-past-the-post system, in which a candidate needs only a plurality of votes in a constituency to be elected. All candidates must be citizens of Myanmar. One-quarter of seats in both houses of the Assembly of the Union and one-third of seats in state and regional legislatures are reserved for the military under the 2008 Constitution, and three ministries (Home Affairs, Border Affairs, and Defense) of the national government formed following the election must be headed by a military appointee.


2020 Myanmar general election, Electoral system
After the new legislators take office, the President and the two Vice Presidents of Myanmar are elected by the Presidential Electoral College, made up of MPs from three committees: one of elected members from each house of the Assembly of the Union, and one from the military-appointed members. Each committee recommends one candidate, and the Assembly then holds a vote. The position the candidates are elected to depends on their overall vote total (the highest vote-getter becomes President, while the second-highest becomes First Vice President, and the remaining candidate becomes Second Vice President).


2020 Myanmar general election, Electoral system
People married to a non-Burmese citizen and/or who have children without Burmese citizenship are barred from being elected to any presidential position. Elected officials will take office in March 2021. For a majority, a party or coalition(s) require 221 seats in the House of Representatives and 113 seats in the House of Nationalities.


2020 Myanmar general election, Electoral system
On 29 June 2020, the Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the constituency reapportionment for the 168 non-appointed seats of the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw), 330 non-appointed seats of the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw), 644 non-appointed seats of the State and Regional Hluttaws and 29 Ethnic Affair Ministers. The UEC also announced in which constituencies elections would be fully or partially cancelled on 16 October 2020 and 27 October 2020. Elections were fully cancelled in 15 townships and partially in 41.


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Opinion polling is generally rare in Myanmar, meaning there is not much data on public opinion, although questions have occasionally been asked on political and other matters.


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Question: In general, would you say our country is heading in the right or wrong direction?


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
The main item a majority felt the country was headed in the right direction with was infrastructure, while the main reasons people felt the country was headed in the wrong direction included increasing prices of goods, continuing poor economic conditions, and ethnic violence. Illicit drug use and crime were also cited as major problems in the 2019 poll.


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Question: How would you describe the current economic situation in the country?


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Question: As of now, in order to amend the Constitution it would require the support of more than 75% of parliament. Do you support or oppose making it easier to change the Constitution by amending this requirement?


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Most respondents who supported making it easier to change the Constitution also supported changing the requirement that spouses and any children of a candidate be citizens in order to be eligible for the presidency.


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Question: Do you support giving the states and regions more autonomy and power so that they can make decisions for themselves, or do you think that all power and decisions should be centralized and made by the union government?


2020 Myanmar general election, Opinion polls
Despite most respondents preferring more centralized power at the national level, slightly over half felt that states/regions should have more control over natural resources located within their boundaries.


2020 Myanmar general election, Conduct
The 2020 election was observed by domestic and international election observers. In total, the Union Election Commission accredited 7,232 observers from 13 domestic groups at the union-level, an additional 985 observers from 23 groups at the state and region levels. International observers included the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), the Carter Center, the European Union, and the government of Japan, totaling 61 international observers, 182 diplomatic observers, and 53 staff from IFES and International IDEA.


2020 Myanmar general election, Conduct
A coalition of 12 domestic election observer groups found the election results credible, reflecting the will of the majority of voters. The coalition also noted weaknesses in Myanmar's electoral legal framework, including the 2008 Constitution, and found some inconsistencies in electoral administration and election administration amid the ongoing pandemic.


2020 Myanmar general election, Conduct
The Carter Center assessment did not find any major irregularities with conduct at polling stations. A team of 43 observers had visited 234 polling stations across 10 of Myanmar's 14 states and regions. The Carter Center praised the Union Election Commission's efforts to update the voter roll, train election officials, and adapt procedures for older voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also noted that the UEC's failure to provide timely access to election data, and election postponements and cancellations that stopped voting for 1.4 million citizens.


2020 Myanmar general election, Conduct
A month before the November elections, Human Rights Watch issued a report noting multiple issues in the upcoming election, characterizing it as "fundamentally flawed." Its report noted the NLD government's extensive use of state media to promote its political platform, while opposition parties were not given as many chances to do so. Opposition parties also faced censorship imposed on them by the NLD government. Residents without citizenship documents were barred from voting in the election, which disproportionately affected the Rohingya, Burmese Indians and Sino-Burmese communities. Townships in conflict areas faced denial of internet access for months before the election. The report additionally took issue with 25% of the seats in parliament being reserved for the military.


2020 Myanmar general election, Results, House of Nationalities
The list of military appointees was published as the UEC Announcement 2/2016.


2020 Myanmar general election, Results, House of Representatives
The list of military appointees was published as the UEC Announcement 1/2016.


2020 Myanmar general election, Results, State and Regional Hluttaws
The list of military appointees was published as the UEC Announcement 3/2016.


2020 Myanmar general election, Results, State and Regional Hluttaws, Ethnic Affairs Ministers
29 Ministers of Ethnic Affairs for the State and Regional Assemblies were up for election.


2020 Myanmar general election, Aftermath, Coup
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then vested power in a stratocracy. Acting president Myint Swe proclaimed a year-long state of emergency and declared power had been transferred to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing. It declared the results of the November 2020 general election invalid and stated its intent to hold a new election at the end of the state of emergency. The coup d'état occurred the day before the Parliament of Myanmar was due to swear in the members elected at the 2020 election, thereby preventing this from occurring. President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were detained, along with ministers, their deputies and members of Parliament.


2020 Myanmar general election, Aftermath, Coup
On 3 February 2021, Win Myint was charged with breaching campaign guidelines and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions under section 25 of the Natural Disaster Management Law. Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with breaching emergency COVID-19 laws and for illegally importing and using radio and communication devices, specifically six ICOM devices from her security team and a walkie-talkie, which are restricted in Myanmar and need clearance from military-related agencies before acquisition. Both were remanded in custody for two weeks. Aung San Suu Kyi received an additional criminal charge for violating the National Disaster Act on 16 February, two additional charges for violating communications laws and an intent to incite public unrest on 1 March and another of violating the official secrets act on 1 April.


2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl
The 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2020, with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the inaugural edition of the Myrtle Beach Bowl, and the first of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. The game was the first NCAA bowl game to be played in the state of South Carolina, and the first bowl to be played in the state since the 1947 Pecan Bowl.


2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl, Teams
The 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl was contested by the Appalachian State Mountaineers, from the Sun Belt Conference, and the North Texas Mean Green, from Conference USA. The game was the first matchup between the two teams.


2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl, Teams, Appalachian State
Appalachian State of the Sun Belt accepted their bid on December 13, 2020. The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an overall record of 8–3 (6–2 in conference play); they were ranked at number 24 in the AP Poll early in the season.


2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl, Teams, North Texas
North Texas of C-USA accepted their bid on December 13, 2020. The Mean Green entered the bowl with an overall record of 4–5 (3–4 in conference play). This marked the third time in program history that North Texas entered a bowl game with a losing record (the prior instances being the 2001 New Orleans Bowl and the 2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl).


2020 N'Délé clashes
In 2020 heavy clashes between ex-Séléka groups erupted in N'Délé in Central African Republic. Fighting was largely along ethnic lines between Rounga factions of FPRC and ethnically Goula and Kara rebel groups.


2020 N'Délé clashes, History
On 2 March 2020 FPRC fighters killed an RPRC colonel. FPRC refused to execute their fighters who were responsible for this attack. Two days later heavy clashes erupted between both groups in N'Délé leading to several people being killed and injured. On 5 March both sides received reinforcement from Birao and surrounding villages. At 5 am clashes were reported 5 km from N'Délé. Thousands of refugees mainly from Goula ethnic groups began to gather at MINUSCA base near airport. On 7 March 2020 MINUSCA staff member was killed in N'Délé during clashes.


2020 N'Délé clashes, History
RPRC was forced to withdraw from N'Délé and prefect of Bamingui fled the city. His residence was occupied by FPRC. On 8 March six alleged members of FPRC were murdered by RPRC. Number of refugees reached 3,000. On 9 March around 100 members of MLCJ arrived from Vakaga to reinforce RPRC positions. On 11 March RPRC with support of MLCJ attacked FPRC positions in N'Délé seizing half of city and looting and burning central market and FPRC leader residence. More than 40 civilians were killed.


2020 N'Délé clashes, History
On 18 March it was reported that FPRC controlled Ndélé while RPRC controlled surrounding villages. On 25 March RPRC attacked Gozbéda village 7 km from Ndélé destroying homes. FPRC reinforcement clashed with them leading to three FPRC and seven RPRC fighters being killed. On 28 March more than 60 fighters reinforced RPRC positions. Day later fighting has reached outskirts of Ndélé. On 30 March armed FPRC fighters forced refugees to leave IDP camp.


2020 N'Délé clashes, History
On 1 April 2020 clashes erupted between Goula and Rounga factions of FPRC in Bornou neighborhood of N'Délé. Soldiers demanded resignation of FPRC chief, Moctar Adam. On 6 April fighting resumed with blasts being heard in the city. RPRC coalition attacked N'Délé from four sides. On 15 April UN reported that situation started to improve after FPRC chief returned to city. However, on 29 April RPRC and MLCJ attacked central market in N'Délé killing at least 37 people After attack RPRC withdrew towards Artisanat, Mourouba, Sodeca and Mbatta neighborhoods which were abandoned by civilian population.


2020 N'Délé clashes, History
They established their base in local church and captured two technicals which were later destroyed according to FPRC. On 10 May Rwandan and Portuguese peacekeepers arrived in the city to force RPRC fighters to leave the city. On 12 May clashes between FPRC and RPRC erupted again in a village 2 km from Ndélé after alleged act of robbery by FPRC fighters leading to four fighters and two civilians being killed.


2020 N'Délé clashes, Aftermath
On 13 May 2020 FACA was deployed in N'Délé in the former base of FPRC for the first time since 2012.


2020 N'Délé clashes, Aftermath
On 19 May MINUSCA arrested nine RPRC fighters in N'Délé including general Azor Kalité while they were trying to escape to Tirigoulou. They were transferred two days later to Bangui. They have been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. On 25 May MINUSCA arrested two RPRC fighters 16 km from N'Délé followed by another two day later including general Amar.


2020 N'Délé clashes, Aftermath
On 27 August pact of non-aggression in Bamingui-Bangoran was signed between Goula and Rounga factions of FPRC.


2020 NAIA Football National Championship
The 2020 NAIA Football National Championship will be a four-round, sixteen team tournament played between April 11 and May 10, 2021. The tournament will conclude with a single game, played as the 65th Annual NAIA Football National Championship.


2020 NAIA Football National Championship
The championship game will be played at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana.


2020 NAIA Football National Championship, Postseason playoffs
A total of sixteen teams were selected to participate in the single-elimination tournament from across the country, with invitations that were revealed on Sunday, April 11, 2020. The field included twelve conference champions who received automatic bids. The field was then filled with at-large selections that were awarded to the highest ranked teams that met the selection criteria and were not conference champions. First-round seedings were based on the final regular-season edition of the 2020 NAIA Coaches' Poll, with certain minor modifications given based on travel and geographic considerations. Each subsequent round also saw minor modifications based on travel and the geography of the remaining teams.


2020 NAIA Football National Championship, Postseason playoffs
Quarterfinal pairings were announced by the NAIA on April 17, after the first round results were known.


2020 NAIA football rankings
The 2020 NAIA football rankings reports the poll results conducted during the 2020 NAIA football season. Each season, one poll evaluates the various National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football teams and ranks them. Coaches from each of the football conferences are members of a selection panel, with conferences receiving one vote for every 4 member teams. Sometimes referred to as the football ratings or the NAIA Coaches' Poll, the poll is generally conducted once during the preseason and after each week of play during the regular season.


2020 NAIA football rankings
Once the regular season is completed, the NAIA will conduct a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the series of playoff games, collectively referred to as the 2020 NAIA Football National Championship.


2020 NAIA football rankings
The Top 25 was determined by compiling points for each vote. A team received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list. The highest and lowest ranking for each team (counting zero for ballots with no votes for a team) were disregarded. To obtain the final tally, each team's ranking was recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that includes the team.


2020 NAIA football rankings
As an example, if there were 17 voting panelists, and one team is a unanimous choice for the highest ranking, then that team would receive 25 points * 15 ballots (disregard 2 ballots) + 17 points (one for each ballot cast) = 392 points.


2020 NAIA football rankings
Teams that received only one point in the ballot were not considered “receiving votes.”


2020 NAIA football rankings, Poll release dates
Due to the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic, modifications to the playing season and associated polls and release dates were made. Some teams were able to compete and complete their seasons in the fall of 2020; however, a large portion of the NAIA season was delayed and played in the spring of 2021.


2020 NAIA football rankings, Poll release dates
No spring or preseason polls were released for the 2020 season; the first poll was released after the spring playing season was underway.


2020 NAIA football rankings, Poll release dates
Following is a complete schedule of 2020 poll release dates.


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
A 16-team tournament is being contested to determine the winner of the 2020 NAIA Football National Championship. Teams were selected to the field of participants through a two-tiered selection process.


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
First, any conference champion ranked in the  final regular-season Coaches' Poll received an automatic bid into the tourney field. This was a modification (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) to the normal requirement that a champion needed to finish in the top 20 positions to receive an automatic invitation.


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
After the automatic bids were granted, any open positions in the field were filled with at-large invitations. These at-large entries were granted to the highest ranked teams who were not conference champions, with some ranked teams omitted due to lack of playing a minimum number of conference games.


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
In 2020, there were 12 NAIA conferences (or divisions within large conferences) who had champions that were part of the selection process for the automatic invitations. The 12 eligible conferences for the 2020 season were:


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
Based on the Poll 5 (April 11) Coaches' Poll, the following teams (12 champions and 4 at-large teams) made up the 2020 playoff field:


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
After the tournament participants were determined, the top 8 seeds were granted first round home games. The lone exception was #5 Concordia (MI), who played an away game due to restrictions in Michigan caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Opponents were generally determined based on the oft-used tournament protocol that pairs highest seeds with lowest seeds: #1 vs. the lowest seeded entry (usually #16), #2 vs. the second-lowest seeded entry (usually #15), #3 vs. the third-lowest seeded entry (usually #14), etc. This alignment was then tweaked, for geographic and travel considerations, by the tournament selection officials to determine the announced first-round pairings.


2020 NAIA football rankings, The postseason tournament
The first round tournament match-ups, finalized and announced on Sunday, April 11, were:


2020 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through Poll 5 of the 2020 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.


2020 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.


2020 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters
In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.


2020 NAIA football season
The 2020 NAIA football season is the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NAIA in the United States. The regular season was moved to spring 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic-related measures and protocols.


2020 NAIA football season
The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, will culminate with the championship game in spring 2021 at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. It was originally scheduled for December 19, 2020, but the date was changed.


2020 NAIA football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
Roosevelt acquired Robert Morris University's football team in April 2020 after merging with Robert Morris.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race
The 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXVI) was a NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race that was originally scheduled to be held on May 16, 2020 and was rescheduled on July 15, 2020, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 140 laps, it is the second exhibition race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the first All-Star Race since the 1986 Winston at Atlanta Motor Speedway to be hosted outside Charlotte Motor Speedway.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
The All-Star Race is open to race winners from last season through the 2020 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, all previous All-Star race winners, NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2020, the winner of each stage of the All-Star Open, and the winner of the All-Star fan vote are eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
As part of scheduling changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and citing a desire to host the race with fans (which is not currently possible due to current health orders in North Carolina), the All-Star Race was moved from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
While most NASCAR races held since the resumption have been held behind closed doors with no spectators, the All-Star Race admitted 30,000 spectators with social distancing. Although this was only 20% of the venue's total capacity of 162,000, the All-Star Race hosted the largest number of spectators at a U.S. sporting event since the beginning of pandemic-related restrictions.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
A new "choose rule" was used for restarts during the race, where drivers could choose whether they wanted to be in the inside or outside lane. NASCAR experimented with an underglow lighting package on vehicles at the All-Star Race, color-coded by manufacturer (with Chevrolet in orange, Ford in blue, and Toyota in red). This package was featured on the vehicles of all drivers who had automatically qualified for the event. At the request of teams, NASCAR also experimented with moving the numbers on the sides of vehicles closer to their rear tires, in order to provide additional room for sponsor logos.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (Open)
Michael McDowell was awarded the pole for the open as determined by a random draw.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (All-Star Race)
Martin Truex Jr. was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Television
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Regan Smith and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. This was also Fox Sports' last Cup race for their portion of the 2020 season as NBC Sports takes over NASCAR broadcasts for the rest of the season.


2020 NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with Speedway Motorsports to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelly and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series was the 72nd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 49th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash, the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races, and the 62nd running of the Daytona 500. The regular season ended with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona on August 29. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the Season Finale 500 on November 8.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Following the second Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway, Kevin Harvick, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, clinched the Regular Season Championship. Chase Elliott, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the 2020 Cup Series Championship following the Season Finale 500 at Phoenix Raceway. William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports and Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing each won their first race in the Cup Series, and by virtue of making the playoffs, Custer also won the Rookie of the Year honors. Ford won the Manufacturers' Championship following the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Background
This was the first season under NASCAR's new tiered sponsorship model after rejecting Monster Energy's offer to extend its title sponsorship. On December 5, 2019, NASCAR announced Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, and Xfinity as the Premier Partners of the NASCAR Cup Series, replacing the sole title sponsor of Monster Energy.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Background
This season was scheduled to be the final year for the Gen-6 car, with the Next Gen car (formerly the Gen-7 car) debuting in 2021. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic postponed all NASCAR racing (and therefore, testing) until the month of May, the sanctioning body announced that the debut of the car would be pushed back a year to 2022.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Background
It was announced that 2020 was the last full-time season for seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer, as well as for part-time driver Brendan Gaughan. David Ragan, who retired from racing in NASCAR full-time after 2019, returned this season for the Daytona 500 in the Cup Series (driving for Rick Ware Racing in a partnership with his former team, Front Row Motorsports), as well as in a few Truck Series races (driving for DGR-Crosley).


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Background
2020 was also the last season for Germain Racing, after long-time sponsor GEICO announced they would leave the team at the conclusion of the season, and for Bob Leavine's family owned Leavine Family Racing team, as his team experienced enough financial problems during the COVID-19 pandemic that he had to close the team down and sell its assets. A buyer was found on August 4.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Background
When the season was put on hold due to the coronavirus, drivers from all NASCAR series, including nearly all Cup Series drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule
Due to implications from the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was changed significantly during the season as detailed below.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule
Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major, also known as Crown Jewel race.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule, Changes
The original 2020 schedule for the NASCAR Cup Series underwent a series of significant changes.


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In Daytona 500 qualifying, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the pole with Alex Bowman qualifying second.


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In the Busch Clash, Ryan Newman started on pole. Brad Keselowski led the most laps. Joey Logano was leading, but got into the wall after contact with Kyle Busch that also collected Keselowski. On the restart, several drivers spun their tires causing a crash before the start-finish line including Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., and Jimmie Johnson. In overtime, Denny Hamlin had a tire go down and collected several cars. On the next overtime restart, Chase Elliott spun after contact with Kyle Larson. Erik Jones made a last lap pass on Newman with help from Hamlin for the win.


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In the Bluegreen Vacations Duel, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the first Duel. Daniel Suárez got into the wall after contact with Ryan Blaney. Joey Logano held off Aric Almirola to win his second straight Duel. In the second Duel, Alex Bowman led. J. J. Yeley hit the wall after contact with Corey LaJoie. William Byron and Jimmie Johnson drove past Kevin Harvick and Byron held off Johnson to win. Suárez, Yeley, and Chad Finchum failed to make the race.


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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started on pole. After the first 20 laps, the race was red flagged due to rain and the rest was postponed until the following day. William Byron spun and slammed the wall after contact with polesitter Stenhouse as Chase Elliott won the first stage. Stenhouse was hit from behind coming to pit road as Denny Hamlin won the second stage.


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In the closing laps, Kyle Busch blew an engine as Brad Keselowski was turned into the wall collecting Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Aric Almirola, Bubba Wallace, Justin Haley, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon and Matt DiBenedetto. Ross Chastain had a tire go down and collected Joey Logano, Ryan Preece, Ty Dillon, Tyler Reddick, and Christopher Bell. Clint Bowyer and Michael McDowell spun sending the race to overtime.


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Ryan Newman took the lead from Hamlin on the last lap, but was turned by Ryan Blaney and went airborne and landing on the roof before being plowed into by Corey LaJoie. Hamlin edged Blaney at the line for his third 500 win in five years and his second consecutive Daytona 500 win, becoming the first driver since Sterling Marlin to win back-to-back 500s. Newman was found unresponsive and was removed from the car and was rushed to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.


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Kyle Busch won the pole after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Chase Elliott dominated early and won both stages. Martin Truex Jr. had to return to pit road to tighten lug nuts and later slammed the wall after having a tire go down. Elliott also had a tire go down and slammed the wall. Ryan Blaney, despite a tire rub, took the lead from Joey Logano and was heading to the win until Ross Chastain spun. Blaney and Alex Bowman pitted while Logano stayed out. William Byron had a tire rub and wrecked along with Blaney, Kyle Busch, and John Hunter Nemechek as Logano held off Matt DiBenedetto for his second straight Vegas win.


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Clint Bowyer started on the pole. Alex Bowman won the first stage. Bowyer brought out the caution after having a tire go down. Kyle Larson got into the wall after contact with Denny Hamlin, but was able to keep going. Ryan Blaney won the second stage. Hamlin made contact with the wall. Bowman took the lead from Martin Truex Jr. and continued to lead with Blaney in second. Blaney had to pit for a flat tire with three laps to go. Bowman continued to lead for his second career Cup victory over Kyle Busch.


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Chase Elliott started on pole. Ryan Blaney slammed the wall after making contact with Denny Hamlin and collected Brad Keselowski. Kevin Harvick passed Elliott to win the first stage. Erik Jones got into the wall as Keselowski won the second stage. Tyler Reddick ran well until he got loose and got into the wall. Martin Truex Jr. plowed the wall after contact with Aric Almirola. Ross Chastain spun and an accident between John Hunter Nemechek and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. sent the race to overtime. Joey Logano held off Harvick for his second win of the season. Kyle Larson finished 4th but unbeknownst to all at the time, this would be his final race with Chip Ganassi Racing.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Season paused for two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
The fifth race of the season was supposed to be the 2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, the first race at Atlanta since its rescheduling from being the second race of the season (in late February or early March, which it was for 5 years) to mid-March immediately after the west coast swing (the races at Las Vegas, Fontana, and Phoenix) as part of the 2020 schedule changes.


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Prior to the Atlanta race, NASCAR announced that no fans would be permitted to attend it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was announced the following day that the race would instead be outright postponed to sometime later in the season. The same restrictions applied to the following race, the 2020 Dixie Vodka 400, at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It was supposed to be the first Homestead race since its rescheduling from being the season-finale in November (which it was for 18 years) to March as the sixth race of the season as part of the 2020 schedule changes.


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This was NASCAR's first race back since the pandemic hit. It was run on May 17 as a one-day show, with no fans in attendance. This additional race at Darlington replaced the race at Chicago in June on the schedule. NASCAR announced that there would be no practice or qualifying held so that teams would not need to bring additional crew members to the track and would not need to bring backup cars.


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Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole position by a random draw, which was done on the Thursday before the race and televised on NASCAR Race Hub. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wrecked on the first lap of the race. Jimmie Johnson was leading at the end of the first stage but wrecked after contact with Chris Buescher on the last lap of the stage, with William Byron winning the stage. Keselowski won the second stage of the race. Kevin Harvick led the most laps and won the race, his second win at Darlington and 50th career win.


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The second race to air during prime time this season also saw no fans in the stands much like the previous race. Positions 1 through 20 from Sunday's race were inverted, which meant Ryan Preece started on pole by virtue of his 20th-place finish on Sunday. Positions 21 through 40 made up the remaining half of the grid. The Tommy Baldwin racing entry driven by Josh Bilicki did not enter this race which meant only 39 cars started. J. J. Yeley and Gray Gaulding started in the rear due to them not participating in Sunday's race.


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The race saw Preece, the pole sitter, blow a motor during the first stage and fail to finish. Clint Bowyer led the most laps and won the first and second stages, but got into the wall and spun late in the race. Denny Hamlin was leading when the final caution came out with 28 laps to go when Chase Elliott made contact with Kyle Busch. Busch was attempting to fall in line behind Elliott on the front straightaway of the track, but accidentally spun Elliott into the inside wall.


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Elliott expressed his displeasure under the caution period, when he climbed from his car and extended his middle finger towards Busch in retaliation. During this caution period, rain began to fall, which caused NASCAR to red flag the race. With 20 laps remaining, NASCAR declared Hamlin the winner. This was Hamlin's second victory of the season.


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This race occurred on its originally scheduled date of May 24 but was the first race since the COVID-19 pandemic to feature qualifying as part of a one-day show. This would turn out to be the final race in 2020 that would have an actual qualifying session as NASCAR would announce in late July that there would be no further practice or qualifying sessions for any of NASCAR's 3 national touring series for the remainder of 2020. Kurt Busch started on pole for the race.


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At the beginning of the race, Denny Hamlin lost ballast from his car and was forced to pit, resulting in him starting the race multiple laps down. The race was red-flagged due to rain during the first stage. Alex Bowman won the first stage of the race under caution after Clint Bowyer got into the wall. Bowman also won the second stage of the race. Joey Logano won the third stage of the race. Chase Elliott was leading late in the race when William Byron spun with two laps to go, setting up an overtime finish.


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Elliott and several cars came to pit road while other drivers stayed out. Brad Keselowski took the lead and won the race in overtime. Jimmie Johnson crossed the finish line 2nd but failed post-race inspection, resulting in him being disqualified and finishing the race in last place meaning he will start in last place in the next race.


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The race was postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to rain. The top 20 from the Coca-Cola 600 was inverted, which meant that William Byron started on pole. Joey Gase and Garrett Smithley got into the wall on the first lap and collected Tyler Reddick and Ty Dillon. Byron had to pit after making contact with Corey LaJoie on pit road. Kyle Busch cut a tire after making contact with Aric Almirola. Brad Keselowski cut a tire and got into the wall along with Matt Kenseth. The race was red flagged due to rain.


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When the race resumed, Joey Logano won the first stage. Alex Bowman won the second stage and led the start of the final stage until he got into the wall and had to pit. Kevin Harvick took the lead, but Chase Elliott passed Harvick for the lead and held off Denny Hamlin for his seventh career win.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
A random draw determined the starting lineup with Brad Keselowski starting on pole. After two competition cautions, Chase Elliott won the first stage. Ryan Blaney spun while second and collected Ty Dillon. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun and collected several cars including Alex Bowman, Cole Custer, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Preece, and Matt DiBenedetto, which brought out the red flag. Elliott won the second stage as Kevin Harvick made contact with Erik Jones and got into the wall. Bubba Wallace made little contact with Aric Almirola and collected Martin Truex Jr. Denny Hamlin spun after battling Joey Logano for the lead. Elliott got loose and put himself and Logano into the wall, which allowed Keselowski to take the lead and hold off Clint Bowyer for his second win of the season.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott won pole from random draw. Kurt Busch had to serve a drive-thru penalty in the first laps due to failing pre-race inspection multiple times. Martin Truex Jr. won both stages as Michael McDowell and John Hunter Nemechek both had spin outs that brought the only incidents of the day. Kevin Harvick will go on to lead the most laps and grab his second win of the season.


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The first night race to take place at Martinsville since the implementation of the lights in 2017, and the first race to ban all confederate flags from sports events in response to the murder of George Floyd. Ryan Blaney won pole from random draw as a quick caution on lap 5 came out for debris from Austin Dilion's car. He would eventually retire from the race on the final stage due to overheating inside the car.


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Many noticeable drivers, including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Blaney, and Matt Kenseth would struggle in the first stage and would already be a lap or two down until the competition caution came out at lap 60. Another caution would come out with 10 to go in stage 1 from Timmy Hill stalling on pit road. Most drivers who were a lap down opted to take the wave around, but Corey Lajoie opted not to pit while on the lead lap, thus trapping all the wave arounds stuck a lap down.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Joey Logano will go on to win stage 1 while Jimmie Johnson would win stage 2. Martin Truex Jr. was busted from going over the commitment box while pitting and had to restart at the tail-end. Two more cautions would come out for incidents involving David Starr and Quin Houff. Truex would assume the lead in the latter portion of the race and would win for the second consecutive time at Martinsville, beating second place Ryan Blaney by 4.232 seconds.


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Denny Hamlin won pole as the start of the race was delayed due to lightning in the area, and again on lap 5. Ryan Newman would spin out in the first stage as Hamlin would go on to win both stages. Chase Elliott led late in the race, but was blocked by lapped car Joey Logano due to their incident that happened at Bristol several weeks prior, allowing Hamlin to regain the lead and score his third win of the season.


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The race was pushed from Sunday to Monday afternoon due to rain and lightning that washed out the track. Martin Truex Jr. started on pole from random draw. Denny Hamlin would hit the wall late in stage 1 and would have to repair under green. 5 laps before the end of stage 1, a shower damped the track forcing the red flag for almost an hour. Tyler Reddick would win stage 1 under yellow following race resumption.


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John Hunter Nemechek would spin out in turn four to bring the only incident in stage 2 as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would win stage 2. Stage 3 would see two minor crashes involving Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon with 50 to go, and Brennan Poole and Joey Gase would crash with 46 to go. This caution would ultimately turn into a fuel mileage race as many would either barely make it while others would be a few laps short.


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The race would run green until 3 laps to go when Jimmie Johnson got turned by Kevin Harvick at the start/finish line forcing the race into overtime. Drivers up front like Ryan Blaney, Stenhouse, and Harvick would opt not to pit in order to keep track position and save fuel. On the overtime restart, Harvick would get a push from Chris Buescher to the lead.


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On the final lap, several drivers would crash in turn 3 involving Clint Bowyer, Matt DiBenedetto, and Truex, allowing Blaney to pass Harvick and score his 4th career win in the Cup Series, beating out Stenhouse by 0.007 seconds as Erik Jones, Aric Almirola, and Nemechek crash coming to the finish.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Aric Almirola started the race on the pole. Joey Logano won the first stage of the race while Almirola won the second stage of the race. Almirola led the most laps in the race. During a round of green-flag pit stops, Almirola took four tires while Kevin Harvick took two tires, resulting in Harvick taking the lead. Late in the race, Logano had to make an unscheduled pit stop due to a flat tire. Harvick held off Denny Hamlin to win the race, his third win of the season and first win at Pocono.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Ryan Preece started the race on the pole following an inversion of the top 20 results from the first Pocono race. Kurt Busch won the first stage of the race. Christopher Bell spun and hit the wall. Toward the end of the second stage, Ryan Blaney made contact with Kyle Busch, sending Busch spinning and into the wall. Brad Keselowski won the second stage of the race. Kevin Harvick was leading in the final stage of the race and came to pit road for a green-flag pit stop, giving the lead to Denny Hamlin. Hamlin pitted 15 laps later and retained the lead once green-flag pit stops cycled through. Hamlin would hold off Harvick to win the race. The win was the fourth of the season for Hamlin and his sixth win at Pocono, tying Jeff Gordon for the most wins at Pocono.


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Round 16: Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 powered by Big Machine Records


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Joey Logano started the race on the pole. On lap 15, a multicar accident occurred on pit road, with a crew member of Ryan Blaney's pit crew suffering injuries. The race was red flagged due to this incident. William Byron won the first stage of the race. Kevin Harvick won the second stage of the race. Several drivers were involved in wrecks due to tire issues, including Byron, Erik Jones, and Alex Bowman. Late in the race, Harvick and Denny Hamlin were battling for the lead. Hamlin cut a tire and hit the wall while leading with 7 laps to go. This caution set up an overtime finish, where Harvick held off Matt Kenseth to win the race, his fourth win of the season.


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Kyle Busch started on the pole. Aric Almirola dominated and won the first stage. Matt Kenseth spun after a flat tire while Brad Keselowski won the second stage. On a later restart, Jimmie Johnson was spun after contact with Keselowski. Kenseth spun a second time, setting up a two lap restart. Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. got side by side for the lead and Ryan Blaney made it three wide.


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Blaney and Harvick made contact and it allowed Cole Custer to take the lead in a four-wide pass on the last lap and hold off Truex for his first career win. Custer's victory marked the first Cup win by a Cup rookie since Chris Buescher won at Pocono Raceway in August 2016 when fog shortened the event. Cole became the thirty-third driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR's top divisions.


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In the Open, Michael McDowell spun after contact with William Byron and collected Bubba Wallace. Aric Almirola and Byron won the first two stages to advance. Matt DiBenedetto held off Clint Bowyer to win the Open and transfer to the All-Star Race along with Bowyer, who won the fan vote.


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Martin Truex Jr. started on the pole, but had to start in the back for failing inspection. Kurt Busch spun early as Ryan Blaney won the first stage. Chase Elliott won both the second and third stages. In the final 15 lap stage, Elliott pulled away and held off Kyle Busch to win $1 million. Chase completed the second Father-Son combination to win the All-Star Race. His dad Bill won it in 1986 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The other combo were the Earnhardts with Dale Sr. winning it three times (1987, 1990, 1993) and Dale Jr. winning it in 2000, becoming the first rookie to win the exhibition event.


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A random draw gave Aric Almirola the pole. Ryan Blaney dominated and won both stages. On the restart at the start of the final stage, Almirola made contact with Kurt Busch and got into Kyle Busch, who turned Martin Truex Jr. and collected Ryan Preece, Chris Buescher, and Cole Custer. Ty Dillon made contact with William Byron and got into the wall. Alex Bowman got into the wall after contact with Denny Hamlin. Hamlin would then spin on the restart, setting up overtime. Austin Dillon used pit strategy to keep the lead and hold off teammate Tyler Reddick for his first win since the 2018 Daytona 500.


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Round 19: Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts


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A random draw gave the pole to Kevin Harvick. Kyle Busch won the first stage while the second was won by Brad Keselowski. Joey Logano cut a tire and slammed the wall, collecting Austin Dillon, Jimmie Johnson, and Matt DiBenedetto. On the restart, Christopher Bell spun and collected Ryan Newman, Chris Buescher, and Ryan Preece. Denny Hamlin led the most laps and passed Harvick for the lead and held off Keselowski for his fifth win of the season.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
A random draw gave the pole to Aric Almirola. Kyle Busch slammed the wall early after a flat tire ending his race early. Jimmie Johnson made contact with Clint Bowyer and spun. Denny Hamlin won the first stage and Brad Keselowski won the second stage after passing Hamlin. Matt Kenseth had multiple tire issues and spun three different times. Keselowski led the most laps and held off Hamlin for his third win of the season. This would lead to a contract extension between Keselowski and Team Penske the next day.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
A random draw gave the pole to Joey Logano. Kevin Harvick dominated and won both stages. John Hunter Nemechek suffered tire problems three times and collected Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece. Cole Custer got into the wall, sending the race to overtime. On the restart, Austin Dillon made contact with Christopher Bell and got into the wall along with Ryan Newman. On the restart, Harvick held off Brad Keselowski for his fifth win of the season.


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The top 20 from the previous race gave the pole to Chris Buescher, but had to start at the rear of the field. Clint Bowyer won the first stage while Kevin Harvick won the second stage. Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski got together while battling for the lead and got into the wall. Harvick led the most laps and held off Denny Hamlin to sweep the weekend for his sixth win of the season and tying Rusty Wallace for 55 wins on NASCAR's all-time wins list.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole due to the owner's standings for the first Cup race on the Daytona road course. Chase Elliott won the first stage while Denny Hamlin won the second stage. Alex Bowman lost a tire while Harvick spun twice and Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Blaney suffered speeding penalties. Kaz Grala, filling in for Austin Dillon who tested positive for COVID-19 , was leading late until he had to pit, but finished 7th in his Cup debut. Kyle Busch, who was several laps down due to brake issues, spun with both rear tires flat. The dominant Elliott was able to hold off Hamlin for his second win of the season and his fourth career road course win.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott was awarded the pole in the first race of the Dover doubleheader. Kurt Busch got into the wall early after contact with Erik Jones and collected Alex Bowman. Kevin Harvick had to pit twice early due to a loose wheel. Denny Hamlin swept the stage wins and led the most laps. Hamlin retook the lead from teammate Martin Truex Jr. in the final laps for his sixth win of the season.


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The top 20 inverted from the previous race gave the pole to Matt DiBenedetto. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun after contact with Joey Logano as Chase Elliott rammed into the back of Kyle Busch, ending the day for the 9 team. Kevin Harvick dominated and won both stages. Jimmie Johnson came from a speeding penalty to get the lead off pit road for the final restart. Harvick took the lead from Johnson and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his seventh win of the season, clinching the regular season championship while Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, and Aric Almirola clinched their spots in the playoffs.


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Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole. Joey Logano won both stages and led the most laps. In the closing laps, Tyler Reddick took the lead and made contact with Kyle Busch, causing a multi-car wreck involving Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Erik Jones, Ryan Preece, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. On the restart, Denny Hamlin made contact with Logano, sending Logano spinning and collecting Reddick, Matt Kenseth, Daniel Suarez, Cole Custer, and Jimmie Johnson, ending Johnson's chance of making the playoffs in his final season. In overtime Clint Bowyer, Corey LaJoie, and Ty Dillon wrecked as William Byron would hold off teammate Chase Elliott for his first career win and clinching a spot in the playoffs as Bowyer and Matt DiBenedetto clinched the final two spots.


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Chase Elliott was awarded the pole. Brad Keselowski had a tire go down and got into the wall. Bubba Wallace spun and was taken out by transmission issues. Martin Truex Jr. dominated, leading the most laps and winning both stages. In the closing laps, Elliott was passed for the lead by Truex, but Truex wasn't cleared and the two made contact and got into the wall with both cars cutting down tires. Kevin Harvick took the lead and held off a fast charging Austin Dillon for his eighth win of the season, his third at Darlington, and punching his ticket to the next round of the Playoffs.


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Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole. Jimmie Johnson got into the wall early while Ryan Blaney had tire problems. Denny Hamlin won the first stage while Brad Keselowski won the second stage. Keselowski led the most laps and took the lead from Austin Dillon and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his fourth win of the season and punched his ticket to the next round of the playoffs while Hamlin clinched on points.


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Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into the wall after contact with Jimmie Johnson. Chase Elliott won the first stage. William Byron got into Christopher Bell and had heavy damage, taking him out of the race. Kyle Busch won the second stage and was heading to the win until he had a hard time getting around lapped traffic and Kevin Harvick took the lead and held off Busch for his ninth win of the season. Cole Custer, Byron, Ryan Blaney, and Matt DiBenedetto were eliminated from the Playoffs.


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Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole. Denny Hamlin won the first stage while Chase Elliott won the second stage. Jimmie Johnson had a tire go down after making contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Christopher Bell had a tire go down and collected William Byron, which sent the race to overtime. Kurt Busch would hold off Matt DiBenedetto for his first hometown win and advancing to the next round of the playoffs.


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Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole. Christopher Bell spun into the wall on the first lap. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into the wall after spinning. Aric Almirola got turned into the wall while leading and collected Alex Bowman. Chris Buescher won the first stage as it ended under caution. Ryan Blaney got into the wall after a flat tire. Jimmie Johnson made contact with Clint Bowyer and got turned into the wall and collected Austin Dillon, Cole Custer, Daniel Suarez, and Kurt Busch, who went airborne. Martin Truex Jr. won the second stage.


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The race went to overtime in the end and on the first attempt, Kyle Busch got turned by Tyler Reddick and collected Truex, Kevin Harvick, and Joey Logano. In the second attempt, Bubba Wallace got turned and collected Ryan Blaney and Matt Kenseth. In the third overtime attempt, Hamlin beat Matt DiBenedetto to the finish line for his seventh win of the season and to advance to the next round of the playoffs. DiBenedetto was penalized for pushing William Byron below the double yellow line and Erik Jones was scored second. The race saw a record number of cautions at the track with 13, breaking the previous record of 11 from the fall 2017 race.


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Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole. The early laps took place in the rain with the cars using rain tires. The teams put on slicks after most of the track dried. Ty Dillon put slicks on before the rest and he was able to get to the lead and win the first stage. Ryan Blaney won the second stage, but spun from the lead on the restart. Kyle Busch had to pit with a flat tire and Austin Dillon spun after contact with Busch.


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On the restart, a stack up caused damage to Clint Bowyer, who needed a win to advance. Matt Kenseth spun and slammed into the tire barrier. Chase Elliott took the lead from Erik Jones and held off Joey Logano for his third win of the season and his fourth straight road course to advance to the next round of the playoffs. Dillon, Aric Almirola, Bowyer, and Kyle Busch were eliminated from the playoffs.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Chase Elliott was awarded the pole and would win the first stage. Matt Kenseth slammed the wall after contact with Erik Jones. Denny Hamlin would win the second stage, but would get into the wall in the final stage and had to pit. Tyler Reddick had a tire go down and got into the wall. Joey Logano took the lead off pit road and held off the dominant Kevin Harvick for his third win of the season and advancing to the Championship 4 in Phoenix.


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Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole. Prior to the race, Martin Truex Jr. was docked 20 points and having his crew chief suspended for the race for having an illegal spoiler. Harvick led early until he got into the wall, sending him to pit road to fix damage. The race was red flagged due to rain and was postponed until Wednesday as it continued to rain for the next several days. When the race resumed, Matt Kenseth spun after contact with Denny Hamlin and collected Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola.


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The two dominate cars, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch, won the two stages respectively. Several drivers used different pit strategies. With 20 laps to go, Bowyer pitted while Kyle Busch stayed out trying to win the race on fuel mileage. Busch was able to save enough fuel and held off teammate Truex to finally win in 2020 to break his winless drought.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole. Denny Hamlin won the first stage of the race while Chase Elliott, who led the most laps in the race, won the second stage of the race. Kevin Harvick cut a tire early in the race and had to make an unscheduled green-flag pit stop, causing him to fall two laps down at one point in the race.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Chase Elliott passed Martin Truex Jr. for the lead with 43 laps to go and would go on to win the race to advance to the Championship 4. Coming to the finish, Harvick needed one more point in order to advance to the Championship 4.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
On the last lap, Harvick attempted to pass Kyle Busch to gain that point but both cars wrecked coming to the finish line, and Harvick failed to advance to the Championship 4. Elliott, Joey Logano, Hamlin, and Brad Keselowski advanced to the Championship 4. Harvick, Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, and Kurt Busch were eliminated from the Playoffs.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Chase Elliott was awarded the pole but had to drop to the rear at the beginning of the race after failing pre-race inspection multiple times. Joey Logano won the first stage of the race, while Elliott raced his way up to 3rd by the end of the first stage. Brad Keselowski won the second stage of the race. Elliott led the most laps of the race and would win the race and his first championship. Elliott was followed by fellow Championship 4 competitors Keselowski, Logano, and Denny Hamlin, with Jimmie Johnson rounding off the top 5 in his final race as a full-time Cup Series competitor.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results, owner's points, previous race field inversion or random draw.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
* – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 3 – Stage 3 winner. 1–10 - Regular season top 10 finishers.


2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
. – Eliminated after Round of 16. – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
The 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series was the 26th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the NextEra Energy 250 on February 14. The regular season ended with the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway on September 10. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway on November 6, where Sheldon Creed won the championship over his teammates Zane Smith and Brett Moffitt in a 1-2-3 sweep for GMS Racing in the standings. ThorSport Racing driver Grant Enfinger finished fourth in the standings, the other driver to advance to the Championship 4. Austin Hill won the regular season championship and was the points leader for most of the season, but failed to advance to the Championship 4 and finished 6th in the standings.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Background
2020 marked the twelfth season for Camping World Holdings as the series' sponsor, with it being the second season under the Gander RV & Outdoors brand. In September 2019, Camping World announced a rebranding of Gander Outdoors stores as part of a shift in strategy, resulting in the stores also carrying recreational vehicle sales and service, henceforth the slight name change to reflect corporate changes. On September 15, 2020, it was announced that the series title sponsor would switch back to the Camping World brand beginning in 2021.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Background
The early season was headlined by incentives for any driver to beat Kyle Busch in four of the races he participated in. After Busch won the race at Las Vegas, the first of his five Truck starts in 2020, which was his seventh series start in a row where he won, Kevin Harvick and Gander RV & Outdoors CEO Marcus Lemonis each offered $50,000 for any full-time Cup Series regular if they were to finish higher than Busch in his remaining four starts of the year.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Background
The challenge spurred Cup drivers Chase Elliott and Erik Jones to run Truck races in an attempt to win the $100,000 bounty. Later, Halmar Friesen Racing owner Chris Larsen announced he would offer a different $50,000 bounty to any Truck Series regular who were to finish ahead of Busch in the upcoming races he would be competing in. Elliott would immediately beat Busch and win the bounty at Charlotte, which was the first race it was on the line. He donated half the prize money to Feed the Children, a quarter of it to the American Red Cross, and another quarter of it to Kyle and Samantha Busch's Bundle of Joy Foundation.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Background
When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including many Truck Series drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic
In NASCAR's first races back since the pandemic hit, there would be no practice or qualifying held so that teams would not need to bring additional crew members to the track and would not need to bring backup cars. (Crew members would be in contact with each other when repairing a primary car damaged in practice or qualifying or to prepare a backup car if a team had to utilize it).


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic
In the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and Xfinity Series races that will be held without practice and qualifying, NASCAR announced that the field size temporarily will be expanded to a maximum of 40 vehicles each. The field will be set by a random draw, similar to NASCAR Cup Series.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic
On July 21, NASCAR announced that the remaining national series events on the 2020 schedule will be held without practice and qualifying.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic
On July 29, NASCAR announced further changes to the controlled caution procedure at World Wide Technology Raceway to make the pit stop rules similar to the original Truck Series rules from 1995 to 1998.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule
The schedule for the 2020 season was released on April 3, 2019.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule
Note: On the original schedule, the TTC races were supposed to be Richmond, Dover and Charlotte, but after COVID-19, that was no longer the case. On July 18, 2020, NASCAR announced that the challenge would still be done this season, and would now be at the Daytona Road Course, the rescheduled Dover race (moved from May to August), and Gateway.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule, Broadcasting
In the United States, all races are aired live on TV by NASCAR on Fox on FS1 (except the third Kansas race, which moved to Fox on a schedule change announced on September 28) and on Motor Racing Network on the radio.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule, Schedule changes
As with the Cup and Xfinity Series, NASCAR made numerous changes to the Truck Series schedule for the 2020 season. Of note is the return of the series to Richmond Raceway for the first time since 2005, which comes at the expense of the spring Martinsville date. Martinsville in exchange was given an Xfinity Series race for the first time after a hiatus for 24 of the last 25 years (the exception being a single event in 2006), which will be run in the fall on the same weekend as the Cup and Truck Series races there.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Schedule, Schedule changes
Also, this will be the first season that the season finale will be at Phoenix Raceway while Homestead–Miami Speedway moves to March after Atlanta to become the fourth race of the season. Bristol is now the elimination race for the Round of 10 while the second Las Vegas race is the opener for the Round of 8 and Martinsville, now with only one date on the schedule, will end the Round of 8.


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 10. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 10. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge
The 2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge was the fourteenth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the QwickWick 125 at Sunset Speedway on August 15 and concluded with the Pinty's 125 at Jukasa Motor Speedway on September 28.


2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge
Andrew Ranger entered the season as the defending drivers' champion, however he did not compete in any races. Jason Hathaway was declared the Pinty's FanCave Challenge Championship winner for finishing first in the point standings.


2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge, Schedule
On 5 December 2019, NASCAR announced the 2020 schedule. It included an inaugural race at Ohsweken Speedway, which would have become the first dirt track race in series history. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the series to make considerable schedule and format changes. The season was ultimately contested over three weekends at three different tracks, with each track holding 125 lap doubleheader races.


2020 NASCAR Pinty's FanCave Challenge, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300
The 2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 15, 2020. It was contested over 120 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. It was the first race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson collected his first career Xfinity Series win in a finish under caution.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Report, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Practice, First practice
Noah Gragson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.214 seconds and a speed of 190.621 mph (306.775 km/h).


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Practice, Final practice
Caesar Bacarella was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.311 seconds and a speed of 186.293 mph (299.810 km/h).


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Qualifying
In his first Xfinity Series start, Myatt Snider scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.763 seconds and a speed of 188.430 mph (303.249 km/h). Colin Garrett, Tommy Joe Martins, Ross Chastain, and A. J. Allmendinger did not qualify for the race. Josh Bilicki, J. J. Yeley, and Mike Harmon made the field based on 2019 owner points, while Joe Nemechek made the field as a past champion. After qualifying, it was announced that Chastain would take over for Jeff Green in the No. 38.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Media, Television
The NASCAR Racing Experience 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski called the race from the booth, with Regan Smith and Matt Yocum covering pit road.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody and Jeff Striegle anchored the action from the booth. Mike Bagley called the action from Turns 1 & 2, Kyle Rickey worked the backstretch, and Steve Post called the race through turns 3 & 4. NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley anchored pit road and was joined by Dillon Welch.


2020 NASCAR Racing Experience 300, Standings after the race
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is the twelfth Racecar Euro Series season, and the eighth under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. Loris Hezemans and Lasse Sørensen entered the season as the defending champion in the EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 category respectively, although Sørensen will not defend his title as he moved up to the EuroNASCAR PRO class in 2020. Hendriks Motorsport will enter the season as the defending team's champion.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Alon Day was crowned as the champion after winning 4 races and finishing all 10 races inside the Top-10. Day becomes the second three-time champion of Euro Series, tying Ander Vilariño for the most titles in history. During the course of the season, Day broke Vilariño's record for the most wins in the series when he won his 23rd career victory in the second race at Valencia. Rookie Lasse Sørensen finished second after scoring two race wins on his debut year in the EuroNASCAR PRO division, while defending champion Loris Hezemans finished third having scored two race wins. Gianmarco Ercoli and Stienes Longin were the other two race winners of 2020 after winning a single race at Vallelunga and Rijeka respectively.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
In the EuroNASCAR 2 division, Hendriks Motorsport driver Vittorio Ghirelli won the title after winning 5 races and finished 9 races inside the Top-10. Series debutant and teammate Tobias Dauenhauer finished second after winning 3 races while Alessandro Brigatti finished third after scoring 4 podiums, both drivers also finished 9 races inside the Top-10. Vladimiros Tziortzis, the first Cypriot driver in NASCAR, finished fourth while Julia Landauer finished fifth.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Landauer's podium finish in the third race at Valencia is the first for a female driver in Euro Series since Carole Perrin scored a third-place finish in the first Elite division race at Spa-Francorchamps in 2012. Martin Doubek was the only other race winner of the season, having swept the weekend at Zolder.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Hendriks Motorsport's No. 50 team, driven by Hezemans and Dauenhauer, successfully defended the Teams Championship title after scoring 835 points, finishing 88 points ahead of the sister No. 18 car driven Giorgio Maggi and Ghirelli. PK Carsport's No. 11 team, driven by Longin and Landauer, finished third with 713 points, 122 points behind Hendriks' No. 50 team.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Teams and drivers
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series released a provisional 33-car entry list for the teams participating on 27 March 2020.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Schedule
The provisional calendar for the 2020 season was announced on 22 October 2019. Following changes to the calendar as a result of the season's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all races of the 2020 season will be held on road courses.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings
Points are awarded to drivers and team using the current point system used in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, excluding the Stage and Race Winner bonus points. For the final round at Valencia, double points are awarded. In addition, the driver that gained the most positions in a race will receive bonus championship points.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings, EuroNASCAR PRO
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, Standings, EuroNASCAR 2
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-sixth season of the Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Wade Cole Memorial 133 at Jennerstown Speedway on June 21 and concluded at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 11. Justin Bonsignore won the championship, his second.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Schedule
On November 5, 2019, NASCAR announced the 2020 Whelen Modified Tour schedule. Among the 17 races was an inaugural stop at Iowa Speedway and returns to Jennerstown Speedway Complex and Martinsville Speedway. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Martinsville date was cancelled, and many of the early-season races were postponed. An initial version of a revised schedule had Myrtle Beach Speedway hosting the season-opening race on June 6, but that date was eventually moved to Jennerstown and rescheduled for June 21. Two events at White Mountain Motorsports Park and an event at Monadnock Speedway were also added to the revised schedule. Oswego Speedway announced the cancellation of their September race in August in the face of tight state restrictions on gatherings.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Schedule
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WMT ran on tracks that are not NASCAR-sanctioned such as White Mountain Motorsports Park and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.


2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Schedule
* The Thompson 150 was delayed from September 2 to September 3 due to inclement weather.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 39th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the NASCAR Racing Experience 300 on February 15. The regular season will end with the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway on September 11. The NASCAR playoffs will end with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 at Phoenix Raceway on November 7.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Tyler Reddick won the 2018 and 2019 championship, but did not defend his title as he moved up to the Cup Series in 2020, continuing to drive for Richard Childress Racing.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including many Xfinity Series drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Following the 2020 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 250 at Richmond Raceway, Austin Cindric clinched the Regular Season Championship. He went on to become the 2020 Xfinity Series Champion after winning the season-ending race at Phoenix. In addition, Team Penske claimed its sixth Owners' Championship, Chevrolet won the Manufacturer's Championship, and Harrison Burton took the NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
In NASCAR's first races back since the pandemic hit, there would be no practice or qualifying held so that teams would not need to bring additional crew members to the track and would not need to bring backup cars. (Crew members would be in contact with each other when repairing a primary car damaged in practice or qualifying or to prepare a backup car if a team had to utilize it).


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
In the Xfinity Series and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races that will be held without practice and qualifying, NASCAR announced that the field size temporarily will be expanded to a maximum of 40 vehicles each. The field will be set by a random draw, similar to NASCAR Cup Series.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Rule changes, Changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
On July 21, NASCAR announced that the remaining national series events on the 2020 schedule will be held without practice and qualifying.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Schedule
NASCAR announced the 2020 Xfinity Series schedule on April 3, 2019.


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner1–10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Results and standings, Owners' championship (Top 15)
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2020 NBA All-Star Game
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 16, 2020, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2019–20 season. It was the 69th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis, 157–155. This was the third time that Chicago hosted the All-Star Game. The other two times, in 1973 and 1988, the game was played at Chicago Stadium, the Bulls' previous home arena. The game was televised nationally by TNT for the 18th consecutive year.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Coaches
The two coaches came from the two teams leading their respective conferences as of February 2, 2020, with certain restrictions. Frank Vogel, coach of the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Lakers, qualified as the head coach for Team LeBron on January 23. Nick Nurse, coach of the Toronto Raptors, qualified as the head coach for Team Giannis on January 31. Although the Milwaukee Bucks clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference, their coach, Mike Budenholzer, was ineligible to coach in the All-Star Game as league rules prohibited a coach from coaching in consecutive All-Star Games (he had coached in the 2019 game).


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
As had been the case in previous years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The fans could vote through the NBA website as well as through their Google account. The starters were chosen by the fans, media, and current NBA players. Fans made up 50% of the vote, and NBA players and media each comprised 25% of the vote.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals in each conferences were named the All-Star starters and two players in each conferences with the highest votes were named team captains. NBA head coaches voted for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which could be players from their own team. Each coach selected two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player was to be selected, coaches were encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game starters were announced on January 23, 2020. Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks and Kemba Walker of the Boston Celtics were named the backcourt starters in the East, earning their first and fourth all-star appearances, respectively. Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks were named the frontcourt starters in the East, earning their first and fourth all-star appearances, respectively. Joining in the East frontcourt was Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, his third selection.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks and James Harden of the Houston Rockets were named to the starting backcourt in the West, earning their first and eighth all-star appearances, respectively. In the frontcourt, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers was named to his fourth career all-star game, along with Anthony Davis and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, their seventh and 16th all-star selections, respectively.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The All-Star Game reserves were announced on January 30, 2020. The West reserves included Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets, his ninth selection, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, his first selection, Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans, his first selection, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, his fifth selection, Chris Paul of the Oklahoma City Thunder, his tenth selection, Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets, his second selection, and Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz, his first selection.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
The East reserves included Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, his sixth selection, Khris Middleton of the Milwaukee Bucks, his second selection, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat, his fifth selection, Domantas Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers, his first selection, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, his second selection, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, his first selection, and Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat, his first selection.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Rosters
Damian Lillard was unable to play due to a groin injury. Devin Booker was selected as Damian Lillard's replacement.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
The draft took place on February 6, 2020 on TNT. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were both named captains for the second year in a row, as they both received the most votes from the West and East, respectively. This was the third straight year that James was named an All-Star team captain, while this was Giannis’ second consecutive selection as team captain. The first eight players drafted were starters. The next fourteen players (seven from each conference) were chosen by NBA head coaches.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver selected the replacement for any player unable to participate in the All-Star Game, choosing a player from the same conference as the player who was being replaced. Silver's selection would join the team that drafted the replaced player. If a replaced player was a starter, the head coach of that team would choose a new starter from his cast of players instead.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Draft
James picked Anthony Davis with his first pick, and Antetokounmpo picked Joel Embiid second. Team Giannis was the home team due to the Eastern Conference having home team status for the game.


2020 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Game
It was announced on January 30, 2020 that the game would use a new format. The first three quarters were individually scored as separate games, with the scoreboard resetting after each quarter. The team that won each quarter got $100,000 for their team's charity; if tied, the total was added to the pot for the next quarter.