34 for the 2020 season. McDowell started the year off with a 14th-place finish in the 2020 Daytona 500, his fifth consecutive top 15 in the Daytona 500 and his 8th top 15 in his last 9 Daytona races. McDowell would go on to qualify 3rd for the second Charlotte race due to the random draw and McDowell has boomed onto the scene since coming off of NASCAR's break.
For the 2020 season, McDowell began by placing 14th at the Daytona 500 in 2020. This was his fifth consecutive top-15 finish in the Daytona 500 and his eighth top-15 result in his last nine races there. He qualified third for the second Charlotte race due to a random draw, and since returning from NASCAR's break, McDowell has become more prominent.