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2020 Supermarket Heroes 500

Race details
Race 9 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 program cover
Date	May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31)
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance	500 laps, 266.5 mi (429 km)
Average speed	80.338 miles per hour (129.291 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske
Grid positions set by ballot
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	131
Winner
No. 2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Nielsen Ratings	2.932 million
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (Backstretch)

The 2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on April 5, 2020 and was rescheduled to May 31, 2020, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the ninth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was won by Brad Keselowski after Joey Logano and Chase Elliott wrecked as Elliott got loose and hit Logano coming off turn 4 with 3 laps to go.

Report

Background

Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was moved from its original April 5 date to May 31. Sponsor K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. also rebranded the event to the "Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500" to honor grocery store workers during the pandemic. The event was held behind closed doors with ticketholders later given the option of exchanging the tickets for later events, including the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race that is to be held at Bristol at 20% capacity.

Entry list

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

Qualifying

Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Starting Lineup

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 125

Stage Two Laps: 125

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 250

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 21 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 17 for 102
• Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 35 seconds
• Time of race: 3 hours, 19 minutes and 2 seconds
• Average speed: 80.338 miles per hour (129.291 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 20th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy and five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race which will was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini covered the action on pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kevin Harvick 370 2 Joey Logano 346 (–24) 3 Chase Elliott 325 (–45) 1 4 Brad Keselowski 315 (–55) 1 5 Alex Bowman 289 (–81) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 280 (–90) 1 7 Denny Hamlin 276 (–94) 2 8 Ryan Blaney 274 (–96) 3 9 Kyle Busch 256 (–114) 10 Kurt Busch 253 (–117) 2 11 Aric Almirola 240 (–130) 2 12 Clint Bowyer 232 (–138) 2 13 Matt DiBenedetto 230 (–140) 1 14 Erik Jones 228 (–142) 1 15 Jimmie Johnson 223 (–147) 1 16 Austin Dillon 221 (–149) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 335 2 Chevrolet 310 (–25) 3 Toyota 304 (–31) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

1. "2020 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. January 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
2. "Bristol Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
3. "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
4. "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
5. "Supermarket Heroes 500 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
6. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
7. "Supermarket Heroes 500 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
8. "Sunday's BMS NASCAR Cup Series race named Food City presents Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor grocery store front-line workers". Bristol Motor Speedway. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

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