The 2020 Alsco Uniforms 500 was a

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scheduled to be held on May 27, 2020, but run on May 28, 2020 due to Tropical Depression Bertha at

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, replacing

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event. Contested over 208 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the eighth race of the

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season. The first two stages were 60 laps each, and the final was 88.

Report

Background

The race was held at

, which is located in

. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track that will be utilized for the race, as well as a

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and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the

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. The track is owned and operated by

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Inc. (SMI) with

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serving as track president.

Entry list

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

Qualifying

William Byron was awarded the pole for the race as determined by the top 20 from Sunday's finishing order inverted.

Starting Lineup

Race

Chase Elliott Driver Introductions Sonoma 2019

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 55 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 60

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 93

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 15 among 8 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 37 * Red flags: 1 for 1 hour, 14 minutes and 2 seconds * Time of race: 2 hours, 29 minutes and 23 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

The Alsco Uniforms 500 was carried by

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in the United States.

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and five-time Charlotte winner

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covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Vince Welch handled the pit road duties.

Larry McReynolds Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a current NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a mi ...

provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the

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(PRN), and was simulcasted on

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NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright reported the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and

Wendy Venturini Wendy Venturini (born January 30, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American reporter for the Performance Racing Network (PRN). She works as broadcaster for NASCAR Cup Series races and sometimes as a pit reporter for races on PRN. She had been a ...

were the pit reporters during the broadcast.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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