The 2020 Boyd Gaming 300 was a

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race held between February 22, 2020 and February 23, 2020 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in

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. It was contested over 200 laps on the asphalt intermediate speedway. It was the second race of the

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season. Stewart-Haas Racing's

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took home his first victory of the season. The race began on February 22, but was suspended due to rain after the end of stage 1. It was resumed at 7:50 ET on February 23 after the conclusion of the Cup Series race.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the

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city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the

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, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by

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, which is headquartered in

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Entry list

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

Practice

Final Practice

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was the fastest in the only practice session with a time of 30.529 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Myatt Snider was awarded the pole by virtue of the final 2019 owner points standings.

Starting Lineup

* Polesitter Myatt Snider started from the rear after going to a backup car. * Joe Nemechek started from the rear after missing driver intros.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 45 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 45

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 123

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 17 among 7 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 28 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

The Boyd Gaming 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States on Saturday (Feb. 22), and resumed on FS2 on Sunday (Feb. 23). Adam Alexander,

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Driver

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, and

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called the race from the booth, with

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and

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covering pit road.

Radio

The

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(PRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on

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Standings after the race

; Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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