Race Lineup
The official 2020 Drydene 311 Race 1 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Dover Motor Speedway.
Drydene 311 Race 1
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, DE
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- Due to no practice and qualifying for the remaining 2020 season, NASCAR uses three weighted and averaged competition-based performance metrics from the most recently completed race to determine the Starting lineup and Pit selection order for each race:
- * Owner points position (weighted at 35%)
- * Finish position (weighted at 50%)
- * Fastest lap rank (weighted at 15%)
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 311
- Margin of Victory: 01.179 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 3 Seconds
- Average Speed: 124.359
- Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
- Lead Changes: 15
- Green Flag Passes: 1,749 (6.0 passes per green flag lap)
- Dover International Speedway
- 51st Annual Drydene 311 (1)
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 39
- Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
- Owner: Coy Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
- Denny Hamlin won the 51st Annual Drydene 311 (1), his 43rd victory in 531 NASCAR Cup Series races.
- This is his sixth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2020.
- This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 30 races at Dover International Speedway.
- Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 30 races at Dover International Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2020.
- Kyle Busch (third) posted his 20th top-10 finish in 32 races at Dover International Speedway.
- Cole Custer (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 100 points over Denny Hamlin.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 35 | 00 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Eagle Rock Wealth | Starcom Racing | George Church |
| 9 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEARWRENCH | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 7 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Wurth | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 32 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dow / Behr Ultra Scuff Defense | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 10 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mobil 1 | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 23 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Guranteed Rate | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 39 | 7 | Garrett Smithley | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Tommy Baldwin |
| 16 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Cat App | Richard Childress Racing | Randall Burnett |
| 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mountain Dew - Team Rubicon | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 17 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield Hometown Original | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Office | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 20 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Advance Auto Parts | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 25 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 4 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Haas Automation | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 30 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Remember Everyone Deployed | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 12 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | SunnyD | Rfk Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 22 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 3 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Sirius XM | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small |
| 13 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | DeWalt Atomic | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 14 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Monster Energy | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 5 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 8 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Axlta | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 34 | 27 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Thriv5 | Rick Ware Racing | Mike Hillman Sr |
| 29 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Drydene | Go Fas Racing | Ryan Sparks |
| 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Digital Ally Shield Cleansers | Front Row Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 27 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Scott Brand | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Trent Owens |
| 31 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ACME | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 21 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | HaasTooling.com / Jacob Constructio… | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Shiplett |
| 26 | 42 | Matt Kenseth | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Clover | Chip Ganassi Racing | Phil Surgen |
| 24 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Door Dash | Richard Petty Motorsports | Jerry Baxter |
| 19 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger / Pringles / Minute / Slim J… | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ally | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 38 | 51 | Joey Gase | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Race 4 Relief / Gift of Life Donor … | Petty Ware Racing | Todd Parrott |
| 37 | 53 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Insurance King / The Wounded Blue | Rick Ware Racing | Jason Houghtaling |
| 33 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Manscaped / SBC Contractors | Motorsports Business Management | Clinton Cram |
| 36 | 77 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Spire Motorsports | Spire Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 40 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Royal Teak Collection | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | Ken Evans |
| 11 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Acronis | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 18 | 95 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Rheem | Leavine Family Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
| 28 | 96 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CommScope | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Dave Winston |