Race Lineup

The official 2020 South Point 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

South Point 400

Sunday, September 27th, 2020

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

  • 16 Ford
  • 8 Toyota
  • 15 Chevrolet

  • 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: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Laps Actual: 268 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.148 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 32 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 131.420
  • Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
  • Lead Changes: 20
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,519 (15.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • 3rd Annual South Point 400
  • Race Winner: Kurt Busch
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 1 - Monster Energy Chevrolet
  • Owner: Chip Ganassi
  • Crew Chief: Matt McCall
  • Kurt Busch won the 3rd Annual South Point 400, his 32nd victory in 715 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2020.
  • This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 23 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Matt DiBenedetto (second) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2020.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 19 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Cole Custer (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 3 points over Denny Hamlin.
Kevin Harvick leads the field
Las Vegas, Nevada - September 27, 2020 : Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Ford, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Toyota, lead the field to pace lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
26 95 Christopher Bell Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Rheem / Watts Leavine Family Racing Jason Ratcliff
25 38 John Hunter Nemechek Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Speedy Cash Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
32 00 Quin Houff Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Victory Weekend Starcom Racing George Church
14 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 CAT Mining Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
38 53 Josh Bilicki Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dollar Loan Center Rick Ware Racing Todd Parrott
39 49 Chad Finchum Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 LASVEGAS.NET Motorsports Business Management Ryan Bell
22 41 Cole Custer Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 HaasTooling.com Stewart-haas Racing Mike Shiplett
35 15 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumb… Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
28 24 William Byron Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
23 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Door Dash Richard Petty Motorsports Jerry Baxter
29 96 Daniel Suarez Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Team USA Gaunt Brothers Racing Dave Winston
30 27 Gray Gaulding Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Panini America Rick Ware Racing Mark Hillman
21 37 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Slim Jim Jtg Daugherty Racing Trent Owens
13 20 Erik Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Today's The Day Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
16 17 Chris Buescher Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 SunnyD Rfk Racing Luke Lambert
19 21 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Duracell Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
3 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Unifirst Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
24 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 GEICO Military Germain Racing Matt Borland
34 51 Joey Gase Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Nevada Donate Life Petty Ware Racing Jason Houghtaling
31 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Trump 2020 Go Fas Racing Ryan Sparks
15 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Team Penske Todd Gordon
8 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LLUMAR Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
36 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 CrashClaimsR.US Motorsports Business Management Clinton Cram
33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Kroger Jtg Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
7 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 DOWFROST Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
27 6 Ryan Newman Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Guaranteed Rate Rfk Racing Scott Graves
17 34 Michael McDowell Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Loveĵs Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
20 42 Matt Kenseth Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 McDonald's Chip Ganassi Racing Phil Surgen
11 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
9 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
1 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
5 22 Joey Logano Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
18 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Ally inspired by Danny Koker Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
37 77 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BetterForYourHealth Spire Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
6 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 One Cure Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Autotrader Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
4 10 Aric Almirola Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 HighPoint.com Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz