Race Lineup
The official 2020 YellaWood 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Talladega Superspeedway.
YellaWood 500
Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL
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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: 39
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Laps Actual: 200 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.086 Seconds
- Time of Race: 4 Hours 5 Minutes 58 Seconds
- Average Speed: 129.774
- Cautions: 13 for 54 laps
- Lead Changes: 58
- Green Flag Passes: 9,109 (62.4 passes per green flag lap)
- Talladega Superspeedway
- 52nd Annual YellaWood 500
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 39
- Team : No. 11 - FedEx Express Toyota
- Owner: Coy Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
- Denny Hamlin won the 52nd Annual YellaWood 500, his 44th victory in 538 Cup Series races.
- This is his seventh victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2020.
- This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 31 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Erik Jones (second) posted his third top-10 finish in nine races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2020.
- Ty Dillon (third) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Tyler Reddick (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 20 points over Kevin Harvick.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 22 | 95 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Rheem | Leavine Family Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
| 23 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Speedy Cash | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 35 | 77 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Parts Plus | Spire Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 33 | 00 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Permatex | Starcom Racing | George Church |
| 30 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CAT Next Gen Dozers | Richard Childress Racing | Randall Burnett |
| 38 | 53 | James Davison | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | America's Best Value Inn | Rick Ware Racing | Todd Parrott |
| 18 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | HaasTooling.com | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Shiplett |
| 32 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumb… | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 21 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hendrickcars.com | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 27 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Jerry Baxter |
| 31 | 96 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Team USA Toyota Camry | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Dave Winston |
| 25 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Trent Owens |
| 16 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Sport Clips | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | SunnyD | Rfk Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 13 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Tuscany | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | NAPA Auto Parts | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 28 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO For Your RV | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 36 | 51 | Joey Gase | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Jimco Windows / Donate Life | Petty Ware Racing | Jason Houghtaling |
| 29 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Schluter Systems | Go Fas Racing | Ryan Sparks |
| 14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 4 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ChevyGoods / Patriot Foundation | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 37 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | RoofClaims.com | Motorsports Business Management | Clinton Cram |
| 26 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hungry Jack | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 39 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Beard Motorsports / South Point | Beard Motorsports | Darren Shaw |
| 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Guaranteed Rate | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 24 | 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 | Credit One Bank | Chip Ganassi Racing | Phil Surgen |
| 3 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | M&M's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jacob Canter |
| 2 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEARWRENCH | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 5 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Jimmy John's | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ally | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 34 | 27 | Cody Ware | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Thriv5 / Jacob Construction | Rick Ware Racing | Mike Hillman Sr |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 9 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Rush Truck Centers / BlueDEF | Stewart-haas Racing | Greg Zipadelli |
| 7 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Discount Tire | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 11 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield Power Bites | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |