Race Lineup
The official 2020 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.
Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500
Sunday, October 25th, 2020
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
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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: 334
- Margin of Victory: 0.468 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 42 Minutes 14 Seconds
- Average Speed: 135.263
- Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
- Lead Changes: 23
- Green Flag Passes: 3,206 (11.2 passes per green flag lap)
- Texas Motor Speedway
- 16th Annual Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500
- Race Winner: Kyle Busch
- Age: 35
- Team : No. 18 - Skittles Zombie Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
- Kyle Busch won the 16th Annual Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500, his 57th victory in 569 Cup Series races.
- This is his first victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2020.
- This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 31 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 32 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 22nd top-10 finish in 2020.
- Christopher Bell (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
- Christopher Bell (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 15 points over Denny Hamlin.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hunt Brothers Pizza | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 2 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | AAA Insurance | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Discount Tire | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hooters Give a Hoot | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 5 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Acronis | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 6 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Office | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 8 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Monster Energy | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Skittles Zombie | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 10 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | DEX Imaging | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 11 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Liberty University | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dow Sullair | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 14 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Richmond | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 15 | 95 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
| 16 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Autodesk / HaasTooling.com | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Shiplett |
| 17 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Sport Clips | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 18 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Door Dash | Richard Petty Motorsports | Jerry Baxter |
| 19 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Clark Pipeline Services | Richard Childress Racing | Randall Burnett |
| 20 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fastenal | Rfk Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 21 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Rush Truck Centers / Cummins | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 22 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 23 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Loveĵs Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 24 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ROMCO | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 25 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Guaranteed Rate | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 26 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ally designed by Noah Sweet | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 27 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 28 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Schluter Systems | Go Fas Racing | Ryan Sparks |
| 29 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Scott Brand | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Trent Owens |
| 30 | 96 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | The NASCAR Foundation | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Dave Winston |
| 31 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Thriv5 | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 32 | 42 | Matt Kenseth | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | McDonald's | Chip Ganassi Racing | Phil Surgen |
| 33 | 27 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fat Boy Ice Cream | Rick Ware Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 34 | 00 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Good Greek Movers | Starcom Racing | George Church |
| 35 | 77 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Marwin Sports | Spire Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 36 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | RoofClaim.com | Motorsports Business Management | Clinton Cram |
| 37 | 7 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Junction Fuels | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Tommy Baldwin |
| 38 | 53 | Garrett Smithley | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Victory Lane Quick Oil Change / Ken… | Rick Ware Racing | Todd Parrott |
| 39 | 51 | Joey Gase | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Donate Life Texas | Petty Ware Racing | Jason Houghtaling |
| 40 | 49 | Chad Finchum | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | LASVEGAS.net | Motorsports Business Management | Ryan Bell |