Results
The 2020 Drive For the Cure 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course race.
Drive For the Cure 250
Saturday, October 10th, 2020
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC
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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: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 67
- Laps Actual: 68 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.446 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 43 Minutes 5 Seconds
- Average Speed: 58.041
- Cautions: 10 for 24 laps
- Lead Changes: 14
- Green Flag Passes: 1,308 (29.7 passes per green flag lap)
- Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
- 39th Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
- Age: 38
- Team : No. 16 - Ellsworth Advisors Chevrolet
- Owner: Kaulig Racing
- Crew Chief: Justin Cox
- AJ Allmendinger won the 39th Annual Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, his fifth victory in 27 Xfinity Series races.
- This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2020.
- This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Noah Gragson (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 22nd top-10 finish in 2020.
- Daniel Hemric (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Riley Herbst (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
- This is Kaulig Racing's seventh victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
| FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | STG PTS | PO PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | S1 | S2 | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 45 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 24 | 28 | 13 | Stephen Leicht | Toyota | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 20 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | Running |
| 9 | 14 | 1 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 38 | 19 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 22 | 29 | 4 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 26 | 0 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 28 | 33 | 74 | Gray Gaulding | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Electrical |
| 7 | 38 | 17 | Cody Ware | Ford | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 6 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 46 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Running |
| 37 | 35 | 47 | Kyle Weatherman | Chevrolet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 43 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | Running |
| 30 | 37 | 15 | Jesse Little | Chevrolet | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Engine |
| 13 | 32 | 78 | Josh Bilicki | Toyota | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 35 | 2 | 11 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Accident |
| 31 | 12 | 21 | Kaz Grala | Chevrolet | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Suspension |
| 4 | 16 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 49 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Running |
| 6 | 11 | 22 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 38 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Running |
| 36 | 27 | 61 | Austin Hill | Toyota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
| 26 | 7 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | Accident |
| 10 | 4 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 18 | 8 | 98 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 68 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Running |
| 29 | 36 | 99 | CJ McLaughlin | Chevrolet | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 33 | 9 | 20 | Harrison Burton | Toyota | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transmission |
| 16 | 18 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 31 | 08 | Joe Graf Jr | Chevrolet | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 34 | 15 | 92 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Accident |
| 25 | 23 | 5 | Matt Mills | Toyota | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 21 | 93 | Myatt Snider | Chevrolet | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Chevrolet | 50 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Running |
| 12 | 13 | 18 | Riley Herbst | Toyota | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 27 | 17 | 44 | Tommy Joe Martins | Chevrolet | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 34 | 52 | Kody Vanderwal | Chevrolet | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 24 | 07 | Jade Buford | Chevrolet | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Running |
| 32 | 30 | 90 | Preston Pardus | Chevrolet | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Ignition |
| 17 | 25 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | Chevrolet | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Running |
Race Infractions
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.
| Driver | Infraction | Penalty | Lap | Lap Assessed | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitting before pit road is open Garage | Tail End | 2 | 0 | Yellow | |
| Gray Gaulding | Unspecified Missed backstretch chicane | Tail End | 13 | 18 | Yellow |
| Gray Gaulding | Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area | Tail End | 13 | 18 | Yellow |
| CJ McLaughlin | Driving through more than 3 pit boxes Garage | Tail End | 15 | 0 | Yellow |
| Harrison Burton | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Stop & Go | 19 | 19 | Green |
| Brandon Brown | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Stop & Go | 24 | 24 | Green |
| Kaz Grala | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Stop & Go | 24 | 24 | Green |
| Tommy Joe Martins | Pitting before pit road is open | Tail End | 28 | 33 | Yellow |
| CJ McLaughlin | Pitting before pit road is open | Tail End | 28 | 33 | Yellow |
| Matt Mills | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Pass Thru | 45 | 46 | Green |
| Gray Gaulding | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Pass Thru | 53 | 61 | Green |
| Austin Cindric | Unspecified Missed back chicane | Stop & Go | 56 | 57 | Green |
| Tommy Joe Martins | Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area | Tail End | 60 | 61 | Yellow |
| Justin Allgaier | Unspecified Missed back chicane | Stop & Go | 62 | 63 | Green |
| Stephen Leicht | Unspecified Missed back chicane | Tail End | 64 | 66 | Yellow |
| Matt Mills | Unspecified Missed back chicane | Tail End | 65 | 66 | Yellow |
| Jeremy Clements | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Stop & Go | 67 | 67 | Green |
| Myatt Snider | Unspecified Missed front chicane | Stop & Go | 67 | 67 | Green |