2020 LS Tractor 200

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2020 LS Tractor 200
Race details [1] [2]
Race 4 of 33 in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
2020 LS Tractor 200 logo.jpeg
Date March 7, 2020 (2020-03-07)
Location Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course 1 mi (1.609 km)
Distance 200 laps, 200 mi (320 km)
Pole position
Driver
 Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 26.869
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 78
Winner
No. 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Clint Bowyer, and Joey Logano
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Kurt Becker and Dan Hubbard
Turn Announcers Dillon Welch (1 & 2) and Jeff Striegle (3 & 4)

The 2020 LS Tractor 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on March 7, 2020 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 200 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) asphalt oval, it was the fourth race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Brandon Jones won his first race of the 2020 season, and the first of his career at Phoenix Raceway. [3]

Contents

This was the last race to run before the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report

Background

Phoenix Raceway is a 1.022 mi (1.645 km), low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. [4]

Entry list

No.DriverTeamManufacturer
0 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet
1 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet
02 Brett Moffitt (i) Our Motorsports Chevrolet
4 Jesse Little (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet
5 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet
6 David Starr JD Motorsports Chevrolet
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet
07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet
8 Daniel Hemric JR Motorsports Chevrolet
08 Joe Graf Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet
9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
12 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford
13 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota
15 Colby Howard JD Motorsports Chevrolet
18 Riley Herbst (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Harrison Burton (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Myatt Snider Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford
36 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet
47 Joe Nemechek (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet
52 Kody Vanderwal (R) Means Racing Chevrolet
54 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
61 Timmy Hill (i) Hattori Racing Toyota
66 Stephen Leicht MBM Motorsports Toyota
68 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet
74 Bayley Currey (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
78 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet
89 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Chevrolet
90 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet
92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet
98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
99 J. J. Yeley B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Ross Chastain was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.563 seconds and a speed of 130.610 mph (210.196 km/h).

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
110 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.563130.610
222 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27.694129.992
339 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 27.696129.983
Official first practice results

Final practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.797 seconds and a speed of 129.510 mph (208.426 km/h).

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
154 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.797129.510
27 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.814129.431
322 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27.967128.723
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole position with a time of 26.869 seconds and a speed of 133.983 mph (215.625 km/h).

Qualifying results

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerTime
154 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.869
222 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 26.933
320 Harrison Burton (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.967
412 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 26.991
510 Ross Chastain Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 26.995
67 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 26.997
79 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.000
819 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.011
998 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 27.143
1039 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 27.143
1118 Riley Herbst (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.197
128 Daniel Hemric JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.207
1368 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 27.310
1411 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.311
1521 Myatt Snider Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.383
1689 Landon Cassill Shepherd Racing Chevrolet 27.394
1702 Brett Moffitt (i) Our Motorsports Chevrolet 27.409
1851 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 27.411
1908 Joe Graf Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 27.510
2090 Dillon Bassett DGM Racing Chevrolet 27.524
210 B. J. McLeod JD Motorsports Chevrolet 27.535
2236 Alex Labbé DGM Racing Chevrolet 27.536
2307 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 27.546
2492 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 27.594
2566 Stephen Leicht MBM Motorsports Toyota 27.654
261 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 27.671
2747 Joe Nemechek (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 27.676
2844 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 27.692
2993 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 27.717
3061 Timmy Hill (i) Hattori Racing Toyota 27.723
3113 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Toyota 27.806
326 David Starr JD Motorsports Chevrolet 27.902
334 Jesse Little (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 27.939
3415 Colby Howard JD Motorsports Chevrolet 27.992
3578 Vinnie Miller B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 28.516
3652 Kody Vanderwal Means Racing Chevrolet 28.710
Did not qualify
3799 J. J. Yeley B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 27.815
385 Matt Mills B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 27.849
3974 Bayley Currey (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 28.149
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One

Laps: 45

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
210Ross ChastainKaulig RacingChevrolet9
398Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord8
454Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
522Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord6
69Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet5
712Brad Keselowski (i)Team PenskeFord0
811Justin HaleyKaulig RacingChevrolet3
920Harrison Burton (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1019Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1

Stage Two

Laps: 45

PosNoDriverTeamManufacturerPoints
19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
210Ross ChastainKaulig RacingChevrolet9
398Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord8
454Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
57Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
639Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet5
719Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4
820Harrison Burton (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota3
922Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord2
1068Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 110

PosGridNoDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPointsStatus
1819Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20045Running
2320Harrison Burton (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20040Running
3154Kyle Busch (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2000Running
4412Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord2000Running
51411Justin HaleyKaulig RacingChevrolet20035Running
6998Chase BriscoeStewart-Haas RacingFord20047Running
779Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet20045Running
8222Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord20037Running
9510Ross ChastainKaulig RacingChevrolet20046Running
101118Riley Herbst (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20027Running
111039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet20031Running
121368Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet20026Running
1367Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20040Running
141521Myatt SniderRichard Childress RacingChevrolet20023Running
152993Jeff GreenRSS RacingChevrolet20022Running
162492Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet20021Running
17261Michael AnnettJR MotorsportsChevrolet20020Running
182090Dillon BassettDGM RacingChevrolet19919Running
191702Brett Moffitt (i)Our MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running
20210B. J. McLeodJD MotorsportsChevrolet19917Running
21334Jesse Little (R)JD MotorsportsChevrolet19916Running
222236Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet19915Running
233061Timmy Hill (i)Hattori RacingToyota1980Running
243113Chad FinchumMBM MotorsportsToyota19613Running
252307Ray Black Jr.SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet19612Running
26326David StarrJD MotorsportsChevrolet19611Running
273578Vinnie MillerB. J. McLeod MotorsportsChevrolet19610Running
282844Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1949Running
293652Kody Vanderwal (R)Means RacingChevrolet1778Running
30128Daniel HemricJR MotorsportsChevrolet1427DVP
311908Joe Graf Jr. (R)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1426Accident
322747Joe Nemechek (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet1270Accident
332566Stephen LeichtMBM MotorsportsToyota1014Clutch
343415Colby HowardJD MotorsportsChevrolet813Accident
351689Landon CassillShepherd RacingChevrolet632Vibration
361851Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet581Engine
Official race results

Race statistics

Media

Television

The LS Tractor 200 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Team Penske driver Joey Logano called the race from the booth, with Jamie Little and Vince Welch covering pit road. [5]

FS1
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander

Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer

Color-commentator: Joey Logano

Jamie Little

Vince Welch

Radio

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Kurt Becker and Dan Hubbard anchored the action from the booth. Dillon Welch called the action from Turns 1 & 2 and Jeff Striegle called the race through turns 3 & 4. Steve Post and Kim Coon provided reports from pit road. [6]

MRN Radio
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Kurt Becker

Announcer: Dan Hubbard

Turns 1 & 2: Dillon Welch

Turns 3 & 4: Jeff Striegle

Steve Post

Kim Coon

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Harrison Burton (R)176
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Chase Briscoe 173 (-3)
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Austin Cindric 155 (-21)
1uparrow green.svg 24 Brandon Jones 148 (-28)
1uparrow green.svg 25 Ross Chastain 146 (-30)
1uparrow green.svg 36 Noah Gragson 143 (-33)
1downarrow red.svg 37 Ryan Sieg 143 (-33)
1downarrow red.svg 38 Justin Haley 140 (-36)
1uparrow green.svg 19 Justin Allgaier 138 (-38)
1downarrow red.svg 210 Michael Annett 119 (-57)
1rightarrow blue.svg 11 Riley Herbst (R)109 (-67)
1uparrow green.svg 112 Brandon Brown 91 (-85)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

  1. ↑ "Entry List" (PDF). jayski.com. March 6, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Race Results" (PDF). jayski.com. March 7, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Jones takes Phoenix Xfinity win in JGR 1-2-3". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ "7 fast facts about Phoenix International Raceway | Phoenix.org". phoenix.org. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "FOX Sports Bolsters Stellar NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Driver Analyst Roster with Addition of Stewart and Busch Brothers". Fox Sports PressPass. February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Phoenix Raceway Weekend Preview - FanShield 500 | MRN". MRN - Motor Racing Network. March 5, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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