2020 Season Finale 500

2020 Season Finale 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 36 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
2020 Season Finale 500 program cover
2020 Season Finale 500 program cover
Date November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)
Location Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (499.2 km)
Average speed 112.096 miles per hour (180.401 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 154
Winner
No. 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2020 Season Finale 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 8, 2020 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Chase Elliott won the race, claiming his first Cup Series championship.

The Season Finale 500 was the final start for seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, and for 2012 Cup runner-up Clint Bowyer, and 2003 Winston Cup champion Matt Kenseth as full-time Cup Series drivers.

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  4. ^ "Starting Lineup". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Season Finale 500 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.