2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

NASCAR Cup Series raceTemplate:SHORTDESC:NASCAR Cup Series race

The **2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500** was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020 and was rescheduled to July 19, 2020, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it is the 18th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Austin Dillon won, bringing Richard Childress Racing their first 1-2 finish since the 2011 Good Sam Club 500.

## Report

### Background

**Texas Motor Speedway** is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

#### Entry list

* **(R)** denotes rookie driver.
* **(i)** denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

## Qualifying

Aric Almirola was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

### Starting Lineup

* Team Keller Racing did not have a driver announced when they entered for the race and they could not race since 41 cars entered for 40 spots, so their entry was excluded due to lack of owners points and their driver was not announced.

## Race

### Stage Results

**Stage One**
*Laps:* 105

**Stage Two**
*Laps:* 105

### Final Stage Results

**Stage Three**
*Laps:* 124

### Race statistics

* Lead changes: 29 among 12 different drivers
* Cautions/Laps: 10 for 45
* Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 29 seconds
* Time of race: 3 hours, 38 minutes and 57 seconds
* Average speed: 137.292 miles per hour (220.950 km/h)

## Media

### Television

NBC Sports will broadcast the race on NBCSN. Rick Allen, Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will cover the action from the booth at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the race. Dave Burns and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties on site. Rutledge Wood handled the features during the race.

### Radio

The race will be broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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