2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500

2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 11 of 36 in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 program cover.
Date	June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)
Location	Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.5 km)
Average speed	77.378 miles per hour (124.528 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Grid positions set by ballot
Most laps led
Driver	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Laps	234
Winner
No. 19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon
Nielsen Ratings	1.711 million[7]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Dave Moody, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dillon Welch (Backstretch)

The 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on May 9, 2020, and was rescheduled to June 10, 2020, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526 mi (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 11th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report[]

Background[]

Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the race will be held behind closed doors with no fans in attendance with only essential staff present, guidelines for social distancing and use of the protective equipment equipped by team staff, and logging to help with the contact tracing efforts.

Entry list[]

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

Qualifying[]

Ryan Blaney was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Starting Lineup[]

Race[]

Stage Results[]

Stage One Laps: 130

Stage Two Laps: 130

Final Stage Results[]

Stage Three Laps: 240

Race statistics[]

• Lead changes: 14 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 52
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 23 minutes and 56 seconds
• Average speed: 77.378 miles per hour (124.528 km/h)

Media[]

Television[]

Fox Sports covered their 20th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy and nine-time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon will cover the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Regan Smith handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio[]

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Dave Moody and seven-time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth as the cars raced down the frontstretch. Dillon Welch called the race from atop the turn 3 stands as the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kevin Harvick 452 2 Joey Logano 424 (–28) 3 Chase Elliott 405 (–47) 1 4 Martin Truex Jr. 381 (–71) 1 5 Brad Keselowski 380 (–72) 1 6 Ryan Blaney 361 (–91) 1 7 Alex Bowman 352 (–100) 2 8 Denny Hamlin 335 (–117) 9 Kyle Busch 326 (–126) 10 Kurt Busch 318 (–134) 2 11 Jimmie Johnson 301 (–151) 12 Clint Bowyer 288 (–164) 2 13 Matt DiBenedetto 278 (–174) 3 14 Aric Almirola 264 (–188) 1 15 Erik Jones 257 (–195) 1 16 William Byron 254 (–198) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 410 1 2 Toyota 379 (–31) 1 3 Chevrolet 373 (–37) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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