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: 39
Laps Scheduled: 367
Margin of Victory: 0.343 Seconds
Time of Race: 3 Hours 47 Minutes 26 Seconds
Average Speed: 132.256
Cautions: 7 for 34 laps
Lead Changes: 18
Green Flag Passes: 2,904 (8.7 passes per green flag lap)
Darlington Raceway
71st Annual Cook Out Southern 500
Race Winner: Kevin Harvick
Age: 44
Team : No. 4 - Busch Beer Throwback Ford
Owner: Tony Stewart
Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
Kevin Harvick won the 71st Annual Cook Out Southern 500, his 57th victory in 710 Cup Series races.
This is his eighth victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 2020.
This is his third victory and 15th top-10 finish in 27 races at Darlington Raceway.
Austin Dillon (second) posted his third top-10 finish in ten races at Darlington Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2020.
Joey Logano (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway.
Cole Custer (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 19 points over Denny Hamlin.
Darlington, South Carolina -
September 6, 2020 :
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Ally Throwback Chevrolet, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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