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: 40
Laps Scheduled: 311
Margin of Victory: 01.179 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 3 Seconds
Average Speed: 124.359
Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Lead Changes: 15
Green Flag Passes: 1,749 (6.0 passes per green flag lap)
Dover International Speedway
51st Annual Drydene 311 (1)
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 39
Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
Owner: Coy Gibbs
Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
Denny Hamlin won the 51st Annual Drydene 311 (1), his 43rd victory in 531 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his sixth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2020.
This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 30 races at Dover International Speedway.
Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 30 races at Dover International Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2020.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his 20th top-10 finish in 32 races at Dover International Speedway.
Cole Custer (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 100 points over Denny Hamlin.
Dover, Delaware -
August 22, 2020 :
Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Mountain Dew/Team Rubicon Chevrolet, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, lead the field on a pace lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway.
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