Practice #3 : Daytona International Speedway
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach, FL
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- Drivers Entered: 43 (3 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Laps Actual: 209 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.014 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 42 Minutes 10 Seconds
- Average Speed: 141.110
- Cautions: 9 for 39 laps
- Lead Changes: 23
- Green Flag Passes: 6,720 (39.5 passes per green flag lap)
- Daytona International Speedway
- 62nd Annual DAYTONA 500
- Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
- Age: 39
- Team : No. 11 - FedEx Express Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
- Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
- Denny Hamlin won the 62nd Annual DAYTONA 500, his 38th victory in 508 NASCAR Cup Series races.
- This is his third DAYTONA 500 victory and 10th top-10 finish in 30 races at Daytona International Speedway - he is now tied with Bobby Allison, Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon for third-most DAYTONA 500 wins all-time.
- Ryan Blaney (second) posted his third top-10 finish in 11 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2020.
- Chris Buescher (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in ten races at Daytona International Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
- A driver has won back-to-back Daytona 500s four times - Richard Petty (1973-74), Cale Yarborough (1983-84), Sterling Marlin (1994-95), Denny Hamlin (2019-20).
