NASCAR 2020 Race 36 (CHAMPIONSHIP): Phoenix 500

[dara]

"Season Finale" 500

Sunday, November 8, 2020 - Phoenix Raceway
3:00pm/et
Laps: 312 - Stages: Stages: 75/190/312
TV: NBC - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR

Race #10 of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs - The Championship Race

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Phoenix-international-raceway-2011.svg/200px-Phoenix-international-raceway-2011.svg.png


Track Specs:
Degree of Banking: Turns 1-2: 11 degrees; Turns 3-4: 9 degrees
Frontstretch: Length: 1,179 feet, Banking: None
Backstretch: Length: 1,551 feet, Banking: None
Pit Road: Length: 1,140
Grandstand seating: 51,000 [was 55,000, 67,000 and 76,812]

Pit Stalls:
Length: 30 feet
Width: 17 feet

Track Records & Stats

March 2020 Winner: Joey Logano, 94.407 mph started 13th

March 2020 Pole Winner: Chase Elliott, 138.116 mph, finished 7th

Race Record: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 118.132mph
Slowest Race Record: Al Kulwicki, 1988, 90.457mph
Track Qualifying Record: Jimmie Johnson, 11/15/2015, 143.158mph
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 54 years, 1 month, 23 days, 3/1/2013
Youngest Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 11 months, 20 days, 4/22/2006

Race statistics (March 2020)

Lead changes: 20 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 12 for 73
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds
Average speed: 94.407 miles per hour (151.933 km/h)

[dara]

Note, the Championship Drivers will receive no Stage Points for places in the top ten in each stage., however if you do pick one as a favorite, you will receive pool bonus points as normal... 10pts for a stage, 50 pts for the race win.

Also, if Hamlin wins the championship, minitor will get 50 bonus points from the playoff contest, or if Elliott wins the championship, orziz will get 150 bonus points.

[4me2c]

1) Kevin Harvick
2) Martin Truex Jr.
3) Kyle Busch
4) Denny Hamlin

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot ******
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin

[dara]

Starting Order:

https://i.imgur.com/RgRMtz7.png

[TimeKeeper]

Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Brad Keselowshi****
Joey Logano

[crazed 9.6]

Chase Elliott***
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Erik Jones

[dara]

Kevin Harvick***
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott
Jimmie Johnson

[dara]

Jayski.com @jayski · 2h

The 2020 NASCAR season wraps up today!
Season Finale 500 at @phoenixraceway

Green flag: 3:14pm/et
TV: NBC (network coverage starts at 2:00pm/et)
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
Competition Caution: Lap 30
Stages 75 - 190 - 312

[crazed 9.6]

I see you place Jimmie in your pics dara.
Thats cool :)

This will be JJ's last race in a NASCAR Cup car.

It's been a great ride with Jimmie thru the years.
Seven time CUP Champ !

Jimmie was noticed by Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon, who convinced owner Rick Hendrick to sign Johnson in the Winston Cup Series full-time for 2002, with Gordon as a part-owner of his car.
After finishing fifth in the points in his first full season, he was second in 2003 and 2004, and fifth in 2005.
Johnson won his first Cup Series championship in 2006 and with further wins in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
He became the first and only driver in NASCAR history to win five consecutive championships! .... something that the King himself Richard Petty could not do :)

Them Cup Championships were not Jimmie's first.
Jimmie won his first Championship at the age of 7 years old !
It was in the 60cc class motorcycle races.

Seven time Cup Champion ties him with Earnhardt Sr and Petty, both with 7 championships as well.

It's been a heck of a ride Jimmie !!

[Oakster]

2 Brad Kesehorski
4 Kevin Harvick*
9 Chase Elliott
22 Joey Lowgono

[dara]

Today's race details:
Green Flag: 3:14pm/et
NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
312 laps / 312 miles
Stages: 75 – 190 – 312
Competition caution: Lap 30
Average time of race: 2:59
Fuel window: 81 laps
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph

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crazed, if I could add on Clint Bowyer, I would have too.

[crazed 9.6]

Yea, Bowyer too. I will miss seeing him in a Cup car.


Here is something kinda cool about today's race...
In 1988 Chase's Dad Bill Elliott won the Cup Series Championship.
In that same year the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers and the NBA team Los Angeles Lakers also won their respective Championships.

Do we know who won the MLB and NBA this year ? :eek:

Go Go Chase !!

[dara]

Elliott car failed inspection x2, but passed. Will start from the back.

[superbox]

Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin*
Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott

This is it guys and gals, good luck to everyone!;)

[4me2c]

Ditto...!!!

[minitor]

Kevin Harvick
Brad Keselowski*
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott

The championship race is here, good luck everyone.

[bigstar]

Chase Elliott *
Brad Keselowski
Denny Hamlin
Joey Logano

Season finale guys! Enjoy the race and good luck to everybody.

[dara]

Green flag! multi quote still not working.

1/2 of 1st stage is lap 38.

Entries at green flag:
https://i.imgur.com/3GQo4SK.png

Favorites by driver:
Elliott: bigstar, orziz, crazed
Hamlin: superbox
Harvick: dara, 4me2c, Oakster
Keselowsi: minitor

Other Drivers: Kyle Busch, Johnson, Jones, Logano (wow...), Truex

[dara]

Passed lap 38, missing entries will be scored 10 pts less than lowest. Glad to see Ryu and Marley online this week though.

[dara]

Joey Logano wins stage 1, no bonus points awarded.

[crazed 9.6]

Nascar's Youtube channel has Joey Logano in-car today


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZG_5quKz8

[dara]

Brad Keselowski wins stage 2, 10 bonus points to minitor and TimeKeeper

[dara]

Elliott looks like he has this one in the bag, unless there is a caution with 14 to go.

[crazed 9.6]

Chase has been driving away with this one !!

[dara]

Congratulations to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Champion, Chase Elliott!. 50 bonus points for bigstar and crazed, and a total of 200 bonus point to orziz, who picked Chase for the Championship.

[Orziz]

As Rick Flair would say “ WOOOOOOO!!!!!”

[4me2c]

Congrats to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Champion, Chase Elliott...!!! He Deserved That One...!!!

[crazed 9.6]

Fantastic !!

:)

[dara]

High Score for the Race was bigstar with 159. orziz had 157 with out the champion pick.

https://i.imgur.com/j1l8IX4.png

[4me2c]

Congratz Bigstar on the Pool Win...!!!

[dara]

Final Podium... Congrats to bigstar for winning the overall IPTVtalk NASCAR pool.

bigstar 4869
dara 4685
orziz 4606

See rules thread for the complete standings

[bigstar]

Congrats to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Champion, Chase Elliott...!!! He Deserved That One...!!!
That was an amazing race. Chase Elliott did deserve that win indeed. Congrats to the yongest champ ever and he still got his whole life to. Go Go Chase!

[bigstar]

Congratz Bigstar on the Pool Win...!!!
Thanks bud I really enjoyed that race.

[crazed 9.6]

Orziz had his guy all year long :)

Congrads Bigstar, our iptvtalk Cup Champion !!

[bigstar]

Final Podium... Congrats to bigstar for winning the overall IPTVtalk NASCAR pool.

bigstar 4869
dara 4685
orziz 4606

See rules thread for the complete standings
Thanks dara for keeping score and for organizing the Nascar pool. Also thanks to crazed for all the fun he provides to all of us and thanks to all participants. Iptvtalk rocks!!! Hope to see everyone again next season.

[bigstar]

Also congrats to Ortiz.

[crazed 9.6]

Hope to see everyone again next season.

I have changed your ID description tag, just a little bit :)

Nascar 2020 Pool Champion !!

[bigstar]

I have changed your ID description tag, just a little bit :)

Nascar 2020 Pool Champion !!

Thanks crazed you're the best!

[superbox]

Congrats bigstar you got the top 4 drivers............. that's great.

[bigstar]

Congrats bigstar you got the top 4 drivers............. that's great.

Thanks superbox you're right I just realized that. LOL!

[crazed 9.6]

I will be posting some news about diecast wins soon guys. I have a couple to get out already and will get that done first (dara and oak's cars).
The podium winners will also get a diecast. But things will be slow in getting them all delivered.


After Dara announces the final podium winners, I will get some info to you guys concerning the diecast wins.

[minitor]

Congrats to Orziz for the win today and big congrats to bigstar for becoming the iptvtalk cup champion. You did a great job this year, promise to get you next year LOL!

[bigstar]

Congrats to Orziz for the win today and big congrats to bigstar for becoming the iptvtalk cup champion. You did a great job this year, promise to get you next year LOL!

LOL! Thanks minitor will be waiting for you. ..

[Orziz]

Also congrats to Ortiz.
The congratulations are all yours :)

[Oakster]

Congrats to bigstar! Thanks to Dara for the pool and crazed for the prizes! Will see if I can give a full run at this next year.