NASCAR 2020 Race 29 (Playoff #3): Bristol Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race SATURDAY
Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Saturday, September 19, 2020 - Bristol Motor Speedway
7:30pm/et
Laps: 500 - Stages: Stages: 125/250/500
TV: NBCSN - Radio: PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR
Race #3 of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Saturday, September 19
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
10:30 AM-12:30 PM NCS HAULERS ENTER (SCREENING & EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)
12:30 PM-6:30 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
12:30 PM NCS GARAGE OPEN
7:20 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
7:30 PM NCS RACE (STAGES 125/250/500 LAPS = 266.5 MILES )
11:00 PM Approx NCS HAULERS EXIT
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Track Specifications:
0.533-mile concrete oval
Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees
Straightaways: 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide.
Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
Seating capacity: 153,000 [was 158,000 and 160,000]
2020 May Race Winner: Brad Keselowski, 80.338 mph, Started 1st
Track Race Record 1st Race: Cale Yarborough, Apr 1977, 100.989
Track Race Record 2nd Race: Charlie Glotzbach, July 1971, 101.074
Slowest Race Record: Ned Jarrett, July 1965, 61.826mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt, 48 years, 3 months, 30 days, 8/28/1999
Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 21 years, 10 months, 23 days, 3/25/2007
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Elliott Sadler, March 2001, started 38th
Track Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, August 19, 2016, 131.4668 (1st round)
Oldest Pole Winner: Harry Gant, 54 years, 7 months, 17 days, 8/27/1994
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 19 years, 9 months, 23 days, 3/19/2010
Most Wins - All Time: Darrell Waltrip, 12
Most Wins - Active Driver: Kyle Busch, 6; Kurt Busch, 5; Matt Kenseth, 4
Most Poles - All Time: Cale Yarborough, Mark Martin - 9
Most Poles - Active Driver: Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, 3
Most Top 5s: 26 - Richard Petty
Most Top 5s - Active: 15 - Matt Kenseth
Most Top 10s: 37 - Richard Petty
Most Top 10s - Active: 22 - Matt Kenseth
May 2020 Race Statistics:
Lead changes: 21 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 17 for 102
Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 35 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 19 minutes and 2 seconds
Average speed: 80.338 miles per hour (129.291 km/h)
