NASCAR 2020 Race 18: Texas O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

[dara]

O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Sunday, July 19, 2020
(Rescheduled from Sunday, March 29, 2020)
Texas Motor Speedway
3:00pm/et
Laps: 334 - Stages: Stages: 105/210/334
TV: NBCSN - Radio: PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR

Schedule:
Sunday, July 19
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
7:00 AM-1:30 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
12:00 PM-1:30 PM NCS ENGINE PRIME & FINAL ADJUSTMENTS (GARAGE AREA)
1:50 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
2:00 PM (3:00 PM/ET) NCS RACE (STAGES 85/170/334 LAPS = 500.5 MILES)
6:30 PM Approx NCS HAULERS EXIT



Track Specs:
Track Length: 1.5 Mile (334 laps = 501 miles)
Race Length: 500 Miles (1) 500 Miles (2)
Width: 80 feet in turns 1 & 2
Width: 60 feet in turns 3 & 4
Banking in Corners 1 and 2: 20 degrees
Banking Corners 3 and 4: 24 degrees
Banking on Dogleg: 5 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,250 feet
Backstretch: 1,330 feet
Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 112,522 [138,122, 146,000 & 159,000]
First Race: April 6, 1997 - Interstate Batteries 500
Stages: 1 ends lap 85, 2 at lap 170, race finish is lap 334 (OT possible)


Track Records & Stats

October 2019 Race Winner: Kevin Harvick, 133.759 mph, started 1st
April 2019 Race Winner: Denny Hamlin, 153.224 mph, started 6th

Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014

October 2019 Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick, 189.707 mph, finished 1st
April 2019 Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 188.890, finished 5th

Track Qualifying Record: #41-Kurt Busch, 200.951mph, 11/3/2017 (final round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006
Worst Starting Spot to Win: #17-Matt Kenseth, 2002, started 31st

October 2019 Race statistics

Lead changes: 26 among 11 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 11 for 56
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds
Average speed: 133.759 miles per hour (215.264 km/h)

[4me2c]

1) Martin Truex Jr.
2) Kevin Harvick
3) Kyle Busch
4) Jimmie Johnson

[Ryu]

Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

[dara]

Starting Order:

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot *
Kevin Harvick
Ryan Blaney
Denny Hamlin

[crazed 9.6]

Ryan Blaney
Chase Elliott
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch***

[dara]

Projected Green flag 3:17p et

Weather:
Sun 7/19: Cup: 2 PM CDT, NBCSN, Mostly sunny, 98/79 – Max heat index: 105-110°F

[TimeKeeper]

Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch***

[Oakster]

4 Kevin Harvick*
11 Denny Hamlin
18 Kyle Busch
19 Martin Truex Jr.

[crazed 9.6]

Kyle B took the win in Saturday's Xfinity race but was then dis-qualified after post race inspection.
With a smirk, Kyle said that nascar must want him racing in Xfinity longer then he was gonna be
Kyle had earlier in the year said that he would retire from Xfinity once he reached 100 wins.
Saturday's win would have been number 98