The 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 was a

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race held on February 29, 2020 at

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. Contested over 150 laps on the asphalt superspeedway, it was the third race of the

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season. Rookie driver

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won his first ever race in the NASCAR Xfinity series.

Report

Background

Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a , low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023. It was also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack was located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track was owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and was the only track owned by ISC to have its naming rights sold. The speedway was served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

First practice

Noah Gragson Noah Quinn Gragson (born July 15, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports. R ...

was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 40.646 seconds and a speed of .

Final practice

was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 41.267 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying

Brandon Jones scored the pole position after a time of 39.948 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results

* Chad Finchum, Bayley Currey, and Josh Bilicki started from the rear due to unapproved adjustments. * Tommy Joe Martins started from the rear due to an engine change.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 35 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 35

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 80

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 8 for 36 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 28 minutes, 15 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

The Production Alliance 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander,

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driver

Joey Logano Joseph Thomas Logano (born May 24, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No.22 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for NASCAR operations of Tea ...

, and

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crew chief

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called the race from the booth, with

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and Regan Smith covering pit road.

Radio

The

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(MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dan Hubbard and Steve Post anchored the action from the booth. Kyle Rickey called the action from Turns 1 & 2 and Alex Hayden called the race through turns 3 & 4. Dillon Welch and Kim Coon provided reports from pit road.

Standings after the race

; Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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