2020 Boyd Gaming 300

2020 Boyd Gaming 300

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 2 of 33 in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
Date	February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22)-February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada
Course	1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300 mi (482.8 km)
Pole position
Driver	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing
Time	N/A
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	89
Winner
No. 98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1/FS2
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Austin Dillon, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN

The 2020 Boyd Gaming 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held between February 22, 2020, and February 23, 2020, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, NV. It was contested over 200 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway. It was the second race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe took home his first victory of the season.^[7]

The race began on February 22, but was suspended due to rain after the end of stage 1. It was resumed at 7:50 ET on February 23 after the conclusion of the Cup Series race.^[8]

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.^{[citation needed]}

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

Ross Chastain was the fastest in the only practice session with a time of 30.529 seconds and a speed of 176.881 mph (284.662 km/h).^[9]

Qualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Myatt Snider was awarded the pole by virtue of the final 2019 owner points standings.^[10]

• Polesitter Myatt Snider started from the rear after going to a backup car.
• Joe Nemechek started from the rear after missing driver intros.

Stage One

Laps: 45

Stage Two

Laps: 45

Laps: 123

• Lead changes: 17 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 28
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds
• Average speed: 128.817 mph (207.311 km/h)

The Boyd Gaming 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States on Saturday (Feb. 22), and resumed on FS2 on Sunday (Feb. 23). Adam Alexander, Richard Childress Racing Driver Austin Dillon, and Michael Waltrip called the race from the booth, with Matt Yocum and Jamie Little covering pit road.^[11]

The Performance Racing Network (PRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.^{[citation needed]}

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
7	1	Chase Briscoe	92
1	2	Noah Gragson	85 (-7)
	3	Harrison Burton (R)	80 (-12)
3	4	Michael Annett	77 (-15)
1	5	Brandon Jones	76 (-16)
10	6	Austin Cindric	75 (-17)
1	7	Ryan Sieg	73 (-19)
6	8	Justin Haley	73 (-19)
4	9	Justin Allgaier	70 (-22)
5	10	Brandon Brown	61 (-31)
9	11	Ross Chastain	60 (-32)
2	12	Ray Black Jr.	49 (-43)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.