2020 Advance Auto Parts Clash

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the2020 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	February 9, 2020 (2020-2-09)
Location	Daytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4 km)
Distance	88 laps, 220 mi (352 km)
Scheduled distance	75 laps, 187.5 mi (300 km)
Average speed	134.9 miles per hour (217.1 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Newman	Roush Fenway Racing
Time	N/A
Most laps led
Driver	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske
Laps	33
Winner
No. 20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy andJeff Gordon
Nielsen ratings	2.455 million[7]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, andRusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2),Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The2020 Busch Clash was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on February 9, 2020 atDaytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 88 laps — extended from 75 laps due to anovertime finish, it was the first exhibition race of the2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was won byErik Jones, one of only six cars still running after a series of crashes late in the race, gaining the race the nickname of "Busch Crash" for that reason.^[8]

This ended up being the last Clash race in its traditional form; the event moved to the road course for 2021 (originally planned as the last race for theGeneration 6 car; the car was used for the entire season instead) and then to theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2022.

The track,Daytona International Speedway, is one of sixsuperspeedways to holdNASCAR races, the others beingMichigan International Speedway,Auto Club Speedway,Indianapolis Motor Speedway,Pocono Raceway, andTalladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is 2.5-mile (4.0 km) The track's turns are banked at 31degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

The race is 75 laps in length, and is divided into two segments; the first is 25 laps and the second is 50 laps. The race is open to those drivers who won a pole in the 2019 season or had won "The Clash" previously.

The 2020 Busch Clash will not be a predetermined number of cars; rather, the field is limited to drivers who meet more exclusive criteria. Only drivers who were 2019 Pole Award winners, former Clash race winners, former Daytona 500 champions, former Daytona 500 pole winners who competed full–time in 2019 and drivers who qualified for the 2019Playoffs are eligible.

Eighteen drivers were confirmed to be participating in this event. AlthoughDaniel Hemric andDaniel Suárez were eligible to run the event, they chose not to run with Hemric moving back to theNASCAR Xfinity Series and Suarez focusing in preparing for the2020 Daytona 500.^[9]

Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 45.055 seconds and a speed of 199.756 mph (321.476 km/h).^[10]

The lineup was determined by random draw, withRyan Newman drawing the top spot.

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FS1 covered the race on the television side;Mike Joy andJeff Gordon handled the call in the booth for the race;Michael Waltrip, Vince Welch andMatt Yocum handled pit road for the television side.

A total of 2.46 million people watched the race, which earned it a 1.57 rating. This rating was 15% higher than the 2019 Clash.^[11]

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