Open: 85 laps, 45.305 mi (72.911 km) Stage 1: 35 laps Stage 2: 35 laps Stage 3: 15 laps[8] All-Star Race: 140 Laps, 74.62 mi (120.09 km) Stage 1: 55 laps Stage 2: 35 laps Stage 3: 35 laps Stage 4: 15 laps[9]
The All-Star Race is open to race winners from last season through the 2020 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, all previous All-Star race winners, NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2020, the winner of each stage of the All-Star Open, and the winner of the All-Star fan vote are eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.
Originally to be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, this was the program cover anticipating the original date and venue before the pandemic forced NASCAR to move the event to Bristol Motor Speedway at a different date.
As part of scheduling changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and citing a desire to host the race with fans (which was not then possible due to health orders in North Carolina), the All-Star Race was moved from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol Motor Speedway.[12]
While most NASCAR races held during the pandemic had been held behind closed doors with no spectators, the All-Star Race admitted 30,000 spectators with social distancing. Although this was only 20% of the venue's total capacity of 162,000, the All-Star Race hosted the largest number of spectators at a U.S. sporting event since the beginning of pandemic-related restrictions.[13]
A new "choose rule" was used for restarts during the race, where drivers could choose whether they wanted to be in the inside or outside lane.[14] NASCAR experimented with an underglow lighting package on vehicles at the All-Star Race, color-coded by manufacturer (with Chevrolet in orange, Ford in blue, and Toyota in red). This package was featured on the vehicles of all drivers who had automatically qualified for the event.[15][16] At the request of teams, NASCAR also experimented with moving the numbers on the sides of vehicles closer to their rear tires, in order to provide additional room for sponsor logos.[17]
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
^a Winner of the second segment. ^b Winner of the first segment. By rule, when a driver wins a segment, he exits the race and immediately advances to the All-Star Race feature.
Because of multiple pre-race inspection fails, Martin Truex Jr. was moved to the last starting position during the pace laps.
Media
Television
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Regan Smith and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. This was also Fox Sports' last Cup race for their portion of the 2020 season as NBC Sports takes over NASCAR broadcasts for the rest of the season.
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with Speedway Motorsports to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelly and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
^"Bristol Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
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