2020 NASCAR Cup Pocono 350 Sunday race results

The 350-mile race was the second leg of the Cup Series double-header at Pocono.

Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Hamlin executed a long-haul fuel strategy plan in the final stage that meant he spent less time in pit road, as Stewart-Haas Ford’s Harvick got stuck in traffic in the crucial final run. Erik Jones made a late surge to finish third, while Chase Elliott and Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.

Kurt Busch won Stage 1, after a fierce duel with Ryan Blaney was disrupted by Jimmie Johnson, who was battling to ensure he’d get his lap back at the stage break on a strategy gamble. Blaney suffered a big slide, and was forced to settle for second.

Brad Keselowski won Stage 2, ahead of Almirola, in a two-lap shootout after a series of late yellows. The last of these for for Chris Buescher spinning and almost taking out Bubba Wallace.

The shock news from this stage was Kyle Busch crashing out with nine laps to go, wrecking on the exit of Turn 2 after contact from Blaney as they were racing hard for position and came up to lap Garrett Smithley. Following the incident, Busch declined to discuss it with reporters as his view would “come across in a bad way”.

The race was delayed by weather, as lightning in the vicinity sent the cars to pit road after a handful of laps. After a further delay for rain showers, the race restarted and ran for its full duration into the evening, despite fears that it might have to end early due to a lack of daylight.

Big wrecks for Michael McDowell and Christopher Bell took them out of the race in Stage 1 and 2 respectively.

Pos	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	140		49
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	140	3.068	11
3	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	140	16.756
4	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	140	23.298
5	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	140	25.305	4
6	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	140	25.656
7	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	140	27.621
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	140	28.385
9	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	140	28.388
10	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	140	28.499	5
11	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	140	29.551	13
12	42	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	140	32.658
13	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	140	34.658	35
14	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	140	45.599
15	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	140	47.996
16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	140	50.622
17	41	Cole Custer	Ford	140	53.460
18	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	139	1 lap
19	38	John Hunter Nemechek	Ford	139	1 lap
20	43	Bubba Wallace	Chevrolet	139	1 lap
21	32	Corey Lajoie	Ford	139	1 lap
22	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	139	1 lap	21
23	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	139	1 lap
24	22	Joey Logano	Ford	139	1 lap
25	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	139	1 lap	1
26	96	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	139	1 lap
27	15	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	138	2 laps
28	27	J.J. Yeley	Ford	138	2 laps
29	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	137	3 laps
30	77	James Davison	Chevrolet	136	4 laps
31	00	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	136	4 laps
32	53	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	136	4 laps
33	51	Joey Gase	Ford	136	4 laps
34	7	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	136	4 laps
35	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	135	5 laps
36	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	135	5 laps
37	78	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	133	7 laps
38	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	74	66 laps	2
39	95	Christopher Bell	Toyota	39	101 laps
40	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	15	125 laps