2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200


The 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 was the 9th stock car race of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was originally supposed to be held on May 30, 2020, but was postponed to July 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was held in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises would dominate the race and win, the 5th win of his career in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, and the first of the season. To fill the podium, Brett Moffitt of GMS Racing and Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

*Originally, Viens was slated to drive the #49, but the driver would change to Ray Ciccarelli for unknown reasons. As a result, the #83 would withdraw.

Starting lineup

The starting lineup was determined by a random draw. Christian Eckes of Kyle Busch Motorsports would draw for the pole.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30
Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
123Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet10
216Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota9
340Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet0
438Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord7
588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord6
619Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingToyota5
718Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4
821Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet3
999Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord2
102Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 30
Fin#DriverTeamMakePts
116Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota10
299Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord9
321Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet8
445Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet7
519Derek KrausMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingToyota6
618Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5
740Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet0
82Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet3
951Brandon JonesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0
1015Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord1

Stage 3 Laps: 74