2020 Hooters 250

The 2020 Hooters 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on June 13, 2020 at Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 167 laps on the oval, it was the ninth race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the first of two races for the Xfinity Series at Homestead. Joe Gibbs Racing's Harrison Burton won his second race of the season and became the track's youngest series race winner.
The race was originally scheduled to be held on March 21, but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report

Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.
The race was held without fans in attendance due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.

' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying

Harrison Burton was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 40

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	10
2	10	Ross Chastain	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	47	Kyle Weatherman	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	08	Joe Graf Jr. '	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	1

Stage Two
Laps: 40

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	10	Ross Chastain	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	20	Harrison Burton '	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	21	Anthony Alfredo	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 87

† = Damaged Vehicle Policy

Race statistics

Lead changes: 18 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 5 for 25
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Average speed:

Media

Television

The Hooters 250 was carried by FOX in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Jamie McMurray called the race from the Fox Sports Studio in Charlotte, with Regan Smith covering pit road.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Mike Bagley and Alex Hayden anchored the action from the booth. Dave Moody called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Jeff Striegle called the action through turns 3 & 4. NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director Winston Kelley and Steve Post provided reports from pit road.

Standings after the race

; Drivers' Championship standingsNote: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR playoffs.