NASCAR: Live 2020 Phoenix qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the fourth race on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
The third and final NASCAR Cup Series race of the annual West Coast Swing is the fourth of 36 races on the 2020 schedule, and it is scheduled to take place this Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. Phoenix Raceway is also slated to be the host of the championship-deciding season finale in November for the first time.
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A total of 38 drivers are set to compete in this Sunday afternoon’s 312-lap FanShield 500 at the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) oval in Avondale, Arizona in the same 38 cars that have competed in the last two races.
Just one driver is on the entry list for this weekend’s race after having not competed in the most recent two races. B.J. McLeod is set to drive one of Rick Ware Racing’s three cars instead of Garrett Smithley.
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The first three races of the season have seen three different winners and three different polesitters, and no driver has both won a race and taken a pole position. Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota each have had one winner and one polesitter so far this season.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin won the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in his #11 Toyota after JTG Daugherty Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started from the pole position in his #47 Chevrolet.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. was awarded the pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in his #19 Toyota after rain washed out the scheduled qualifying session and provisional polesitter Kyle Busch, also of Joe Gibbs Racing, was penalized and sent to the rear of the field. Team Penske’s Joey Logano won the race in his #22 Ford.
Then at Auto Club Speedway, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer took the pole position in his #14 Ford before Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman went on to dominate the race in his #88 Chevrolet.
Who will qualify where for this Sunday afternoon’s FanShield 500? Which manufacturer will be the first to score two pole positions this season, and will the trend of different teams and drivers sitting on the pole continue?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates (beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET).
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 138.116
2nd – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 137.878
3rd – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 137.841
4th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 137.604
5th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 137.457
5th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 137.457
7th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 137.42
8th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 137.321
9th – Matt DiBenedetto – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 137.289
10th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 137.247
11th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 137.106
12th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 136.997
13th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 136.95
14th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 136.939
15th – Christopher Bell – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 136.908
16th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 136.679
17th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 136.55
18th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 136.426
19th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 136.116
20th – Ryan Preece – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 136.111
21st – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 135.947
22nd – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 135.839
23rd – Chris Buescher – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 135.788
24th – Ross Chastain – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 135.711
25th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 135.706
26th – John Hunter Nemechek – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 135.639
27th – Bubba Wallace – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 135.161
28th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 134.993
29th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 134.867
30th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 134.469
31st – Daniel Suarez – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota – 133.963
32nd – Brennan Poole – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 133.784
33rd – J.J. Yeley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 132.504
34th – Quin Houff – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 132.299
35th – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 131.411
36th – Garrett Smithley – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 131.081
37th – Joey Gase – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 130.752
38th – Timmy Hill – #66, MBM Motorsports, Ford – 130.51
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Tune in to Fox at 3:30 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the fourth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.