2020 NASCAR Cup Series

Before the season's restart at Darlington, Kyle Larson used a racial slur during an iRacing event that got him fired from Chip Ganassi Racing,[2] making him miss the playoffs for the first time since 2015.

Following the second Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway, Kevin Harvick, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, clinched the Regular Season Championship.

[9] However, when the COVID-19 pandemic postponed all NASCAR racing (and therefore, testing) until the month of May, the sanctioning body announced that the debut of the car would be pushed back a year to 2022.

[10] It was announced that 2020 was the last full-time season for seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson[11][12] and Clint Bowyer,[13] as well as for part-time driver Brendan Gaughan.

On the restart, several drivers spun their tires causing a crash before the start-finish line including Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., and Jimmie Johnson.

Ross Chastain had a tire go down and collected Joey Logano, Ryan Preece, Ty Dillon, Tyler Reddick, and Christopher Bell.

William Byron had a tire rub and wrecked along with Blaney, Kyle Busch, and John Hunter Nemechek as Logano held off Matt DiBenedetto for his second straight Vegas win.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun and collected several cars including Alex Bowman, Cole Custer, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Preece, and Matt DiBenedetto, which brought out the red flag.

Bubba Wallace made little contact with Aric Almirola and collected Martin Truex Jr. Denny Hamlin spun after battling Joey Logano for the lead.

Elliott got loose and put himself and Logano into the wall, which allowed Keselowski to take the lead and hold off Clint Bowyer for his second win of the season.

Martin Truex Jr. won both stages as Michael McDowell and John Hunter Nemechek both had spin outs that brought the only incidents of the day.

Ryan Blaney won pole from random draw as a quick caution on lap 5 came out for debris from Austin Dilion's car.

[219] Round 12: Dixie Vodka 400 Denny Hamlin won pole as the start of the race was delayed due to lightning in the area, and again on lap 5.

Chase Elliott led late in the race, but was blocked by lapped car Joey Logano due to their incident that happened at Bristol several weeks prior, allowing Hamlin to regain the lead and score his third win of the season.

Blaney and Harvick made contact and it allowed Cole Custer to take the lead in a four-wide pass on the last lap and hold off Truex for his first career win.

Exhibition: NASCAR All-Star Race In the Open, Michael McDowell spun after contact with William Byron and collected Bubba Wallace.

[227] Round 19: Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts A random draw gave the pole to Kevin Harvick.

[231] Round 22: Consumers Energy 400 The top 20 from the previous race gave the pole to Chris Buescher, but had to start at the rear of the field.

[232] Round 23: Go Bowling 235 Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole due to the owner's standings for the first Cup race on the Daytona road course.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun after contact with Joey Logano as Chase Elliott rammed into the back of Kyle Busch, ending the day for the 9 team.

In the closing laps, Tyler Reddick took the lead and made contact with Kyle Busch, causing a multi-car wreck involving Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Erik Jones, Ryan Preece, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. On the restart, Denny Hamlin made contact with Logano, sending Logano spinning and collecting Reddick, Matt Kenseth, Daniel Suarez, Cole Custer, and Jimmie Johnson, ending Johnson's chance of making the playoffs in his final season.

Kevin Harvick took the lead and held off a fast charging Austin Dillon for his eighth win of the season, his third at Darlington, and punching his ticket to the next round of the Playoffs.

Keselowski led the most laps and took the lead from Austin Dillon and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his fourth win of the season and punched his ticket to the next round of the playoffs while Hamlin clinched on points.

Jimmie Johnson made contact with Clint Bowyer and got turned into the wall and collected Austin Dillon, Cole Custer, Daniel Suarez, and Kurt Busch, who went airborne.

The race went to overtime in the end and on the first attempt, Kyle Busch got turned by Tyler Reddick and collected Truex, Kevin Harvick, and Joey Logano.

In the third overtime attempt, Hamlin beat Matt DiBenedetto to the finish line for his seventh win of the season and to advance to the next round of the playoffs.

Chase Elliott took the lead from Erik Jones and held off Joey Logano for his third win of the season and his fourth straight road course to advance to the next round of the playoffs.

Joey Logano took the lead off pit road and held off the dominant Kevin Harvick for his third win of the season and advancing to the Championship 4 in Phoenix.

Round 36: Season Finale 500 Chase Elliott was awarded the pole but had to drop to the rear at the beginning of the race after failing pre-race inspection multiple times.

Italics – Pole position set by final practice results, owner's points, previous race field inversion, random draw or competition-based formula.