2020 Production Alliance Group 300

2020 Production Alliance Group 300

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 3 of 33 in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29)
Location	Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.22 km)
Distance	150 laps, 300 mi (483 km)
Pole position
Driver	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	39.948
Most laps led
Driver	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	73
Winner
No. 20	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Joey Logano, and Chad Knaus
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Dan Hubbard and Steve Post
Turn Announcers	Kyle Rickey and Alex Hayden

The 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 29, 2020 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 150 laps on the 2-mile (3.2 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the third race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Rookie driver Harrison Burton won his first ever race in the NASCAR Xfinity series.^[5]

Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a two-mile (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023. It was also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack was located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track was owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and was the only track owned by ISC to have its naming rights sold.^[6] The speedway was served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Noah Gragson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 40.646 seconds and a speed of 177.139 mph (285.078 km/h).

Harrison Burton was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 41.267 seconds and a speed of 174.474 mph (280.789 km/h).

Brandon Jones scored the pole position after a time of 39.948 seconds and a speed of 180.234 mph (290.059 km/h).^[7]

• Chad Finchum, Bayley Currey, and Josh Bilicki started from the rear due to unapproved adjustments.
• Tommy Joe Martins started from the rear due to an engine change.

Stage One Laps: 35

Stage Two Laps: 35

Laps: 80

• Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 36
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 28 minutes, 15 seconds
• Average speed: 121.417 mph (195.402 km/h)

The Production Alliance 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Team Penske driver Joey Logano, and Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the booth, with Matt Yocum and Regan Smith covering pit road.

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dan Hubbard and Steve Post anchored the action from the booth. Kyle Rickey called the action from Turns 1 & 2 and Alex Hayden called the race through turns 3 & 4. Dillon Welch and Kim Coon provided reports from pit road.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
2	1	Harrison Burton (R)	136
1	2	Chase Briscoe	126 (-10)
3	3	Austin Cindric	118 (-18)
3	4	Ryan Sieg	112 (-24)
3	5	Justin Haley	105 (-31)
1	6	Brandon Jones	103 (-33)
4	7	Ross Chastain	100 (-36)
4	8	Michael Annett	99 (-37)
7	9	Noah Gragson	98 (-38)
1	10	Justin Allgaier	98 (-38)
5	11	Riley Herbst (R)	82 (-54)
1	12	Alex Labbé	72 (-64)
Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.