The Real Heroes 400

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Date & Time
Sun 17th May 2020 1:00am Local
Sun 17th May 2020 8:30pm UTC

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League
NASCAR Cup Series

Season
2020

Round
Round 8

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Location

Darlington Raceway

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The Real Heroes 400 marks the 116th Cup race hosted by Darlington Raceway in the series’ history. Sunday’s race will be the first of a two race event at the historical speedway. The 1.33-mile oval located in Darlington, South Carolina has an asphalt racing surface with 25 degrees of banking in turns 1 and 2, and 23 degrees of banking in turns 3 and 4. With 3 degrees on the frontstretch and 2 degrees on the backstretch, this track has unique characteristics that require drivers to race against the wall. As a result, drivers will earn their “Darlington Stripes” from grazing the wall through the infamous turns. The track first opened in 1950, the Cup Series held its inaugural race then and Johnny Mantz won.

The Real Heroes 400 was the first on-track activity in nearly two months after NASCAR suspended competition because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no fans in the grandstands, temperature checks at track, a limit on number of team members and of course, social distancing.
Harvick’s 2.154-second victory over Alex Bowman was his first of the season and extends his points lead in the standings to 28 points over Bowman. His only previous win at Darlington came from pole position in 2014, the same year Harvick went on to win the series championship. Sunday’s victory was the 50th win for the Stewart-Haas Racing veteran, tying him with NASCAR Hall of Famers Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett on the NASCAR Cup Series all-time wins list.
Bowman, Kurt Busch, Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin followed Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to the finish line.

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Result List

01	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	293 laps
02	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	293 laps
03	Kurt Busch	Chip Ganassi NASCAR Racing	293 laps
04	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	293 laps
05	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	293 laps
06	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	293 laps
07	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	2
08	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	293 laps
09	John Hunter Nemechek	Front Row Motorsports	293 laps
10	Matt Kenseth	_Retired Motorsport	293 laps