2020 Boyd Gaming 300

The 2020 Boyd Gaming 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 22-23, 2020, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5 mi asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the second race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

First practice
Ross Chastain was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.529 seconds and a speed of 176.881 mph.

Qualifying
Myatt Snider scored the pole for the race after qualifying was rained out, Of ourse, Snider crashed in practice and had to go to a back up car. So he had to drop to the rear of the field for the start of the race.

Chase Briscoe started second, and Harrison Burton — who is scheduled to line up third — will move up to the front row on the start of the race when Snider drops to the rear.

Race
The race was originally slated to begin at 4:00 p.m., but earlier rain delayed the command to start engines by roughly 20-30 minutes. During the pace laps, the rain returned, resulting in another delay.

Over an hour later, the cars did take the green flag and completed the first stage. Chase Briscoe won the stage after winning the race off of pit road during the first caution and pulling away from the field on the subsequent run. Briscoe also won the race off of pit road during the stage break.

Briscoe got No. 1 in his second start of the season, winning the battle between the only two Fords in the race.

The driver of the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Mustang held the lead after the final restart on Lap 169 of 200 and won come checkered flag, beating fellow Ford driver Austin Cindric to the finish line by 2.874 seconds.

The race was delayed by rain after completion of the first stage, won by Briscoe, Saturday afternoon. The resumption came at 4:50 p.m. on Sunday after completion of the NASCAR Cup Series’ event, with Joey Logano taking the checkered flag in the premier series.

Justin Allgaier took the lead after the start of Stage 2, but Cindric grabbed the top spot on Lap 124, powering past Allgaier on the inside near the start-finish line. Cindric retained the lead after a cycle of green-flag pit stops, but when contact from Gragson‘s Chevrolet sent Myatt Snider spinning on the frontstretch on Lap 162, Briscoe had the opportunity he needed to regain the lead on the final restart.

Allgaier led 63 laps, and Cindric had 39. Briscoe, who led a race-high 89 laps, leaves Las Vegas with a seven-point series lead over Gragson, last week‘s winner at Daytona International Speedway.

“Obviously, we were hoping to win sometime this year — we expected to — but to get it before Phoenix (Raceway) is nice because we can go there (in two weeks) and try some stuff,” Briscoe said. “That‘s one place that we need to get way better at.

“That being said, it‘s nice to get the points lead. It‘s early in the season, yeah, but it‘s a big confidence boost for all the guys.”

Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45

Stage Two Laps: 45

Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 110

Race summary

 * Time of race: 2:19:44
 * Average speed: 128.817 mph
 * Pole speed: no time trials
 * Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
 * Margin of victory: 2.874 sec
 * Attendance: n/a
 * Lead changes: 17