The 2020 Genesys 300 was an IndyCar Series event that was held on June 6, 2020 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. It was the opening event of the 2020 IndyCar Series, due to race cancellations and postponements tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background On May 7, 2020, it was announced that the season would commence with a condensed, one-day event format at Texas Motor Speedway. Although intended to be run without spectators, Sonic Automotive (which owns the circuit under their Speedway Motorsports subsidiary) followed protocol in use at their NASCAR weekend at Charlotte by allowing owners and tenants of the Turn 2 Lone Star Towers office and condominium complex to have tickets and parking passes to watch the event from their units. Drivers and crew members were subject to social distancing and health screening protocols, and use of face coverings was mandated. Practice, qualifying and the race took place on the same day, requiring it to be shortened from 248 laps or around 600 kilometres (370 miles), to 200 laps (300 miles).

As the pandemic prevented Firestone from manufacturing new tire compounds for the race, existing compounds were used instead. The right-hand tires had originally been manufactured for tests at the track in 2019, simulating the effects of the new aeroscreen introduced to all vehicles for the 2020 season. The left-hand tires were originally manufactured for the 2019 Indianapolis 500. Due to these tire variances, Firestone and IndyCar required that these tires be replaced after 35 laps of use, with each car provided with nine sets of tires to use across the day.

Entry list In May 2020, DragonSpeed revealed that it planned to prioritize an entry for the rescheduled Indianapolis 500, so that it could initially focus on its core European Le Mans Series operations. On June 2, Carlin withdrew its entry for the race in the #31, citing economic impacts of the pandemic in Europe.

Car No.Driver NameOwner/TeamEngine 1 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 4 Charlie KimballA. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 5 Patricio O'WardArrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 7 Oliver Askew Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 8 Marcus EricssonChip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Felix RosenqvistChip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Santino FerrucciDale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 20 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 22 Simon PagenaudTeam Penske Chevrolet 26 Zach VeachAndretti Autosport Honda 27 Alexander RossiAndretti Autosport Honda 28 Ryan Hunter-ReayAndretti Autosport Honda 29 James HinchcliffeAndretti Autosport Honda 30 Takuma SatoRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 Álex Palou Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh Honda 59 Conor DalyCarlin Chevrolet 60 Jack HarveyMeyer Shank Racing Honda 88 Colton HertaAndretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 98 Marco AndrettiAndretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian HondaSource: All cars ran a Dallara safety tub utilizing the IndyCar mandated Universal Aero Kit 18. All cars also utilized Firestone tires.

Withdrawn Car No.Driver NameOwner/TeamEngine 31 Unnamed Carlin Chevrolet 81 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed Chevrolet

Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner

Full Results Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner

Practice Practice ran on race day from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT Pos No. Name Lap Time Avg. Speed19 Scott Dixon 24.0006288 Colton Herta24.168935 Patricio O'Ward24.1875426 Zach Veach24.1906598 Marco Andretti24.1945630 Takuma Sato24.243771 Josef Newgarden24.3029822 Simon Pagenaud24.3128915 Graham Rahal24.31791010 Felix Rosenqvist24.3974114 Charlie Kimball24.41841212 Will Power24.4281138 Marcus Ericsson24.44081455 Alex Palou 24.4446157 Oliver Askew 24.48421627 Alexander Rossi24.48531729 James Hinchcliffe24.49791820 Ed Carpenter24.55081914 Tony Kanaan24.55212059 Conor Daly24.55612128 Ryan Hunter-Reay24.60942218 Santino Ferrucci24.60942321 Rinus VeeKay 25.05642460 Jack Harvey25.2599Source:

Qualifying Qualifying was run on race day starting at 5 p.m. (ET) Pos No. Name Lap 1 Time Lap 2 Time Total Time Avg. Speed 1 1 Josef Newgarden 24.0227 24.0351 48.0578 2 9 Scott Dixon 24.0393 24.0413 48.0806 3 22 Simon Pagenaud 24.0507 24.0686 48.1193 4 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 24.2439 24.1344 48.3783 5 26 Zach Veach 24.2942 24.1588 48.4530 6 12 Will Power 24.2708 24.1937 48.4645 7 15 Graham Rahal 24.2734 24.2029 48.4763 8 27 Alexander Rossi 24.2336 24.2855 48.5191 9 10 Felix Rosenqvist 24.3100 24.2384 48.5484 10 14 Tony Kanaan 24.3959 24.1917 48.5876 11 98 Marco Andretti 24.2882 24.3444 48.6326 12 4 Charlie Kimball 24.4347 24.2917 48.7264 13 20 Ed Carpenter 24.4153 24.3261 48.7414 14 88 Colton Herta 24.3807 24.3648 48.7455 15 29 James Hinchcliffe 24.3560 24.4109 48.7669 16 55 Álex Palou 24.5459 24.2437 48.7896 17 8 Marcus Ericsson 24.4232 24.4733 48.8965 18 5 Patricio O'Ward 24.4068 24.4959 48.9027 19 59 Conor Daly 24.5452 24.4934 49.0386 20 7 Oliver Askew 24.7092 24.4657 49.1749 21 60 Jack Harvey 25.2665 25.1499 50.4164 22 30 Takuma Sato Wrecked during attempt No Time No Speed 23 21 Rinus VeeKay Did not attempt No Time No Speed 24 18 Santino Ferrucci Did not attempt No Time No SpeedSource:

Race DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/StatusPitStopsGridLapsLed19 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHonda2001:38:37.76485215753222 Simon PagenaudTeam PenskeChevrolet200 +4.410534031 Josef Newgarden Team PenskeChevrolet200 +5.806514137426 Zach VeachAndretti AutosportHonda200 +6.57755233520 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter RacingChevrolet200 +6.94851330659 Conor DalyCarlinChevrolet200 +7.57651928788 Colton HertaAndretti Harding Steinbrenner AutosportHonda200 +8.05551426828 Ryan Hunter-ReayAndretti AutosportHonda200 +8.310642497 Oliver Askew Arrow McLaren SPChevrolet200 +8.694520221014 Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet200 +8.96351020114 Charlie KimballA. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet199Contact61219125 Patricio O'WardArrow McLaren SPChevrolet199 +1 Lap518181312 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet199 +1 Lap56171498 Marco AndrettiAndretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-AgajanianHonda199 +1 Lap511161527 Alexander RossiAndretti AutosportHonda199 +1 Lap78151660 Jack HarveyMeyer Shank RacingHonda199 +1 Lap521141715 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda198 +2 Laps77131829 James HinchcliffeAndretti AutosportHonda198 +2 Laps51512198 Marcus EricssonChip Ganassi RacingHonda196 +4 Laps617112010 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi RacingHonda190Contact59102118 Santino FerrucciDale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-SullivanHonda156Mechanical42392221 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter RacingChevrolet36Contact12482355 Álex Palou Dale Coyne Racing w/ Team GohHonda36Contact1167DNS30 Takuma SatoRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda0Did Not Start,Qualifying crash0226Source: Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Race statistics Average speed:

Lead changes: 5 Lap leader breakdown Fromlap Tolap Totallaps Driver 1 31 31 Josef Newgarden 32 34 3 Scott Dixon 35 36 2 Zach Veach 37 80 44 Scott Dixon 81 90 10 Josef Newgarden 91 200 110 Scott DixonSource:

Cautions: 4 for 24 laps Fromlap Tolap Totallaps Reason 38 45 8 #21 (VeeKay), & #55 (Palou) accident backstretch 77 85 9 Debris 191 196 6 #10 (Rosenqvist) accident turn 2 200 200 1 #4 (Kimball) accident backstretchSource:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon53 2 Simon Pagenaud40 3 Josef Newgarden37 4 Zach Veach 33 5 Ed Carpenter 30

Engine Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 87 2 Chevrolet 76Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Broadcasting Television Originally scheduled for NBCSN, it was announced on May 24 that the race would move to NBC, marking the first IndyCar Series event to air in primetime on network television in seven years. With 1.285 million viewers, it was the most-watched IndyCar Series event outside of the Indianapolis 500 since 2016.

The race was called at the track with Leigh Diffey doing play-by-play, Paul Tracy and Townsend Bell as analysts, and Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reporting on pit lane.

NBCBooth AnnouncersPit/garage reportersAnnouncer: Leigh Diffey Driver Expert: Townsend Bell Driver Expert: Paul TracyMarty SniderKelli Stavast

Radio The race was carried by the IndyCar Radio Network. Mark Jaynes served as the chief announcer from WIBC Radio studios along with Davey Hamilton as Driver Expert. Jake Query called the field down the backstretch from WIBC studios. Nick Yeoman was the sole pit reporter at the track.Source: IndyCar Radio Broadcast IndyCar Radio NetworkBooth AnnouncersTurn ReportersPit/garage reportersChief Announcer: Mark Jaynes Driver Expert: Davey HamiltonBackstretch: Jake QueryNick Yeoman

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