The 2020 Sunoco 159 was the 12th stock car race of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season and the inaugural running of the event, after the scheduled race, the M&M's 200 at Iowa Speedway, had to be replaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was held on Sunday, August 16, 2020 in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Daytona International Speedway road course, a permanent road course. The race was extended from the scheduled 44 laps to 46 laps due to a NASCAR overtime finish. At race's end, Sheldon Creed of GMS Racing would pull away on the final restart to win the race, the 2nd NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series win of his career and the 2nd of the season. To fill the podium, Brett Moffitt of GMS Racing and Austin Hill of Hattori Racing Enterprises would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
On July 30, it was revealed after simulation testing revealed concerns of high speeds entering turn 1 (a turn already considered to be difficult among road racers), a temporary chicane was added in between the 4th turn of the oval and the entrance to pit road (similar to the Charlotte ROVAL). NASCAR further announced that it would use the high-downforce aero package used for the road course races in 2019 (in 2020, road courses were scheduled to use a low-downforce package similar to what was used in 2018 and what is used on ovals 1-mile or shorter in 2020). The addition of the chicane increased the length of the course from 3.56 to 3.61 miles and added a 13th and 14th turn to the original 12-turn layout.
Entry list #DriverTeamMake00Bobby KennedyReaume Brothers RacingToyota2Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet02Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet3Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet4Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota04Cory RoperRoper RacingFord6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet8Mike SkeenNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet9Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet11Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota13Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord15Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord16Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota18Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota19Derek KrausMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingToyota20Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet21Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet23Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet24Kris WrightGMS RacingChevrolet26Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet30Scott Lagasse Jr.On Point MotorsportsToyota33Bryan CollyerReaume Brothers RacingToyota38Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord40Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet42Mark SmithNiece MotorsportsChevrolet44Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevrolet45Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet49Roger ReuseCMI MotorsportsChevrolet51Alex TaglianiKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota52Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota56Tyler HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet68Bobby Reuse*Clay Greenfield MotorsportsChevrolet75Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet83Tim ViensCMI MotorsportsChevrolet88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord Official entry list
Starting lineup A new metric qualifying system was placed starting for the Daytona Road Course weekend. To determine the spots, new performance metrics would be weighted and averaged to determine a score. The metrics would be 50% on the finishing position from last race, 35% on team owner's points, and 15% on the fastest lap. As a result, Zane Smith of GMS Racing would win the pole. Pos.#DriverTeamMake121Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet218Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota323Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet416Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota526Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet638Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord715Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord919Derek KrausMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingToyota104Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1113Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord1288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1345Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet142Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet1502Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1675Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet1798Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord189Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1956Tyler HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet2004Cory RoperRoper RacingFord2151Alex TaglianiKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota2252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota2322Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet2420Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet253Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2624Kris WrightGMS RacingChevrolet2740Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet2810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet2944Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevrolet3030Scott Lagasse Jr.On Point MotorsportsToyota3111Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota326Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet3300Bobby KennedyReaume Brothers RacingToyota3433Bryan CollyerReaume Brothers RacingToyota3542Mark SmithNiece MotorsportsChevrolet3649Roger ReuseCMI MotorsportsChevrolet378Mike SkeenNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet3883Tim ViensCMI MotorsportsChevrolet Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 12 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts123Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet1022Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet9318Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8416Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota7538Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord6699Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord5726Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet4815Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord3922Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet21019Derek KrausMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 13 Fin#DriverTeamMakePts12Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet10216Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota9326Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet8421Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet7524Kris WrightGMS RacingChevrolet6611Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota574Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4851Alex TaglianiKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3923Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet21045Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 21 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1142Sheldon CreedGMS RacingChevrolet4619running592323Brett MoffittGMS RacingChevrolet4613running473104Raphaël LessardKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota463running3841288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord467running335416Austin HillHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota461running486526Tyler AnkrumGMS RacingChevrolet460running4371798Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord460running3081675Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet460running2993030Scott Lagasse Jr.On Point MotorsportsToyota460running28102252Stewart FriesenHalmar Friesen RacingToyota460running27112322Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingChevrolet460running2812218Christian EckesKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota463running3313121Zane SmithGMS RacingChevrolet460running3114899Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord460running2815715Tanner GrayDGR-CrosleyFord460running25161956Tyler HillHill MotorsportsChevrolet460running21172420Spencer BoydYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet460running20183433Bryan CollyerReaume Brothers RacingToyota460running19191502Tate FoglemanYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet460running18202944Natalie DeckerNiece MotorsportsChevrolet460running17211113Johnny SauterThorSport RacingFord460running16222151Alex TaglianiKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota460running1823378Mike SkeenNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet460running14243883Tim ViensCMI MotorsportsChevrolet460running13252624Kris WrightGMS RacingChevrolet460running18262004Cory RoperRoper RacingFord450running1127326Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet420running10282740Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet410crash929189Codie RohrbaughCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet410running830919Derek KrausMcAnally–Hilgemann RacingToyota400electrical8312810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet380running6321345Ty MajeskiNiece MotorsportsChevrolet360overheating633638Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord360electrical11343111Spencer DavisSpencer Davis MotorsportsToyota350brakes1035253Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet310drivetrain5363542Mark SmithNiece MotorsportsChevrolet310brakes5373300Bobby KennedyReaume Brothers RacingToyota150ignition5383649Roger ReuseCMI MotorsportsChevrolet00clutch5 Official race results
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