Chase Elliott entered the Season Finale 500k with the pole position.  Then, his car flunked pre-race inspection twice due to body issues.  That moved him to the back.  No worries, as Chase moved straight to the front and led the most laps en route to victory and the championship.  Elliott's final margin was five points over Brad Keselowski, who finished second.  Joey Logano finished third and will finish there in points, followed by Denny Hamlin.

Outside of the playoffs, Kevin Harvick had a quiet run to seventh.  That was good enough to put him fifth in points.  Harvick ended up 39 points ahead of Alex Bowman, who was strong early before falling to a 16th-place finish.  Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch ended up tied for seventh.  Truex wins the tiebreaker by virtue of more second-place finishes (five to four).  Truex finished 10th Sunday, while Kyle Busch was 11th.

Ryan Blaney ended up ninth in points after finishing sixth on Sunday.  Kurt Busch moved up one place to 10th after finishing 12th.  Kurt jumped over Austin Dillon, who finished 18th Sunday.  Clint Bowyer finishes his final full-time season in 12th.

Matt DiBenedetto moved up one place to 13th after finishing eighth on Sunday.  He jumped over William Byron, who was right behind him in ninth.  Aric Almirola finished 13th, which keeps him in 15th in points, while Cole Custer is 16th.

Of those that never made the playoffs, Erik Jones leads that group despite a mediocre 22nd-place finish Sunday.  He ended up 37 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson, who finished fifth Sunday.  Tyler Reddick finishes 19th in points, while Christopher Bell is 20th.

Championship 4 Point Standings: 1) Chase Elliott 5040, 2) Brad Keselowski -5, 3) Joey Logano -6, 4) Denny Hamlin -7.

Best of the Rest: 5) Kevin Harvick 2410, 6) Alex Bowman -39, t-7) Martin Truex Jr. -69, t-7) Kyle Busch -69, 9) Ryan Blaney -74, 10) Kurt Busch -123, 11) Austin Dillon -133, 12) Clint Bowyer -156, 13) Matt DiBenedetto -161, 14) William Byron -163, 15) Aric Almirola -175, 16) Cole Custer -208, 17) Erik Jones -1537, 18) Jimmie Johnson -1574, 19) Tyler Reddick -1630, 20) Christopher Bell -1732, 21) Chris Buescher -1765, 22) Bubba Wallace -1813, 23) MIchael McDowell -1822, 24) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -1826, 25) Ryan Newman -1844, 26) Ty Dillon -1854.

Regular Season Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kevin Harvick 1371, 2) Denny Hamlin -110, 3) Brad Keselowski -159, 4) Chase Elliott -163, 5) Martin Truex Jr. -167, 6) Joey Logano -172, 7) Ryan Blaney -233, 8) Alex Bowman -342, 9) Kyle Busch -344, 10) Aric Almirola -406, 11) Kurt Busch -411, 12) Clint Bowyer -436, 13) William Byron -484, 14) Matt DiBenedetto -488, 15) Erik Jones -513, 16) Austin Dillon -545.

Playoff Points: 1) Kevin Harvick 67, 2) Denny Hamlin -11, 3) Chase Elliott -28, 4) Brad Keselowski -31, 5) Joey Logano -39, 6) Martin Truex Jr. -50, 7) Ryan Blaney -53, 8) Kyle Busch -57, 9) Alex Bowman -58, 10) William Byron -60, 11) Kurt Busch -61, t-12) Austin Dillon -62, t-12) Clint Bowyer -62, t-12) Aric Almirola -62, t-12) Cole Custer -62, t-16) Jimmie Johnson -66, t-16) Tyler Reddick -66, t-16) Chris Buescher -66, t-16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -66, t-16) Ty Dillon -66.

Note: The Playoff points represent all the playoff points earned during the season.  This includes playoff points earned by the Championship 4 in Phoenix and by drivers outside of the playoffs during the playoffs.

Stage Points: 1) Ryan Blaney 346, 2) Joey Logano -11, 3) Chase Elliott -22, 4) Martin Truex Jr. -32, 5) Kevin Harvick -49, 6) Denny Hamlin -51, 7) Brad Keselowski -70, 8) Alex Bowman -99, 9) Kyle Busch -118, 10) Clint Bowyer -191, 11) William Byron -192, 12) Jimmie Johnson -206, 13) Aric Almirola -212, 14) Kurt Busch -224, 15) Matt DiBenedetto -232, 16) Erik Jones -233.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kevin Harvick 1273, 2) Denny Hamlin -91, 3) Brad Keselowski -121, 4) Chase Elliott -173, 5) Joey Logano -188, 6) Martin Truex Jr. -194, 7) Aric Almirola -259, 8) Kurt Busch -268, 9) Ryan Blaney -276, 10) Kyle Busch -282, 11) Alex Bowman -309, 12) Matt DiBenedetto -314, 13) Clint Bowyer -319, 14) William Byron -363, 15) Erik Jones -365, 16) Austin Dillon -395.

Race Winners: Denny Hamlin (Daytona-1, Darlington-2, Homestead, Pocono-2, Kansas-1, Dover-1, Talladega-2), Joey Logano (Las Vegas-1, Phoenix-1, Kansas-2), Alex Bowman (Fontana), Kevin Harvick (Darlington-1, Atlanta, Pocono-1, Indianapolis, Michigan-1, Michigan-2, Dover-2, Darlington-3, Bristol-2), Brad Keselowski (Charlotte-1, Bristol, Loudon, Richmond), Chase Elliott (Charlotte-2, Daytona-2, Charlotte-3, Martinsville-2, Phoenix-2), Martin Truex Jr. (Martinsville-1), Ryan Blaney (Talladega-1), Cole Custer (Kentucky), Austin Dillon (Texas-1), William Byron (Daytona-3), Kurt Busch (Las Vegas-2), Kyle Busch (Texas-2)

 
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.

Austin Cindric was able to charge back into the lead on the final lap Sunday after pitting late to win the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino 200.  That gave him the Xfinity Series championship.  The final margin of victory was eight points over Justin Allgaier.  Allgaier led the most laps, but ended up fifth.  Justin Haley finished third in points after an eighth-place finish, while Chase Briscoe spun late and finished ninth.  That put him fourth in points.

Outside of the playoffs, Noah Gragson finished second Saturday and ended up fifth in points.  Gragson ended up 33 points ahead of Brandon Jones, who finished third.  Ross Chastain finishes seventh in points after finishing seventh Sunday.  Harrison Burton ends up eighth after finishing sixth.

Michael Annett moved up to ninth after finishing fourth.  Ryan Sieg dropped to 10th after a miserable day that saw him finish 10 laps down in 31st.  Brandon Brown finishes 11th, while Riley Herbst is 12th.

Of those who never qualified for the playoffs, Jeremy Clements ended up 13th after finishing 10th Saturday.  DGM Racing teammates Alex Labbe and Josh Williams ended up tied for 14th, while Myatt Snider moved up two places to 16th.

Championship 4 Point Standings: 1) Austin Cindric 4040, 2) Justin Allgaier -8, 3) Justin Haley -11, 4) Chase Briscoe -12.

Regular Season Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Cindric 1390, 2) Chase Briscoe -43, 3) Ross Chastain -71, 4) Noah Gragson -115, 5) Justin Haley -236, 6) Justin Allgaier -241, 7) Harrison Burton -263, 8) Brandon Jones -346, 9) Michael Annett -412, t-10) Riley Herbst -565, t-10) Ryan Sieg -565, 12) Brandon Brown -658, 13) Jeremy Clements -724, t-14) Alex Labbe -781, t-14) Josh Williams -781, 16) Myatt Snider -829.

Best of the Rest:  5) Noah Gragson 2306, 6) Brandon Jones -33, 7) Ross Chastain -36, 8) Harrison Burton -58, 9) Michael Annett -104, 10) Ryan Sieg -119, 11) Brandon Brown -136, 12) Riley Herbst -154, 13) Jeremy Clements -1640, t-14) Alex Labbe -1697, t-14) Josh Williams -1697, 16) Myatt Snider -1745, 17) Daniel Hemric -1751, 18) Anthony Alfredo -1763, 19) Jesse Little -1779, 20) Tommy Joe Martins -1825, 21) BJ McLeod -1873, 22) Jeffrey Earnhardt -1884.

Playoff Points: 1) Chase Briscoe 68, 2) Austin Cindric -12, 3) Justin Allgaier -35, 4) Noah Gragson -42, 5) Harrison Burton -43, 6) Justin Haley -45, 7) Brandon Jones -47, 8) AJ Allmendinger -56, 9) Ross Chastain -57, t-10) Michael Annett -66, t-10) Ryan Sieg -66, t-12) Riley Herbst -67, t-12) Jeb Burton -67, t-12) Kaz Grala -67.

Note: The Playoff points represent all the playoff points earned during the season.  This includes playoff points earned by the Championship 4 in Phoenix and by drivers outside of the playoffs during the playoffs.

Stage Points: 1) Austin Cindric 431, 2) Ross Chastain -61, 3) Chase Briscoe -64, 4) Justin Allgaier -74, 5) Noah Gragson -95, 6) Justin Haley -176, 7) Brandon Jones -198, 8) Harrison Burton -211, 9) Michael Annett -287, 10) Riley Herbst -295, t-11) Daniel Hemric -314, t-11) Ryan Sieg -314, 13) Anthony Alfredo -351, 14) Jeb Burton -382, 15) Brandon Brown -393, 16) AJ Allmendinger -394.

Note No. 1: If he were eligible for points, Kyle Busch would be 14th in stage points.

Note No. 2: The Stage Points cover all races.  This includes the Championship 4 drivers at Phoenix.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chase Briscoe 1137, 2) Austin Cindric -23, 3) Ross Chastain -33, 4) Noah Gragson -39, 5) Harrison Burton -91, 6) Justin Haley -103, 7) Michael Annett -167, 8) Brandon Jones -185, 9) Justin Allgaier -189, 10) Ryan Sieg -287, t-11) Riley Herbst -308, t-11) Brandon Brown -308, 13) Jeremy Clements -356, 14) Josh Williams -397, 15) Alex Labbe -420, 16) Myatt Snider -461.

Race Winners: Noah Gragson (Daytona-1, Bristol), Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas-1, Darlington-1, Homestead-2, Pocono, Indianapolis, Dover-2, Bristol-2, Las Vegas-2, Kansas-2), Harrison Burton (Fontana, Homestead-1, Texas-2, Martinsville), Brandon Jones (Phoenix-1, Kansas-1, Darlington-2), Kyle Busch (Charlotte-1), AJ Allmendinger (Atlanta, Charlotte-2), Justin Haley (Talladega-1, Daytona-3, Talladega-2). Austin Cindric (Kentucky-1, Kentucky-2, Texas-1, Road America, Daytona-2, Phoenix-2), Justin Allgaier (Dover-1, Richmond-1, Richmond-2)

Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.

Sheldon Creed was able to get all the way to the inside on the final restart Friday night and get past Brett Moffitt to win the Lucas Oil 150.  That victory gave him the 2020 Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship.  Creed's final margin was five points over teammate Zane Smith, who finished second.  Moffitt dropped all the way to 10th in the final two laps.  As a result, he finished the season third in points.  Grant Enfinger was out of tires when the final caution flew and ended up 13th at the finish.  He ends the season fourth.

Outside of the playoffs, Matt Crafton finished 14th Friday night, but still ended up finishing fifth in points.  Crafton was 32 points ahead of Austin Hill, who finished 12th.  Ben Rhodes moved up one place to seventh after finishing seventh.  Rhodes jumped over Christian Eckes despite Eckes finishing fourth.

Tyler Ankrum ended up ninth in points after finishing eighth, while Todd Gilliland was 10th.  Of those who never qualified for the playoffs, Derek Kraus led the group despite a couple of bad runs to finish out the year.  He ended up 82 points ahead of Raphael Lessard, who finished fifth Friday night.

Johnny Sauter finished 11th and stays in 13th, followed by Tanner Gray.  Stewart Friesen finished sixth to hold onto 15th.  Austin Wayne Self finished 16th in points.

Championship 4 Point Standings: 1) Sheldon Creed 4040, 2) Zane Smith -5, 3) Brett Moffitt -13, 4) Grant Enfinger -16.

Best of the Rest (5-20): 5) Matt Crafton 2274, 6) Austin Hill -32, 7) Ben Rhodes -34, 8) Christian Eckes -36, 9) Tyler Ankrum -76, 10) Todd Gilliland -133, 11) Derek Kraus -1629, 12) Raphael Lessard -1711, 13) Johnny Sauter -1751, 14) Tanner Gray -1763, 15) Stewart Friesen -1770, 16) Austin Wayne Self -1888, 17) Tate Fogelman -1940, 18) Jordan Anderson -1951, 19) Chandler Smith -1962, 20) Spencer Boyd -1968.
 

Regular Season Point Standings (1-16): 1) Brett Moffitt 883, 2) Sheldon Creed -10, 3) Austin Hill -24, 4) Zane Smith -31, 5) Ben Rhodes -70, 6) Matt Crafton -99, 7) Christian Eckes -125, 8) Grant Enfinger -136, 9) Tyler Ankrum -209, 10) Derek Kraus -238, 11) Todd Gilliland -280, 12) Raphael Lessard -320, 13) Johnny Sauter -360, 14) Tanner Gray -372, 15) Stewart Friesen -379, 16) Austin Wayne Self -497.

Note No. 1: Regular Season Point Standings include stage points that would have been earned at Phoenix by the Championship 4 drivers.

Playoff Points: 1) Sheldon Creed 42, 2) Austin HIll -14, 3) Grant Enfinger -18, 4) Zane Smith -19, 5) Brett Moffitt -20, 6) Ben Rhodes -28, 7) Matt Crafton -32, t-8) Christian Eckes -37, t-8) Raphael Lessard -37, t-8) Sam Mayer -37, t-11) Tyler Ankrum -39, t-11) Todd Gilliland -39, t-13) Derek Kraus -41, t-13) Johnny Sauter -41, t-13) Stewart Friesen -41.

Note: The Playoff points represent all the playoff points earned during the season.  This includes playoff points earned by the Championship 4 in Phoenix and by drivers outside of the playoffs during the playoffs.

Stage Points: 1) Brett Moffitt 248, 2) Sheldon Creed -12, 3) Zane Smith -20, 4) Austin Hill -44, 5) Ben Rhodes -51, 6) Christian Eckes -59, 7) Matt Crafton -75, 8) Tyler Ankrum -110, 9) Grant Enfinger -119, 10) Todd Gilliland -131, 11) Derek Kraus -146, 12) Johnny Sauter -164, 13) Raphael Lessard -195, 14) Stewart Friesen -201, 15) Chandler Smith -206, 16) Sam Mayer -221.

Note: If everyone were eligible for stage points, Ross Chastain would be 13th in points, while Kyle Busch would be 14th.

Note No. 2: The Stage Points cover all races.  This includes the Championship 4 at Phoenix.

Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Austin Hill 576, 2) Brett Moffitt -5, 3) Sheldon Creed -12, 4) Zane Smith -30, 5) Ben Rhodes -31, 6) Grant Enfinger -45, 7) Matt Crafton -49, 8) Christian Eckes -87, 9) Derek Kraus -110, 10) Tyler Ankrum -130, 11) Raphael Lessard -154, 12) Todd Gilliland -174, 13) Tanner Gray -178, 14) Stewart Friesen -202, 15) Johnny Sauter -213, 16) Austin Wayne Self -284.

Race Winners: Grant Enfinger (Daytona-1, Atlanta, Richmond, Martinsville), Kyle Busch (Las Vegas-1, Homestead, Texas-1), Chase Elliott (Charlotte), Brandon Jones (Pocono), Sheldon Creed (Kentucky, Daytona-2, Gateway, Texas-2, Phoenix), Austin Hill (Kansas-1, Las Vegas-2), Matt Crafton (Kansas-2), Zane Smith (Michigan, Dover), Ben Rhodes (Darlington), Sam Mayer (Bristol), Raphael Lessard (Talladega), Brett Moffitt (Kansas-3).

Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.

"Yeah, just crazy. I mean, heck, how could you? I’m not sure I could have sat down and drawn it up any better, you know? So for me, it’s unbelievable. It’s something that I’m not sure ‑‑ well, I know I haven’t let it sink in yet. I’m waiting on it to hit me and I’m going to break down here and look like a fool in a minute. I know it’s coming, so I really hope I get done with all this media before it happens.

"Just so grateful for the opportunities and the things I’ve had over the years, great people. My mom and dad and their support obviously has been from the beginning. Mr. Hendrick came in and really changed my life when he wanted to help. Not to sound like a NASCAR driver, but NAPA Auto Parts, too, coming in when they did. 2014 wouldn’t have happened without them and the championship that came that season. And man, they’ve been a champion partner for years. Now they have a championship to go with it.

"Very grateful for a lot of great people, more people than I named that have got me here today." - Chase Elliott, race winner

"I would have liked to have one of those late-race yellows like we saw in the truck race and the Xfinity race. I thought we were pretty good there and just didn’t have the track position to make it show. I knew we had a good shot at the end of the second stage and just couldn’t keep it up in a spot to where we could have the lead. I am really proud of the speed we had in the Discount Tire Ford. It was a solid day. I just wish we had one more spot." - Brad Keselowski, finished second

"I just didn’t have the speed at the right time. Early in the race our Shell Pennzoil Mustang was really fast. Our pit crew was on it. Our strategy got us out front there at the end, but the 9 seemed like he lit off there pretty good there and that last run was able to go really fast, and then got another vibration there towards the end of the run and lost the turn and was still a little free off. We were close. Everyone executed and did their job and that’s what we should be most proud of and is how far we’ve come from the beginning of the season to now as a team. There’s a lot to be proud of. It stings not winning. I’m not going to lie, it hurts, but at the same time we’re stronger because we went through it." - Joey Logano, finished third

"We just needed a little bit of speed and handling. Just a little bit every lap. It was so, so small. At time we were pretty good and maybe I had the fastest car, but it was just a few laps here and there. We just needed a little bit more. Obviously, this package in particular we weren’t great this year and this was one of our better runs with it, but it just wasn’t enough really." - Denny Hamlin, finished fourth

"I’ve let in about as much as I can. I feel like the off‑season will happen, and I won’t have team meetings and 2021 planning meetings, and my trips to the shop won’t be as frequent. I’ll still go and still be around HMS just because it’s home.

"But I think as next year comes around and I don’t go to Daytona for the 500 and those firsts that come along, that’s when it will take deeper ‑‑ it’ll continue to set in deeper and deeper then.

"But I feel like I’ve had a special week, a lot of friends in town, I’ve spoken a lot on the phone, a lot of texts, very meaningful conversations, and very thankful that I’ve had that from friends, family, a lot of my peers here today, so I’m feeling pretty full right now." - Jimmie Johnson, finished fifth

"We had a really good Menards/Moen Ford Mustang today. We worked on slight balance changes throughout the race and felt like we had a top-five car. We got something on the grille late and I was losing power, so I lost a spot late which stunk. Big thank you to Todd Gordon and this entire team. I felt like we made a bunch of progress throughout the season with communication, even with the challenges of this year. I look forward to coming back stronger in 2020." - Ryan Blaney, finished sixth

"Finished 2020 with a good top 10 finish today. We struggled a bit at the beginning, but we kept working on it and made up ground throughout the race. It was good to get a top 10 for Chad’s last race with us and as a crew chief. Great job to Chase (Elliott) and the No. 9 guys on the championship as well. They did a phenomenal job the last two races. I’m looking forward to the off season and then getting after it in 2021. Hopefully we’ll be fighting alongside those boys a lot." - William Byron, finished ninth

"We battled; we battled today, we battled all year and we battled through the playoffs. We had an incredible win in Vegas and some great turnarounds at tracks that we struggled at this year. I couldn’t be more proud of Matt McCall and all the guys at Chip Ganassi Racing. We were bringing better cars throughout the Playoffs. We’ve got to battle as a team, we’ve got to do good things as a team, and we have to win and lose as a team. To be top-10 overall after the year is done; I’m done with 2020! Thanks to Monster Energy, Chevrolet, GEARWRENCH and all the employees at Chip Ganassi Racing." - Kurt Busch, finished 12th