The 2016 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 was the sixth stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, April 8, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would dominate the race to win his 80th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his fourth of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Erik Jones, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Brad Keselowski, driving for Team Penske, would finish second and third, respectively.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 33 in the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
| Date | April 8, 2016 | ||
| Official name | 20th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 | ||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Average speed | 141.121 miles per hour (227.112 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 28.651 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 150 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Carl Edwards | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
Background
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Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
edit- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
editFirst practice
editThe first practice session was held on Thursday, April 7, at 3:00 PM CST. The session would last for one hour and 25 minutes.[2] Erik Jones, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 28.882 and an average speed of 186.968 miles per hour (300.896 km/h).[3]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.882 | 186.968 |
| 2 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.353 | 183.968 |
| 3 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.480 | 183.175 |
| Full first practice results | ||||||
Second and final practice
editThe final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, April 7, at 6:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[2] Erik Jones, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.375 and an average speed of 183.830 miles per hour (295.846 km/h).[4]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.375 | 183.830 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.622 | 182.297 |
| 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 29.683 | 181.922 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
editQualifying was held on Friday, April 8, at 3:45 PM CST.[2] Since Texas Motor Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.[5]
Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 28.651 and an average speed of 188.475 miles per hour (303.321 km/h).[6]
Jeff Green was the only driver to fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
edit| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) | Time (R3) | Speed (R3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.720 | 188.022 | 28.621 | 188.673 | 28.651 | 188.475 |
| 2 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.587 | 188.897 | 28.750 | 187.826 | 28.715 | 188.055 |
| 3 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.086 | 185.656 | 28.777 | 187.650 | 28.755 | 187.793 |
| 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.812 | 187.422 | 28.824 | 187.344 | 28.862 | 187.097 |
| 5 | 48 | Brennan Poole (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.881 | 186.974 | 28.919 | 186.728 | 28.878 | 186.994 |
| 6 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.922 | 186.709 | 28.870 | 187.045 | 28.913 | 186.767 |
| 7 | 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.068 | 185.771 | 28.863 | 187.091 | 28.924 | 186.696 |
| 8 | 22 | Brad Keselowski (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 28.704 | 188.127 | 28.840 | 187.240 | 28.967 | 186.419 |
| 9 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.071 | 185.752 | 28.926 | 186.683 | 29.014 | 186.117 |
| 10 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.961 | 186.458 | 28.997 | 186.226 | 29.030 | 186.014 |
| 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.033 | 185.995 | 28.987 | 186.290 | 29.060 | 185.822 |
| 12 | 43 | Jeb Burton | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 29.004 | 186.181 | 28.966 | 186.425 | 29.236 | 184.704 |
| Eliminated in Round 2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.209 | 184.875 | 29.000 | 186.207 | - | - |
| 14 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 28.858 | 187.123 | 29.001 | 186.200 | - | - |
| 15 | 1 | Elliott Sadler | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.387 | 183.755 | 29.025 | 186.047 | - | - |
| 16 | 5 | Chase Elliott (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.036 | 185.976 | 29.030 | 186.014 | - | - |
| 17 | 4 | Ross Chastain | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.970 | 186.400 | 29.065 | 185.790 | - | - |
| 18 | 98 | Aric Almirola (i) | Biagi-DenBeste Racing | Ford | 29.042 | 185.938 | 29.159 | 185.192 | - | - |
| 19 | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 29.214 | 184.843 | 29.193 | 184.976 | - | - |
| 20 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 29.229 | 184.748 | 29.321 | 184.168 | - | - |
| 21 | 01 | Ryan Preece (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.412 | 183.599 | 29.390 | 183.736 | - | - |
| 22 | 28 | Dakoda Armstrong | JGL Racing | Toyota | 29.279 | 184.433 | 29.407 | 183.630 | - | - |
| 23 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.194 | 184.970 | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | 0 | Garrett Smithley (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 29.427 | 183.505 | - | - | - | - |
| Eliminated in Round 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 11 | Blake Koch | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 29.432 | 183.474 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | 44 | David Starr | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 29.445 | 183.393 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | 24 | Matt Tifft (i) | JGL Racing | Toyota | 29.474 | 183.212 | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | 93 | Josh Wise (i) | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.479 | 183.181 | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | 14 | J. J. Yeley | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 29.648 | 182.137 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | 52 | Joey Gase | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 29.741 | 181.568 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | 13 | Matt DiBenedetto (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 29.748 | 181.525 | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | 40 | Carl Long | MBM Motorsports | Dodge | 29.872 | 180.771 | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 29.889 | 180.668 | - | - | - | - |
| Qualified by owner's points | ||||||||||
| 34 | 97 | Ryan Ellis | Obaika Racing | Chevrolet | 30.226 | 178.654 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 70 | Derrike Cope | Derrike Cope Racing | Chevrolet | 30.628 | 176.309 | - | - | - | - |
| 36 | 90 | Martin Roy | King Autosport | Chevrolet | 30.750 | 175.610 | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | 78 | B. J. McLeod (R) | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Ford | 30.883 | 174.853 | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | 25 | Cody Ware (R) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 31.144 | 173.388 | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | 74 | Mike Harmon | Mike Harmon Racing | Dodge | 31.367 | 172.155 | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | 15 | Todd Peck | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 31.807 | 169.774 | - | - | - | - |
| Failed to qualify | ||||||||||
| 41 | 10 | Jeff Green | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 30.172 | 178.974 | - | - | - | - |
| Official qualifying results | ||||||||||
| Official starting lineup | ||||||||||
Race results
editStandings after the race
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References
edit- ^ "Kyle Busch 4th NASCAR Xfinity win of 2016 is 80th overall". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ a b c "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site - Texas XFINITY Race Info Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Long, Dustin (2016-04-07). "Erik Jones paces first Xfinity practice at Texas Motor Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Long, Dustin (2016-04-08). "Erik Jones leads way in final Xfinity practice at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ Lunkenheimer, Beth (2016-04-08). "Kyle Busch To Lead O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Field To Green". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ "2016 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.