2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500

The 2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on October 30, 2016, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 33rd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, seventh race of the Chase and first race of the Round of 8.

2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 33 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)
Location Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
.526 mi (.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.5 km)
Average speed 78.540 miles per hour (126.398 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Furniture Row Racing
Time 19.282
Most laps led
Driver Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 176
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte Guest Analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The race marked the final career start for Jeff Gordon, exactly one year after winning this race.

Report

Background

Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.

Entry list

No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord
3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord
7Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet
10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet
14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
15Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet
16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord
18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
21Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord
22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord
23David RaganBK RacingToyota
24Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
30Gray GauldingThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet
31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
32Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord
34Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord
38Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord
41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord
44Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord
46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet
47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
55Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota
83Dylan Lupton (i)BK RacingToyota
88Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
93Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota
95Michael McDowellCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet
Official entry list

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.289 and a speed of 98.170 mph (157.989 km/h).[11]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.28998.170
2 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.31198.058
3 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord19.31298.053
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole position.

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.282 and a speed of 98.206 mph (158.047 km/h).[12] He said afterwards that Martinsville "is just so tough, and that first pit stall is just so critical to having a shot at winning here. I would love to get my first grandfather clock (the winner’s trophy). After last week, this helps a little bit. All in all, just proud of the guys for coming here with a game plan and executing. It's no guarantee that we'll race well on Sunday, but it's definitely a nice advantage if you have a good race car to be able to make up spots on pit road and not have to worry about getting blocked in and all those things. It's a definite advantage, and hopefully we can have a good car to take advantage of it."[13]

Joey Logano, who qualified second, said he came so very "close to getting that fourth pole in a row. It would have been pretty cool to be able to say you did that, but it’s been a great streak.”[14]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – who "wheel-hopped" going into turn 1, spun out, damaged the car and rolled out his backup – said there was "a lot of wheel-hop. It was definitely not ideal in qualifying, but you’re always pressing the issue to try to qualify better and trying to get everything out of the car that you can and it just started wheel-hopping. As a lot of us drivers know, once it starts wheel-hopping it’s hard to save. I down-shifted to try and keep it out of the wall as best I could, but we weren’t able to do that. We’ll get this Fastenal back-up out and get to work on it tonight and make sure that we have it ready to go for practice tomorrow.”[15]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota19.36519.29819.282
2 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord19.25919.37919.290
3 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.41419.38519.354
4 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet19.39719.41919.376
5 24Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.38019.29719.382
6 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet19.29419.32019.385
7 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.44519.39719.399
8 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.37419.43119.418
9 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.38719.30019.420
10 88Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.39019.37919.436
11 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.48019.36419.541
12 23David RaganBK RacingToyota19.47519.42319.556
13 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.44719.437
14 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.40819.447
15 21Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord19.39019.463
16 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord19.49419.463
17 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.45619.477
18 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.49019.487
19 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord19.45319.507
20 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet19.46319.512
21 7Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet19.50719.512
22 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.48619.520
23 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet19.50519.528
24 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet19.48119.539
25 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord19.510
26 13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet19.520
27 93Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota19.520
28 15Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet19.558
29 34Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord19.589
30 95Michael McDowellCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet19.591
31 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord19.608
32 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.616
33 38Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord19.788
34 55Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet19.853
35 44Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord19.871
36 30Gray GauldingThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet19.902
37 83Dylan Lupton (i)BK RacingToyota19.976
38 32Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord20.028
39 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord20.362
40 46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet0.000
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.566 and a speed of 96.780 mph (155.752 km/h).[16]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.56696.780
2 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord19.57596.736
3 23David RaganBK RacingToyota19.58896.671
Official second practice results

Final practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.707 and a speed of 96.088 mph (154.639 km/h).[17]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.70796.088
2 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet19.72196.020
3 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.75795.845
Official final practice results

Race

First half

Under mostly cloudy Virginia skies, Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 1:18 p.m. The first caution of the race flew on lap 22 after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wheel-hopped and backed into the turn 3 wall.[18] He went on to finish 40th.[19] Joey Logano exited pit road first. Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin were sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for speeding.

The race restarted on lap 28. Truex took the lead back from Logano on lap 45. The second caution flew on lap 61 for David Ragan laying fluid down on the track.[20]

The race restarted on lap 68. Kyle Larson took the lead for six laps on lap 73 before Truex took it back on lap 79. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 113 before giving it back to Truex the following lap. Debris in turn 4 brought out the third caution on lap 132. Kevin Harvick was sent to the tail end of the field for speeding.

The race restarted on lap 139. Matt Kenseth took the lead for a circuit on lap 152 before Truex took back over the following lap. He continued to hold it until Kenseth took it from him for good on lap 180. Racing for second, Hamlin made contact with Jimmie Johnson by bumping him out of the way rounding turns 3 and 4 before continuing on lap 198.[21] In his post-race media availability, Hamlin explained his bump on Johnson by saying how they "were racing for 13th or something at New Hampshire and he turned us, luckily I saved it. [He] [n]early wrecked us there. I raced him hard for the lead at Charlotte and then we come here and I catch him from a really long ways back. They didn’t want to let us go. It was frustrating from my standpoint, so I had to move him out of the way. I gave him many warnings on the radio.’’[22] Johnson said afterwards in his availability that he was "puzzled that he had to move me like he did,” Johnson said. “I prefer to race people cleanly. I got accused of racing hard? I’ll take that as a compliment.”[23] Debris on the backstretch, a torn banner, brought out the fourth caution on lap 200.

Second half

Jimmie Johnson won the race.

The race restarted on lap 207. It ran the length of a full fuel run, which is rare at Martinsville, and a number of cars pitted under green, also rare at Martinsville, when Edwards cut a tire, slammed the wall in turn and brought out the fifth caution with 142 laps to go.[24] He said afterwards that Goodyear had "come down here, look at the tire, and said it was a belt failure," Edwards said. "So that’s really big of them to say, 'Hey, there’s nothing you could have done about it.' We had a really good race going and sometimes that’s just what happens in racing."[25] Hamlin was sorted out as the leader. Because this happened during a cycle of green flag stops, it caused a number of cars to be in the wrong order when the race was scheduled to restart with 127 to go. There was controversy with race control taking so long to sort out the running order and for allowing so many laps to click off (29 total under the caution period) instead of throwing the red flag and sorting the running order. “We don’t need 100 laps under yellow ... trying to figure out where they’re at. It probably cost us the race," said Keselowski after the race.[26] Following the race, Sprint Cup Series Managing Director Richard Buck said what happened "was a very dynamic situation; it was unique, as you saw. We were right in the middle of green flag pit stops and we had to go to a caution. That presents one set of issues that we deal with and then from that point as it moved along and we started to get the lineup as we normally do, it went to another dynamic when we had the leader run out of fuel. ... We understand the stakes of the Chase. They're extremely high for everybody. Our job is to get it right. We've got a tremendous amount of resources up there (in the tower). We then moved into another dynamic of it, the wave-arounds. We took our time to make sure we got it right; we feel confident that we got it right."[27]

The race eventually restarted with 114 to go. After two laps of side-by-side racing, Johnson passed Hamlin exiting turn 2 to take the lead with 91 to go. Keselowski worked his way past Busch, Kenseth and Hamlin to move into second, but ran out of time to run down Johnson who drove on to score the victory.[28]

Driver comments

Johnson said in victory lane that "there were a lot of moments but anything in life you have to work for it. It’s not going to come easy and we knew that coming into this race. There are so many challenges with this track. I’m so thankful for this race team. To win on this weekend at this track with the tragedy we had in ’04, we’re thinking of all the loved ones that we lost in the plane crash.”[29]

Keselowski, who finished runner-up, said his race "was a good day for us, not the win. I think we had the speed capable to pull it off, but still a really strong day. The car was good. The team executed really well, we just kind of missed out on the racing Gods today. We have a lot to be proud of, a great effort, and showed that we’re still a strong team if not the strongest in the garage and I’m really proud of that.”[30]

Finishing third, Hamlin said his day was solid, "but obviously not what we were looking for. I knew when they called it that I sped. It wasn’t like I was rolling too fast, it was exiting my pit box. I got jammed up by whoever was in front of me, there were cars on the outside and I was trying to gas to get clear of them and then back off. With these shorter sections I didn’t have time to get it back.”[31]

Finishing fourth, Kenseth said he "had a good day, not a great day. The guy doing a great day is the guy doing a burnout. We had a great car, we just got a caution when we didn’t need one – we were on pit road and then at the end when we needed a caution, I saw a car hit the wall and a car smoking so I was hoping to get another yellow and get a shot at it, but just didn’t get it.”[31]

"You can’t wreck each other and that’s all there is to it I guess. We worked so good together that we gave the 48 car the win today,” a frustrated Busch said. "We had a great M&M’s Camry and we could have been a little farther up front, but we were held up there and we couldn’t pass and if I did try to make moves or try to make a pass, I got cutoff.”[31]

Jeff Gordon, who finished sixth in his final substitute ride in the No. 88 car, said that "like Homestead, you don't really know how special some of those moments are until years down the road. Maybe that's just my personality when I can reflect on it, go back through my career. This has really done a lot for me integrating into the team and the organization. ... It's memorable, certainly. It's ironic this is the last one."[32]

Off-track incident

Around an hour following the race, a vehicle struck and injured 22 pedestrians in a handicapped parking lot next to the helipad outside turns 1 and 2.[33] According to bystanders and police reports, the vehicle involved (a Chevrolet SSR) attempted to pass a Jeep Patriot, struck the Jeep and hit nearby pedestrians.[34] The driver was taken into custody.[35]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50044
2 192Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord50039
3 811Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50039
4 1720Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50038
5 918Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50037
6 1088Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50036
7 178Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota50035
8 141Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet50033
9 222Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord50033
10 447A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet50032
11 225Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49930
12 524Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49929
13 2516Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord49928
14 1142Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet49928
15 1643Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord49926
16 1331Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49925
17 323Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49924
18 3095Michael McDowellCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet49823
19 1521Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord49822
20 204Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49821
21 2613Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet49720
22 2341Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49719
23 316Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord49718
24 2410Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49717
25 1827Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49616
26 614Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49615
27 2934Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord49514
28 2815Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet49513
29 3338Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord49412
30 217Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet49411
31 3783Dylan Lupton (i)BK RacingToyota4900
32 2793Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota4899
33 3832Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord4868
34 3544Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord4847
35 4046Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet4796
36 719Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4775
37 1223David ReganBK RacingToyota4244
38 3455Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet4073
39 3630Gray GauldingThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet3602
40 3917Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord211
Official race results

Race summary

  • Lead changes: 9 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 5 for 54
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 20 minutes and 55 seconds
  • Average speed: 78.540 miles per hour (126.398 km/h)

Media

Television

NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race in the booth with a guest appearance by Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.

NBCSN
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Guest Analyst: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dave Burns
Mike Massaro
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio

MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Backstretch: Dave MoodyAlex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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