2016 New Hampshire 301

The 2016 New Hampshire 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 17, 2016 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Matt Kenseth won the race, his second win of the season, and Tony Stewart finished second. Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five. The race had 13 lead changes among 8 drivers and seven cautions for 36 laps.

2016 New Hampshire 301
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.603 km)
Average speed 108.416 mph (174.479 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 28.430 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 133
Winner
No. 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 2.0/4 (Overnight)[11]
2.1/4 (Final)[12]
3.3 million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini
Turn Announcers Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

Report

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track where the race will be held.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

Entry list

The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on July 11, 2016 at 10:12 a.m. Eastern time. Among the changes is Alex Bowman subbing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. who'll sit out this race due to concussion symptoms.[13]

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
30Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet
31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
32Eddie MacDonaldGo 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
83Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota
88Alex Bowman (i)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
95Ty DillonCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet
98Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
Official initial entry list
Official final entry list

First practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.517 and a speed of 133.562 mph (214.947 km/h).[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota28.517133.562
2 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.556133.380
3 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.616133.100
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Jimmie Johnson scored the pole position.

Jimmie Johnson scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.430 and a speed of 133.971 mph (215.605 km/h).[15] He said afterwards that his car "had a really weird set of tires or something odd go on on our mock run at the end of practice," Johnson said. "It felt like something was broken on the car. So to come back and have good speed in the car and advance, I knew after round two we would have a shot at the pole, because we were able to keep our lap count down and advance to the next round on our first lap in each session. And then put together a smooth lap. I felt like it could have been faster, but certainly a good smooth one, and it was enough."[16] He commented further that he has "had, as everybody knows, a tough month or two. To be back in the media center is a nice feeling. I even forgot that I had to come here. It’s amazing how fast things change."[17] He also added that qualifying at New Hampshire is important because it's "the most important track for track position. It’s a short race, very difficult to pass. You need track position. The key is to keep it, but at least we’re starting with it.”[18]

Kyle Busch, who qualified second, said his "car wasn’t quite as good as I had hoped it would be as far as the feeling that I had with grip. It was fast though, the second round and third round were certainly high up there on the speed charts, but just didn’t quite have the comfort that I was looking for out of the car to be able to push it a little bit more and get some more time out of it, actually had to give up a little time because of the lack of grip that I felt off the exit of four and ended up p2 today.”[19]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.88428.63028.430
2 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.77928.40728.460
3 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota28.70128.675 28.558
4 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.67428.66828.625
5 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.62628.56428.625
6 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord28.60228.63228.656
7 24Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.74028.61528.698
8 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.68228.65828.703
9 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord28.92528.63828.704
10 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet28.92428.67228.720
11 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.88328.61928.827
12 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.90128.63628.857
13 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.76128.676
14 21Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord28.90128.681
15 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.72828.685
16 83Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota28.90828.706
17 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.81928.752
18 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.67528.794
19 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.92528.802
20 88Alex Bowman (i)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.83828.842
21 13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet28.80028.915
22 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord28.94928.925
23 23David RaganBK RacingToyota28.91928.928
24 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.94729.035
25 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.964
26 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord28.986
27 95Michael McDowellCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet29.085
28 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord29.139
29 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet29.171
30 38Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord29.171
31 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord29.173
32 15Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet29.216
33 44Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord29.248
34 7Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet29.341
35 34Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord29.599
36 55Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet29.740
37 46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet30.044
38 32Eddie MacDonaldGo FAS RacingFord30.064
39 30Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet30.101
40 98Ryan Ellis (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet30.502
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Carl Edwards was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.974 and a speed of 131.456 mph (211.558 km/h).[20]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.974131.456
2 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.012131.284
3 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.032131.193
Official second practice results

Final practice

Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.998 and a speed of 131.347 mph (211.383 km/h).[21]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 24Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.998131.347
2 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.008131.302
3 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.065131.044
Official final practice results

Race

First half

Under mostly sunny New Hampshire skies, Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag at 1:41 p.m. Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch tried to pass Johnson exiting turn 4, but Johnson edged ahead and led the first lap. Kyle got right beside him exiting turn 4 and edged him to the line to lead the second lap. By lap 30, he held a three-second lead over Johnson. By lap 35, Johnson fell from second to fourth. The first caution of the race flew on lap 36. It was a scheduled competition caution for overnight rain.

The race restarted on lap 41. After 20 laps, his lead was half a second over Martin Truex Jr. By lap 80, the gap shrunk to four-tenths of a second. By lap 81, Truex closed up to his rear bumper. After working on Kyle for seven laps, Truex took the lead on lap 89. After 10 laps, Kyle fell from second to fifth. The second caution of the race flew on lap 100 for a single-car spin on the backstretch. Exiting turn 2, Chris Buescher got loose, slammed on the brakes to avoid slamming Josh Wise – but hit him anyway – and spun down the track.[22] Wise went on to finish 40th.[23]

The race restarted on lap 109. By lap 120, his lead grew to three seconds over Kurt Busch. By lap 140, the lead shrunk to 1.3 seconds. By lap 173, Kyle reeled in Truex and passed him in turn 1 to retake the lead. Truex didn't give up and stayed close to Kyle to try and pounce on him for the lead. A number of cars began making green flag stops on lap 181. Kyle hit pit road on lap 183 and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Kyle. Ryan Blaney was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a pass through penalty.

Second half

Matt Kenseth won the race, but failed post-race inspection.

Debris in turn 3 brought out the third caution of the race with 80 laps to go. Truex exited pit road with the race lead. A. J. Allmendinger was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

The race restarted with 74 laps to go. He was unable to pull away from the field as Matt Kenseth pulled up to him looking for the lead. He spent the next 30 laps tailing Truex until he got to his inside exiting turn 4 and took the lead with 44 laps to go. Debris in turn 3 brought out the fourth caution of the race with 36 laps to go. Denny Hamlin opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. During the caution, Truex reported that his shifter had broken and that he had no clutch.[24]

The race restarted with 33 laps to go. Truex's car, being stuck in fourth gear, stalled on the restart and caused a log jam with cars swerving to avoid him, which led to a number of cars making contact with one another.[25] Kenseth worked on Hamlin for a number of laps before retaking the lead with 30 laps to go. The fifth caution of the race flew with 29 laps to go for a two-car wreck on the frontstretch. Entering turn 1, Alex Bowman – subbing for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. – suffered a tire blowout and slammed the wall.[22] Chase Elliott also suffered a tire blowout, but avoided the wall.[22] Bowman said after the race that he thought Edwards "was backing up because he was blocked in as I was leaving the pit box. My left-rear hit his right-rear as I was leaving. It caved it in enough, we thought we would be fine, but obviously, when I got into (Kurt Busch) it was already going down. They knew we were here for sure and I had a blast.”[26] He added that what happened was "really unfortunate — the worst we would have finished was about seventh or eighth. I hate the circumstances obviously, and I hope Dale Jr. is feeling better, but we had a top-10 car all day long.”[27]

The race restarted with 24 laps to go and a number of cars made contact on the restart, notably the No. 41 of Kurt Busch. Three laps later, he suffered a left-rear tire blowout and hit the wall. Brad Keselowski also suffered a tire blowout.

The race restarted with 17 laps to go. A three-car wreck on the backstretch brought out the sixth caution of the race. It started with Ryan Newman made contact with Carl Edwards. He turned down into Kasey Kahne who turned up into Kyle Larson who turned down through the grass.[22]

The race restarted with 11 laps to go and Kenseth drove on to score the victory.[28]

Driver comments

Kenseth said in victory lane that a driver is "always pleased to be in victory lane. The farther down the road you get, the better they feel for sure. Thanks to everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing. I’ve said it a million times, but I’m blessed with this opportunity to be over here with the guys I get to work with and my great sponsors, Dollar General and of course, can’t do it without Toyota, TRD (Toyota Racing Development), Interstate Batteries, WileyX, Gatorade. Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) and the team over there made great, great adjustments today. I didn’t do a very good job qualifying and after round one today it was pretty much money, we just had to get there. It was a fun day.”[29]

After a runner-up finish, Stewart said his crew chief "is doing a great job on the box. You can see the confidence not only in him, but all the guys on the team. Our Chevys are fast right now. I feel like we are gaining on it. What we said, I don't know when we said it, we were talking about you crawl before you walk, walk before you run, run before you jog and job before you sprint. We are definitely running right now. I feel like we are getting pretty close to this sprint at the end."[30]

After edging out Harvick at the line for third, Logano said he would "take a third place after all that. We were awful at the beginning of the race. We tried some new things and apparently they didn’t work so we aborted mission in the middle of the race and got some speed back in the 22 but not enough to beat the 20.”[31]

"We under-execute as a team on a weekly basis and got to do a better job," an unhappy Harvick said after finishing fourth. "The ... cars are always fast, but we always do something wrong. It's really going to have to come from the top [to manage]. I mean they are going to have to clamp down and there is no way we can win a championship like this unless they straighten some of this stuff out."[32]

Penalties

Kenseth was issued a penalty on the Wednesday following the race for failing post-race inspection.[33] He was docked 15 driver points, crew chief Jason Ratcliff was issued a 25-thousand dollar fine and placed on probation through December 31.[34]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 1820Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30129
2 1214Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30139
3 622Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord30138
4 84Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30137
5 2816Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord30136
6 191Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet30135
7 2531Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30134
8 218Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30135
9 511Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30133
10 2217Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord30131
11 1421Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord30130
12 148Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30130
13 153Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30128
14 2910Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30127
15 92Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord30127
16 378Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota30126
17 1742Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet30124
18 2427Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30123
19 2643Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord30122
20 1319Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30121
21 1047A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet30120
22 441Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30119
23 316Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord30118
24 3215Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet30117
25 115Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30116
26 2088Alex Bowman (i)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3010
27 2113Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet30014
28 3038Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord29913
29 3534Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord29912
30 2323David RaganBK RacingToyota29911
31 1683Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota29910
32 347Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet2979
33 3746Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet2958
34 724Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2947
35 3655Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet2946
36 3832Eddie MacDonaldGo FAS RacingFord2935
37 4098Ryan Ellis (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet2920
38 3344Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord2783
39 2795Michael McDowellCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet1912
40 3930Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet941
Official race results

Race summary

  • 13 lead changes among 8 drivers
  • 7 cautions for 36 laps
  • 0 red flags
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 57 minutes and 53 seconds
  • Average speed: 107.416 miles per hour (172.869 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

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

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

PRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice
Announcer: Mark Garrow
Announcer: Wendy Venturini
Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright
Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson
Brad Gillie
Brett McMillan
Jim Noble
Steve Richards

Standings after the race

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