2016 Quaker State 400

The 2016 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 9, 2016 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 18th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

2016 Quaker State 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 18 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09)
Location Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed 128.580 mph (206.929 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Stewart-Haas Racing
Time No time trials; set by owners' points
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 128
Winner
No. 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 1.8/3 (Overnight)[11]
1.9/3 (Final)[12]
3.2 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)

The race had 16 lead changes among 9 different drivers and eleven cautions for 53 laps.

Report

Background

The sixth running of the Quaker State 400 was held in Sparta, Kentucky at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2016. The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.. Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.

Aero package

During Coca-Cola 600 race weekend, NASCAR announced they would test changes to the aero package at Michigan and Kentucky.[13] In addition to the aero changes used in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, there will be a reduction in spoiler size from 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) to 2.5 inches (6.4 cm), a two-inch (5.1 cm) reduction of the splitter and resizing the deck fin.[14]

NASCAR Executive Vice-President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said that NASCAR looks "at it as a never-ending journey; if we can improve we're going to do that. We wanted to go the direction of low downforce, see how that worked, not kind of go all the way in and hope that we are directionally right. And we are seeing that play out. We've seen some great racing at the beginning of the year. But we also knew that we had some more levers that we could pull if the direction kind of proved out, so we've tried some of those things. We've tested it and what we've also wanted to do is lower some of the corner speeds to allow for even more passing. That was one of the areas where we've seen minimal change, but there are some levers we can pull to really drive that down."[14]

Track changes

The track was completely repaved during the first half of the Sprint Cup Series season, turns 1 and 2 were narrowed from 76 ft (23 m) to 56 ft (17 m) and the banking was raised from 14 to 17 degrees.[15]

Entry list

The preliminary entry list for the race included forty cars and was released on July 1, 2016 at 3:17 pm ET.

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
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
83Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
95Ty Dillon (i)Circle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet
98Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Carl Edwards was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.962 and a speed of 186.451 mph (300.064 km/h).[16]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.962186.451
2 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.004186.181
3 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota29.155185.217
Official first practice results

Second practice

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.680 and a speed of 188.285 mph (303.015 km/h).[17] Jimmie Johnson went to his backup car after slamming the wall exiting turn 4 early in the session.[18]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.680188.285
2 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.705188.121
3 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.710188.088
Official second practice results

Qualifying

Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole position after qualifying was rained out.[19]

Starting lineup

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
2 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord
3 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
4 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord
5 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
6 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
7 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota
8 24Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
9 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
10 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
11 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
12 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
13 88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
14 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
15 21Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord
16 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
17 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord
18 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
19 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
20 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
21 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord
22 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
23 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord
24 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
25 15Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet
26 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord
27 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet
28 13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet
29 38Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord
30 95Ty Dillon (i)Circle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet
31 23David RaganBK RacingToyota
32 44Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord
33 7Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet
34 34Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord
35 83Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota
36 98Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
37 46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet
38 32Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord
39 55Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
40 30Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet
Official starting lineup

Practice (post qualifying)

Third practice

Carl Edwards was the fastest in third practice with a time of 28.627 and a speed of 188.633 mph (303.575 km/h).[20]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.627188.633
2 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota28.758187.774
3 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.802187.487
Official third practice results

Final practice

Carl Edwards was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.808 and a speed of 187.448 mph (301.668 km/h).[21] Kurt Busch dropped to the rear of the field after switching to his backup car because of a wreck in the closing minutes of final practice.[22]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.808187.448
2 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota28.950186.528
3 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.972186.387
Official final practice results

Race

Start

Under clear evening Kentucky skies, Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag at 7:50. After making contact with the wall in turn 4 the prior lap, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. cut a tire, slammed the wall and brought out the first caution of the race on lap 11.[23] He went on to finish 40th.[24]

The race restarted on lap 15. A scheduled competition caution brought out the second caution of the race on lap 26. Kurt Busch opted not to pit and assumed the lead.

The race restarted on lap 32. The third caution of the race flew the same lap for a single-car wreck on the frontstretch. Exiting turn 4, Jimmie Johnson made contact with Ryan Blaney and sent himself spinning into the wall.[25]

The race restarted on lap 37. Harvick passed his teammate exiting turn 2 to retake the lead on lap 38. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 54 after Joey Logano suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 3. He said afterwards that he "got loose off of four and knocked the right-rear quarter off it and then got real loose. When you get loose you have to slow down more and you use a lot of brake to slow down. Usually, the next thing to go is the right-front tire and that happened. Unfortunately, I put us in a bad spot here. It's not where we want to be and we'll figure out next week." Brad Keselowski opted not to pit and assumed the lead.[26]

Second quarter

Brad Keselowski won the race.

The race restarted on lap 60. Martin Truex Jr. out-raced Keselowski to the line to take the lead on lap 63. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 80 for Matt DiBenedetto after his car slammed the wall in turn 3. David Ragan opted not to pit and assumed the lead. He eventually pitted and handed the lead back to Harvick.

The race restarted on lap 88 and a two-car wreck in turn 3 involving Blaney and Chase Elliott brought out the sixth caution of the race.[27] Blaney said that the "restart was pretty hectic from the beginning with the 78 getting loose and it kind of put everybody in a bad spot, and it wound up with us being in the middle of three-wide into three. It's so hard to get into that corner all night with a car close to behind you and outside of you, and no one lifting either, and it's just an unfortunate spot we got put in and I hate to see two really good cars tore up. We were both very fast tonight (24 and 21) and it's just a really unfortunate deal, but we'll try to get it fixed and get back out there and make some laps."[28]

The race restarted on lap 92. A multi-car wreck on the backstretch brought out the seventh caution of the race on lap 94. Exiting turn 2, Brian Scott got loose, saved the car, got turned by Kyle Larson and got t-boned by Chris Buescher. A. J. Allmendinger, Buescher, Ty Dillon, Larson, Danica Patrick, Regan Smith, Scott and Cole Whitt were all collected in the melee.[29]

The race restarted on lap 103. A number of cars began hitting pit road on lap 142. Harvick hit pit road on lap 147 and handed the lead to Austin Dillon. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Danica Patrick. She pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Truex just as the eighth caution of the race flew for Regan Smith who suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 3.

Halfway

The race restarted with 110 laps to go. The ninth caution of the race flew with 108 laps to go for a single-car spin in turn 3 involving Clint Bowyer.

The race restarted with 102 laps to go. The 10th caution of the race flew with 96 laps to go for a single-car wreck on the frontstretch involving A. J. Allmendinger.

The race restarted with 91 laps to go. Harvick passed Truex in turn 3 to retake the lead with 90 laps to go. The 11th caution of the race flew with 74 laps to go after Landon Cassill slammed the wall in turn 2. Truex was forced to serve a pass-through penalty for passing Harvick on entry to pit road. He said after the race that he "did the same thing guys do every week. You get to your timing line, you step on the gas and you head straight towards your pit. So obviously I turned left and came up next to [Harvick] as I did it, as I was driving to my pit which guys do every week. I don't know why it was different today. I would think that if they didn't want us to do that any more they'd tell us in the driver meeting. But hell, it's every week. I've been passed on pit road 15 times this year the same exact way. I didn't see it get penalized. I guess when you're doing it for a win it's different circumstances or something."[30] "Everybody does it," a visibly disappointed Truex added on pit road. "I've had people pass me the same way at Bristol and Martinsville. They'll drive right by you through the pit. Everybody does it, so I don't know why all of a sudden they're making an example out of me. It's frustrating when you don't win. I feel like I've had a lot not go the right way the last couple years, especially. It is what it is. We'll move on."[31]

Fourth quarter

The race restarted with 68 laps to go. Keselowski took the lead with 67 laps to go. In the final 10 laps, a number of cars began pitting so to have enough fuel to make the finish. Kenseth briefly took the lead from Keselowski before he pitted with four laps to go and handed the lead back to Keselowski. Keselowski decreased his speed dramatically to conserve fuel. This allowed Carl Edwards to pull to within a car-length with one lap remaining. He blocked Edwards's advance as he re-fired his engine and drove on to score the victory.[32]

Driver comments

Keselowski said in victory lane that he felt "terrible that I couldn't do a burnout for the fans. I didn't have enough gas," Keselowski said after going the final 71 laps on fuel. Yeah, this is our best stretch and I'm really, really proud of that. We've got to keep it going through the fall, that's really important, but this is great. I'm just so proud of my guys. I feel terrible for the fans because I didn't get to do a burnout. I didn't have any gas. The car wouldn't run, but we're back here in Victory Lane and what a great Saturday night."[33]

After a runner-up finish, Edwards said he "thought I had him, too. He played it perfectly and he did it – he won at the absolute slowest possible speed he could. I thought he was out of fuel and that was that. I just appreciate the crowd coming out here, it's always neat to come to Kentucky. It's the site of my first win 13 years ago and it's a special place…That's a tough one to be that close. We were getting such good fuel mileage with our TRD (Toyota Racing Development) engine, I think we might have had a little extra there. That's going to be the hard part, going to bed knowing you could have gone a little faster."[34] He added that he thought Keselowski "was out of fuel, and he wasn't. He played it perfectly. He let me get to him and then stood on it. We had a shot at it, we just weren't able to do it. Saved a little too much."[35]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 22Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord26744
2 519Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26739
3 1431Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26738
4 341Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26738
5 2214Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26736
6 2316Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord26735
7 161Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet26734
8 1120Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26734
9 14Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26734
10 778Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota26732
11 176Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord26730
12 618Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26729
13 1388Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26728
14 185Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26727
15 1011Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26726
16 123Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26726
17 2710Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26625
18 2427Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26623
19 2042Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet26622
20 2643Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord26621
21 3698Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet26620
22 3123David RaganBK RacingToyota26520
23 2515Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet26518
24 4030Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet26417
25 3095Ty Dillon (i)Circle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet2640
26 3746Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet26415
27 3955Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet26214
28 3832Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord26213
29 2938Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord26112
30 2813Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet24611
31 824Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21010
32 948Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2089
33 3244Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord1518
34 337Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet1507
35 1521Ryan Blaney (R)Wood Brothers RacingFord1436
36 1947A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet1035
37 3434Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord924
38 3583Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota793
39 422Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord522
40 2117Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord91
Official race results

Race summary

  • Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
  • Cautions: 11 for 53 laps
  • Red flags: none
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes and 55 seconds
  • Average speed: 128.580 miles per hour (206.929 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 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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