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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vevent" style="width: 28em; line-height: 1.5em;"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;"><span class="summary">2016 Coca-Cola 600 </span></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:100%; background-color:#efefef;">Race details<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 13 of 36 in the <a href="/wiki/2016_NASCAR_Sprint_Cup_Series" title="2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series">2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg/220px-2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg/330px-2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/2016_Coca-Cola_600_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="198" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> May 29, 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2016-05-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Motor_Speedway" title="Charlotte Motor Speedway">Charlotte Motor Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord, North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility<br />1.5 mi (2.4 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 400 laps, 600 mi (960 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Average speed</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 160.655 mph (258.549 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a></span></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Furniture_Row_Racing" title="Furniture Row Racing">Furniture Row Racing</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 28.077</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Most laps led</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Martin Truex Jr.</span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Furniture Row Racing</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Laps</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 392</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Winner</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:nowrap;">No. 78</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Martin Truex Jr.</span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Furniture Row Racing</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Television in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Fox_NASCAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox NASCAR">Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Announcers</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Joy" title="Mike Joy">Mike Joy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen Ratings</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 3.2/8 (Overnight)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />3.4/9 (Final)<sup id="cite_ref-Coca-Cola_600_Ties_Lowest_Rating_in_At_Least_20_Years_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coca-Cola_600_Ties_Lowest_Rating_in_At_Least_20_Years-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />5.7 million viewers<sup id="cite_ref-Coca-Cola_600_Ties_Lowest_Rating_in_At_Least_20_Years_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coca-Cola_600_Ties_Lowest_Rating_in_At_Least_20_Years-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Radio in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Radio</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Performance_Racing_Network" title="Performance Racing Network">PRN</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Booth Announcers</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Venturini" title="Wendy Venturini">Wendy Venturini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Turn Announcers</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>2016 Coca-Cola 600</b>, the 57th running of the <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola_600" title="Coca-Cola 600">event</a>, was a <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Cup_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Cup Series">Sprint Cup Series</a> race held on May 29, 2016, at <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Motor_Speedway" title="Charlotte Motor Speedway">Charlotte Motor Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord, North Carolina</a>. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the thirteenth race of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NASCAR_Sprint_Cup_Series" title="2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series">2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season</a>. The race had nine lead changes among four different drivers and four cautions for 19 laps. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report">Report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg/220px-Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg/330px-Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg/440px-Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="692" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Motor_Speedway" title="Charlotte Motor Speedway">Charlotte Motor Speedway</a>, the track where the race was held.</figcaption></figure> <p>The race was held at <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Motor_Speedway" title="Charlotte Motor Speedway">Charlotte Motor Speedway</a>, which is located in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord, North Carolina</a>. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that will be utilized for the race, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Dragstrip" title="Dragstrip">dragstrip</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Dirt_track_racing" title="Dirt track racing">dirt track</a>. The speedway was built in 1959 by <a href="/wiki/Bruton_Smith" title="Bruton Smith">Bruton Smith</a> and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Charlotte metropolitan area</a>. The track is owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Speedway_Motorsports" title="Speedway Motorsports">Speedway Motorsports</a> Inc. (SMI) with <a href="/wiki/Marcus_G._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus G. Smith">Marcus G. Smith</a> serving as track president. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entry_list">Entry list</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Entry list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial entry list for the race was released on May 23, 2016, at 8:54 am <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">ET</a> with forty cars. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McMurray" title="Jamie McMurray">Jamie McMurray</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chip_Ganassi_Racing" title="Chip Ganassi Racing">Chip Ganassi Racing</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Keselowski" title="Brad Keselowski">Brad Keselowski</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_Penske" title="Team Penske">Team Penske</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_Dillon" title="Austin Dillon">Austin Dillon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Childress_Racing" title="Richard Childress Racing">Richard Childress Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harvick" title="Kevin Harvick">Kevin Harvick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stewart-Haas_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart-Haas Racing">Stewart-Haas Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasey_Kahne" title="Kasey Kahne">Kasey Kahne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Motorsports" title="Hendrick Motorsports">Hendrick Motorsports</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Bayne" title="Trevor Bayne">Trevor Bayne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roush_Fenway_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Roush Fenway Racing">Roush Fenway Racing</a></td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regan_Smith_(racing_driver)" title="Regan Smith (racing driver)">Regan Smith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Baldwin_Racing" title="Tommy Baldwin Racing">Tommy Baldwin Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danica_Patrick" title="Danica Patrick">Danica Patrick</a></td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Hamlin" title="Denny Hamlin">Denny Hamlin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs_Racing" title="Joe Gibbs Racing">Joe Gibbs Racing</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Casey_Mears" title="Casey Mears">Casey Mears</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Germain_Racing" title="Germain Racing">Germain Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Stewart" title="Tony Stewart">Tony Stewart</a></td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clint_Bowyer" title="Clint Bowyer">Clint Bowyer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/HScott_Motorsports" title="HScott Motorsports">HScott Motorsports</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Biffle" title="Greg Biffle">Greg Biffle</a></td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Stenhouse_Jr." title="Ricky Stenhouse Jr.">Ricky Stenhouse Jr.</a></td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Busch" title="Kyle Busch">Kyle Busch</a></td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Edwards" title="Carl Edwards">Carl Edwards</a></td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Kenseth" title="Matt Kenseth">Matt Kenseth</a></td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Blaney" title="Ryan Blaney">Ryan Blaney</a> <b>(R)</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_Brothers_Racing" title="Wood Brothers Racing">Wood Brothers Racing</a></td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joey_Logano" title="Joey Logano">Joey Logano</a></td> <td>Team Penske</td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Ragan" title="David Ragan">David Ragan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/BK_Racing" title="BK Racing">BK Racing</a></td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chase_Elliott" title="Chase Elliott">Chase Elliott</a> <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Menard" title="Paul Menard">Paul Menard</a></td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Wise" title="Josh Wise">Josh Wise</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Motorsports_Group" title="The Motorsports Group">The Motorsports Group</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Newman_(racing_driver)" title="Ryan Newman (racing driver)">Ryan Newman</a></td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Earnhardt" title="Jeffrey Earnhardt">Jeffrey Earnhardt</a> <b>(R)</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Go_FAS_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Go FAS Racing">Go FAS Racing</a></td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Buescher" title="Chris Buescher">Chris Buescher</a> <b>(R)</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Front_Row_Motorsports" title="Front Row Motorsports">Front Row Motorsports</a></td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Landon_Cassill" title="Landon Cassill">Landon Cassill</a></td> <td>Front Row Motorsports</td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Busch" title="Kurt Busch">Kurt Busch</a></td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Larson" title="Kyle Larson">Kyle Larson</a></td> <td>Chip Ganassi Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aric_Almirola" title="Aric Almirola">Aric Almirola</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty_Motorsports" title="Richard Petty Motorsports">Richard Petty Motorsports</a></td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Scott" title="Brian Scott">Brian Scott</a> <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Richard Petty Motorsports</td> <td>Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Annett" title="Michael Annett">Michael Annett</a></td> <td>HScott Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Allmendinger" title="A. J. Allmendinger">A. J. Allmendinger</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/JTG_Daugherty_Racing" title="JTG Daugherty Racing">JTG Daugherty Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a></td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reed_Sorenson" title="Reed Sorenson">Reed Sorenson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premium_Motorsports" title="Premium Motorsports">Premium Motorsports</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Furniture_Row_Racing" title="Furniture Row Racing">Furniture Row Racing</a></td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>83</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_DiBenedetto" title="Matt DiBenedetto">Matt DiBenedetto</a></td> <td>BK Racing</td> <td>Toyota </td></tr> <tr> <td>88</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr." title="Dale Earnhardt Jr.">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a></td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>95</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(racing_driver)" title="Michael McDowell (racing driver)">Michael McDowell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Circle_Sport_%E2%80%93_Leavine_Family_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing">Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing</a></td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <td>98</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cole_Whitt" title="Cole Whitt">Cole Whitt</a></td> <td>Premium Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160528084910/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016entry-prelim.pdf">Official entry list</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_practice">First practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Busch" title="Kurt Busch">Kurt Busch</a> was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.002 and a speed of 192.843 mph (310.351 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th>Time </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="mph">Speed</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>41</td> <td>Kurt Busch</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.002</td> <td>192.843 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>48</td> <td>Jimmie Johnson</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.235</td> <td>191.252 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>19</td> <td>Carl Edwards</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.266</td> <td>191.042 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160615041246/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016prac1.pdf">Official first practice results</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg/220px-TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg/330px-TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg/440px-TSM350_-_2015_-_Martin_Truex_Jr._-_1_-_Stierch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a> qualified on the pole position with a time of 28.077 seconds.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a> scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.077 and a speed of 192.328 mph (309.522 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said after qualifying that he "liked what I felt last year and I’ve been thinking about this race a lot since then. We had a really good car that day and thought we were going to go to victory lane and got beat on fuel mileage. Just excited for all my guys and for Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats, Furniture Row, Denver Mattress and everybody that works so hard on this deal – Toyota Racing, TRD – just awesome race cars. We had to work hard today, we were not that good in practice and made a lot of changes throughout this qualifying session. Hats off to my guys for some really good work and lucky to be with this group for sure.”<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joey_Logano" title="Joey Logano">Joey Logano</a>, who qualified second, said he "got a little bit tight landing in (Turn) 1 and then a little bit free off (the corner). It wasn't much. And then (Turns) 3 and 4, I actually thought was a pretty good corner. So I would say most of it was down in 1 and 2 – probably at landing and through the center is where I lost most of my momentum. It's not much. Half-a-tenth of a second doesn't take long."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>“Being in the top four in every session there was really big for us,” <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Stenhouse_Jr." title="Ricky Stenhouse Jr.">Ricky Stenhouse Jr.</a> said after qualifying third. “We’ve been fast at times in qualifying, but never put every round together and stayed that consistent, so I’m really proud of the team for the adjustments that they made throughout the qualifying session there. We just missed it a little bit, but we know where to go work on it to get it better. Now our job is to get it better on Saturday for a long 600 miles and make sure that we’ve got some adjustability in it.”<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying_results">Qualifying results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Qualifying results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Best time in Round 1">R1</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Best time in Round 2">R2</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Best time in Round 3">R3</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>78</td> <td>Martin Truex Jr.</td> <td>Furniture Row Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.383</td> <td>28.229</td> <td><i><b>28.077</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>22</td> <td>Joey Logano</td> <td>Team Penske</td> <td>Ford</td> <td><i><b>28.224</b></i></td> <td><i><b>28.159</b></i></td> <td>28.124 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>17</td> <td>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.306</td> <td>28.185</td> <td>28.209 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>11</td> <td>Denny Hamlin</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.470</td> <td>28.294</td> <td>28.215 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>2</td> <td>Brad Keselowski</td> <td>Team Penske</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.345</td> <td>28.222</td> <td>28.277 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>16</td> <td>Greg Biffle</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.333</td> <td>28.180</td> <td>28.346 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>48</td> <td>Jimmie Johnson</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.422</td> <td>28.274</td> <td>28.379 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>4</td> <td>Kevin Harvick</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.376</td> <td>28.240</td> <td>28.381 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>19</td> <td>Carl Edwards</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.473</td> <td>28.378</td> <td>28.443 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>6</td> <td>Trevor Bayne</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.546</td> <td>28.280</td> <td>28.483 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>27</td> <td>Paul Menard</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.382</td> <td>28.285</td> <td>28.547 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>24</td> <td>Chase Elliott <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.355</td> <td>28.392</td> <td>28.729 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>41</td> <td>Kurt Busch</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.245</td> <td>28.404</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>31</td> <td>Ryan Newman</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.475</td> <td>28.432</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>47</td> <td>A. J. Allmendinger</td> <td>JTG Daugherty Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.541</td> <td>28.443</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>18</td> <td>Kyle Busch</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.325</td> <td>28.448</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>13</td> <td>Casey Mears</td> <td>Germain Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.436</td> <td>28.448</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>21</td> <td>Ryan Blaney <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Wood Brothers Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.238</td> <td>28.450</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>10</td> <td>Danica Patrick</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.556</td> <td>28.492</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>43</td> <td>Aric Almirola</td> <td>Richard Petty Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.326</td> <td>28.530</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>14</td> <td>Tony Stewart</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.504</td> <td>28.543</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>34</td> <td>Chris Buescher <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Front Row Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.581</td> <td>28.621</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>1</td> <td>Jamie McMurray</td> <td>Chip Ganassi Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.581</td> <td>28.646</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>42</td> <td>Kyle Larson</td> <td>Chip Ganassi Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.535</td> <td>28.734</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>88</td> <td>Dale Earnhardt Jr.</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.594</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>15</td> <td>Clint Bowyer</td> <td>HScott Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.623</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td>20</td> <td>Matt Kenseth</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.642</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td>3</td> <td>Austin Dillon</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.645</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td>5</td> <td>Kasey Kahne</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.666</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>44</td> <td>Brian Scott <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Richard Petty Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.721</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td>7</td> <td>Regan Smith</td> <td>Tommy Baldwin Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.803</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td>95</td> <td>Michael McDowell</td> <td>Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.836</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td>38</td> <td>Landon Cassill</td> <td>Front Row Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>28.846</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td>83</td> <td>Matt DiBenedetto</td> <td>BK Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.884</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td>23</td> <td>David Ragan</td> <td>BK Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.911</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td>98</td> <td>Cole Whitt</td> <td>Premium Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>29.097</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td>30</td> <td>Josh Wise</td> <td>The Motorsports Group</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>29.479</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td>46</td> <td>Michael Annett</td> <td>HScott Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>29.494</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td>32</td> <td>Jeffrey Earnhardt <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Go FAS Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>29.881</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td>55</td> <td>Reed Sorenson</td> <td>Premium Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>30.095</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160615041302/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016qualresults.pdf">Official qualifying results</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice_(post-qualifying)"><span id="Practice_.28post-qualifying.29"></span>Practice (post-qualifying)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Practice (post-qualifying)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_practice">Second practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kurt Busch continued to be quickest into the second practice session with a time of 28.272 and a speed of 191.002 mph (307.388 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th>Time </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="MPH">Speed</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>41</td> <td>Kurt Busch</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.272</td> <td>191.002 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>48</td> <td>Jimmie Johnson</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>28.329</td> <td>190.617 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>78</td> <td>Martin Truex Jr.</td> <td>Furniture Row Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.412</td> <td>190.061 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160615041252/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016prac2.pdf">Official second practice results</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_practice">Final practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Final practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.972 and a speed of 186.387 mph (299.961 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th>Time </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="mph">Speed</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>78</td> <td>Martin Truex, Jr.</td> <td>Furniture Row Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>28.972</td> <td>186.387 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>41</td> <td>Kurt Busch</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>29.074</td> <td>185.733 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>48</td> <td>Jimmie Johnson</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>29.126</td> <td>185.401 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160615041257/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016prac3.pdf">Official final practice results</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_half">First half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Start">Start</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Start"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under cloudy <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> skies, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Truex_Jr." title="Martin Truex Jr.">Martin Truex Jr.</a> led the field to the green flag at 6:12 p.m. The first caution of the race flew on lap 26. This was a scheduled competition caution due to overnight rain. <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Blaney" title="Ryan Blaney">Ryan Blaney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chase_Elliott" title="Chase Elliott">Chase Elliott</a> were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The race restarted at lap 31. Truex hit pit road on lap 78 and handed the lead to <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a>. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Truex. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_quarter">Second quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second caution of the race flew on lap 114 for a single-car spin in turn 2. Rounding the turn, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Scott" title="Brian Scott">Brian Scott</a> got loose and spun down the track.<sup id="cite_ref-Martin_Truex_Jr._wins_Coca-Cola_600_in_record-setting_fashion_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martin_Truex_Jr._wins_Coca-Cola_600_in_record-setting_fashion-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The race restarted on lap 121. <a href="/wiki/David_Ragan" title="David Ragan">David Ragan</a> was tagged for a restart violation and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty. Truex pitted from the lead on lap 165 and handed the lead to Johnson. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to <a href="/wiki/Joey_Logano" title="Joey Logano">Joey Logano</a>, who pitted the following lap as well, with the lead cycling back to Truex. Ragan was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_half">Second half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Second half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Halfway">Halfway</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Halfway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Reed_Sorenson" title="Reed Sorenson">Reed Sorenson</a> retired from the race due to clutch issues and finished 40th.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third caution of the race flew on lap 204 for a single-car wreck in turn 4. Rounding the turn, <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Earnhardt" title="Jeffrey Earnhardt">Jeffrey Earnhardt</a> got loose and slammed the wall.<sup id="cite_ref-Martin_Truex_Jr._wins_Coca-Cola_600_in_record-setting_fashion_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martin_Truex_Jr._wins_Coca-Cola_600_in_record-setting_fashion-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The race restarted on lap 210. During the green flag cycle of stops on lap 266, Logano was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Logano said after the race that his team, and others, are "trying to make pit stops so fast and you’re gonna push everything to the edge. I guess we jumped off the wall a little bit too soon. I haven’t seen it, but unfortunately, that kind of made us make a green flag pit stop, which is really hard to overcome. Overall, we were able to get our lap back by racing up there, which was kind of cool. We didn’t have to take a lucky dog or any of that. We actually raced back to the lead lap, but we lost the balance a little bit on the last run and I couldn’t make much time once we got going."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Truex pitted on lap 299 and handed the lead to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Menard" title="Paul Menard">Paul Menard</a>. He pitted on lap 302 and the lead cycled back to Truex. <a href="/wiki/Carl_Edwards" title="Carl Edwards">Carl Edwards</a> was tagged for speeding and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty. He was tagged for speeding again while serving the penalty and was forced to serve a stop and go penalty. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourth_quarter">Fourth quarter</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fourth quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With 85 laps to go, Truex began running into lapped traffic. This allowed Johnson to pull up to within three-tenths of a second of him. He was unable to get past Truex and lost second to <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harvick" title="Kevin Harvick">Kevin Harvick</a>. Debris on the backstretch brought out the fourth caution of the race with 61 laps to go, within the fuel window allowing the entire field to reach the scheduled distance on one more full tank of fuel. In the ensuing caution, <a href="/wiki/Aric_Almirola" title="Aric Almirola">Aric Almirola</a> was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. </p><p>The race restarted with 56 laps to go. Johnson briefly took the lead from Truex after the restart, but Truex quickly reclaimed the lead and then led the remainder of the race, ultimately leading a race-record 392 of the 400 laps en route to the victory. Truex's average speed (160.655 miles per hour) was also an all-time record for the race and the race was also the shortest Coca-Cola/World 600 in the history of the event at just 3 hours, 44 minutes, and 8 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-race">Post-race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Post-race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Driver_comments">Driver comments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Driver comments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Truex said afterwards that he was "proud of my team, everybody that made this possible, that believed in me, gave me this opportunity. <a href="/wiki/Cole_Pearn" title="Cole Pearn">Cole Pearn</a> (crew chief), Jazzy (team engineer Jeff Curtis), my guys are something special. I want to thank all of them. This is a big day. Got the troops on the cars, this is a special weekend. It’s really neat to bring that name home to Victory Lane. Just a lot of emotion right now. Not really sure it’s sunk in yet. Just an amazing day, an amazing weekend for all of us. It’s a weekend you dream about."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a runner-up finish, Harvick said he "ran 10th all day. So I’m just really, really happy. When you’re able to take a 10th-place car – at best – and drive it 450 miles and then make huge gains (the rest of the way). At the end of the race we obviously didn’t have the best car. Those guys (Truex’s Furniture Row Racing team) have had some fast cars this year and tonight definitely had the dominant car. Early on we were just really bad. Tight coming into corners and loose coming out. Nothing seemed to be working and then were just stepped back and swung for the fences. We were able to pass with our car once we got our handling together. The cars were already sliding around a fair amount all day.”<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson said after finishing third that he was "so proud of the effort we put in tonight. This is the best car I’ve had in Charlotte for a long time. It just shows you how good that No. 78 was and the No. 4 got a little bit better than us at the end. I thought we had a chance at them a few times, a couple of times on the long run we would get close. A couple times on the restarts we would get close, but all-in-all a very strong performance for this Lowe’s Chevrolet. Very proud of the team work and the support that we have from all the employees at Lowe’s. Just came up a little short today.”<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said that Truex "was very impressive. I’m happy for Martin and the team, those guys have worked awful hard to get where they’re at.”<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_results">Race results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Race results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg/220px-Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg/330px-Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg/440px-Martin_Truex_Jr._2016_Charlotte_Winner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Martin Truex Jr. won the race from the pole</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos </th> <th>Grid </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Manufacturer </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Laps completed">Laps</span> </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>1</td> <td>78</td> <td>Martin Truex Jr.</td> <td>Furniture Row Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>400</td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>Kevin Harvick</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>7</td> <td>48</td> <td>Jimmie Johnson</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>Denny Hamlin</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>400</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>Brad Keselowski</td> <td>Team Penske</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>400</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>13</td> <td>41</td> <td>Kurt Busch</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>27</td> <td>20</td> <td>Matt Kenseth</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>400</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>12</td> <td>24</td> <td>Chase Elliott <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>2</td> <td>22</td> <td>Joey Logano</td> <td>Team Penske</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>400</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>14</td> <td>31</td> <td>Ryan Newman</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>Greg Biffle</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>400</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>28</td> <td>3</td> <td>Austin Dillon</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>24</td> <td>42</td> <td>Kyle Larson</td> <td>Chip Ganassi Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>25</td> <td>88</td> <td>Dale Earnhardt Jr.</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>400</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>3</td> <td>17</td> <td>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>400</td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>15</td> <td>47</td> <td>A. J. Allmendinger</td> <td>JTG Daugherty Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>399</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>11</td> <td>27</td> <td>Paul Menard</td> <td>Richard Childress Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>399</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>Carl Edwards</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>399</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>23</td> <td>1</td> <td>Jamie McMurray</td> <td>Chip Ganassi Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>399</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>18</td> <td>21</td> <td>Ryan Blaney <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Wood Brothers Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>397</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td>Danica Patrick</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>396</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>29</td> <td>5</td> <td>Kasey Kahne</td> <td>Hendrick Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>395</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>26</td> <td>15</td> <td>Clint Bowyer</td> <td>HScott Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>395</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>21</td> <td>14</td> <td>Tony Stewart</td> <td>Stewart-Haas Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>395</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>Trevor Bayne</td> <td>Roush Fenway Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>395</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>20</td> <td>43</td> <td>Aric Almirola</td> <td>Richard Petty Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>395</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td>33</td> <td>38</td> <td>Landon Cassill</td> <td>Front Row Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>395</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td>31</td> <td>7</td> <td>Regan Smith</td> <td>Tommy Baldwin Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>395</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td>30</td> <td>44</td> <td>Brian Scott <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Richard Petty Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>394</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>17</td> <td>13</td> <td>Casey Mears</td> <td>Germain Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>394</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td>35</td> <td>23</td> <td>David Ragan</td> <td>BK Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>393</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td>34</td> <td>83</td> <td>Matt DiBenedetto</td> <td>BK Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>393</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>Kyle Busch</td> <td>Joe Gibbs Racing</td> <td>Toyota</td> <td>392</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td>32</td> <td>95</td> <td>Michael McDowell</td> <td>Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>391</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td>36</td> <td>98</td> <td>Cole Whitt</td> <td>Premium Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>391</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td>38</td> <td>46</td> <td>Michael Annett</td> <td>HScott Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>390</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td>22</td> <td>34</td> <td>Chris Buescher <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Front Row Motorsports</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>388</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td>37</td> <td>30</td> <td>Josh Wise</td> <td>The Motorsports Group</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>387</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td>39</td> <td>32</td> <td>Jeffrey Earnhardt <b>(R)</b></td> <td>Go FAS Racing</td> <td>Ford</td> <td>382</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td>40</td> <td>55</td> <td>Reed Sorenson</td> <td>Premium Motorsports</td> <td>Chevrolet</td> <td>200</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160530170647/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2016/pdfs/13cms2016racereport.pdf">Official race results</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_summary">Race summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Race summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lead changes: 9 among 4 different drivers</li> <li>Cautions/laps: 4 for 19</li> <li>Red flags: 0</li> <li>Time of race: 3 hours, 44 minutes and 5 seconds</li> <li>Average speed: 160.655 miles per hour (258.549 km/h)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fox_NASCAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox NASCAR">Fox Sports</a> televised the race in the United States for the sixteenth consecutive year. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Joy" title="Mike Joy">Mike Joy</a> was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a> and five-time race winner <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a> were the color commentators. <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Little" title="Jamie Little">Jamie Little</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Neville" title="Chris Neville">Chris Neville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Welch" title="Vince Welch">Vince Welch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Yocum" title="Matt Yocum">Matt Yocum</a> reported from pit lane during the race. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fox_NASCAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox NASCAR">Fox</a> Television </th></tr> <tr> <th>Booth announcers</th> <th>Pit reporters </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Lap-by-lap:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Joy" title="Mike Joy">Mike Joy</a> <br /><b>Color-commentator:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a> <br /><b>Color commentator:</b> <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Little" title="Jamie Little">Jamie Little</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Neville" title="Chris Neville">Chris Neville</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vince_Welch" title="Vince Welch">Vince Welch</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matt_Yocum" title="Matt Yocum">Matt Yocum</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the <a href="/wiki/Performance_Racing_Network" title="Performance Racing Network">Performance Racing Network</a> (PRN), and was simulcasted on <a href="/wiki/Sirius_XM_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius XM Holdings">Sirius XM</a> <a href="/wiki/Sirius_XM_NASCAR_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius XM NASCAR Radio">NASCAR Radio</a>. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Venturini" title="Wendy Venturini">Wendy Venturini</a> called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright reported the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards were the pit reporters during the broadcast. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Performance_Racing_Network" title="Performance Racing Network">PRN</a> Radio </th></tr> <tr> <th>Booth announcers</th> <th>Turn announcers</th> <th>Pit reporters </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Lead announcer:</b> Doug Rice<br /><b>Announcer:</b> Mark Garrow<br /><b>Announcer:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Venturini" title="Wendy Venturini">Wendy Venturini</a></td> <td><b>Turns 1 & 2:</b> Rob Albright<br /><b>Turns 3 & 4:</b> Pat Patterson</td> <td>Brad Gillie<br />Brett McMilan<br />Jim Noble<br />Steve Richards </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standings_after_the_race">Standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Coca-Cola_600&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 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standings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Pos </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Kevin Harvick </td> <td style="text-align:center;">457 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td>Kurt Busch </td> <td style="text-align:center;">421 (–36) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Jimmie Johnson </td> <td style="text-align:center;">409 (–48) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Kyle Busch </td> <td style="text-align:center;">405 (–52) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Carl Edwards </td> <td style="text-align:center;">404 (–53) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Brad Keselowski </td> <td style="text-align:center;">404 (–53) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="background:#FFDEAD;">Martin Truex Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:center;">381 (–76) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td>Chase Elliott <b>(R)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">374 (–83) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td>Joey Logano </td> <td style="text-align:center;">373 (–84) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="text-align:center;">345 (–112) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td>Austin Dillon </td> <td style="text-align:center;">344 (–113) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td> <td>Dale Earnhardt Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:center;">341 (–116) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" 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height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td>Chevrolet </td> <td style="text-align:center;">522 (–31) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" 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Truck & ARCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Stover" title="Brent Stover">Brent Stover</a> (ARCA alternate)</li> <li>Eric Brennan (ARCA alternate)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Bowyer" title="Clint Bowyer">Clint Bowyer</a> (Cup)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harvick" title="Kevin Harvick">Kevin Harvick</a> (Cup)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltrip" title="Michael Waltrip">Michael Waltrip</a> (Xfinity alternate, Truck & Mexico Series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Parsons" title="Phil Parsons">Phil Parsons</a> (Truck & ARCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Bayne" title="Trevor Bayne">Trevor Bayne</a> (Xfinity & ARCA alternate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McMurray" title="Jamie McMurray">Jamie McMurray</a> (Xfinity alternate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Petree" title="Andy Petree">Andy Petree</a> (Xfinity alternate)</li> <li>Driver / crew chief guest analysts (Xfinity, Truck & ARCA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pit reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Little" title="Jamie Little">Jamie Little</a> (Cup)</li> <li>Josh Sims (Cup, Xfinity, Truck, ARCA & Mexico Series)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regan_Smith_(racing_driver)" title="Regan Smith (racing driver)">Regan Smith</a> (Cup, Xfinity & Truck)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Busick" title="Amanda Busick">Amanda Busick</a> (Xfinity, Truck & ARCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Bodine" title="Todd Bodine">Todd Bodine</a> (Truck)</li> <li>Heather DeBeaux (Truck & ARCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Howe" title="Jamie Howe">Jamie Howe</a> (Truck & ARCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamba_Smith" title="Mamba Smith">Mamba Smith</a> (Truck & ARCA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-race show</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a> (Cup at-track host)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McMurray" title="Jamie McMurray">Jamie McMurray</a> (Cup at-track analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltrip" title="Michael Waltrip">Michael Waltrip</a> (Cup at-track analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Spake" title="Shannon Spake">Shannon Spake</a> (Cup & Xfinity studio host)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Bayne" title="Trevor Bayne">Trevor Bayne</a> (Cup, Xfinity & Truck studio analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Labonte" title="Bobby Labonte">Bobby Labonte</a> (Cup studio analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_McReynolds" title="Larry McReynolds">Larry McReynolds</a> (Xfinity studio analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ragan" title="David Ragan">David Ragan</a> (Xfinity & Truck studio analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaitlyn_Vincie" title="Kaitlyn Vincie">Kaitlyn Vincie</a> (Truck studio host)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Bodine" title="Todd Bodine">Todd Bodine</a> (Truck studio analyst)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Tony Rivera (play-by-play)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessi_Losada" title="Jessi Losada">Jessi Losada</a> (color commentator)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giselle_Zarur" title="Giselle Zarur">Giselle Zarur</a> (pit reporter)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_McReynolds" title="Larry McReynolds">Larry McReynolds</a> (Cup technical analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pockrass" title="Bob Pockrass">Bob Pockrass</a> (social media reporter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hammond_(NASCAR)" title="Jeff Hammond (NASCAR)">Jeff Hammond</a> (NRH analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Labonte" title="Bobby Labonte">Bobby Labonte</a> (NRH analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Petree" title="Andy Petree">Andy Petree</a> (NRH analyst)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ragan" title="David Ragan">David Ragan</a> (NRH analyst)</li> <li>Josh Sims (NRH reporter/alternate host)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Berggren" title="Dick Berggren">Dick Berggren</a> (2001–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Byrnes" title="Steve Byrnes">Steve Byrnes</a> (2001–2015)</li> <li>Mark Garrow (2001–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a> (2001–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Yocum" title="Matt Yocum">Matt Yocum</a> (2001–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zelasko" title="Jeanne Zelasko">Jeanne Zelasko</a> (2001–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Little" title="Chad Little">Chad Little</a> (2002–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Allen_(sportscaster)" title="Rick Allen (sportscaster)">Rick Allen</a> (2003–2014)</li> <li>Ray Dunlap (2003–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Parker_Jr." title="Hank Parker Jr.">Hank Parker Jr.</a> (2003–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krista_Voda" title="Krista Voda">Krista Voda</a> (2007–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Wallace" title="Kenny Wallace">Kenny Wallace</a> (2007–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danielle_Trotta" title="Danielle Trotta">Danielle Trotta</a> (2010–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermie_Sadler" title="Hermie Sadler">Hermie Sadler</a> (2011–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roberts_(sportscaster)" title="John Roberts (sportscaster)">John Roberts</a> (2014–2018)</li> <li>Alan Cavanna (2015–2020)</li> <li>Andrew Doud (2015–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Neville" title="Chris Neville">Chris Neville</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sheheen" title="Ralph Sheheen">Ralph Sheheen</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Till" title="Brian Till">Brian Till</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Welch" title="Vince Welch">Vince Welch</a> (2015–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a> (2016–2021)</li> <li>Kevin Lee (2017–2018)</li> <li>Kim Coon (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Craven" title="Ricky Craven">Ricky Craven</a> (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Czarniak" title="Lindsay Czarniak">Lindsay Czarniak</a> (2019–2020)</li> <li>Dave Rieff (2019–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Walsh" title="Sara Walsh">Sara Walsh</a> (2019)</li> <li>Dillon Welch (2019)</li> <li>Katie Osborne (2020–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Jarrett" title="Glenn Jarrett">Glenn Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_LaJoie" title="Randy LaJoie">Randy LaJoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Mast" title="Rick Mast">Rick Mast</a></li> <li>Jim Tretow</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Schreer" title="Scott Schreer">Scott Schreer</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/NASCAR_on_Fox#Theme_song" title="NASCAR on Fox">NASCAR Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/With_Arms_Wide_Open" title="With Arms Wide Open">With Arms Wide Open</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Daytona_500" 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