2016 Duck Commander 500

2016 Duck Commander 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 7 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)
Location Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km)
Weather Mostly cloudy skies with a temperature of 60 °F (16 °C); wind out of the southeast at 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Average speed 138.355 mph (222.661 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 27.748
Most laps led
Driver Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
Laps 142
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
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 2016 Duck Commander 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on April 9, 2016, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Texas Motor Speedway, the track where the race will be held.

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

Entry list

The entry list for the Duck Commander 500 was released on Monday, April 4 at 10:12 a.m. Eastern time. Forty cars are entered for the race.

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
14Brian VickersStewart-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

First practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.995 and a speed of 192.892 mph (310.430 km/h).[7]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 27.995 192.892
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.101 192.164
3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.104 192.143
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Carl Edwards scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.748 and a speed of 194.609 mph (313.193 km/h).[8] He said after the session that he sure does "like it here, I really enjoy Texas. I have a lot of friends here. This is a fun place to race. The tire, I don’t know what the other guys feel, the tire and downforce package for me lets me feel like I can go into the corner and move around and feel the tire underneath me. Even in qualifying, there were times when I got a little sideways and it slid a little bit and I could recover and that’s really fun as a race car driver. Hopefully the race goes well. We have some practice later. I just cannot thank my guys on this Stanley Tools Camry enough, they are unbelievable.”[9] After qualifying second, Joey Logano said that he was "really good in (Turns) 1 and 2. That's where we beating the 19. And then I went in there the last time, and it didn't turn like it was, and I was like, "Oh, no, that's our good area…’ We actually fixed 3 and 4, and we were pretty good down there. But we kind of flip-flopped, and we needed both… Just (with) another run on the tires, it's so hard to go faster at this track."[10]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.70027.66227.748
2 22Joey LaganoTeam PenskeFord27.65827.73327.935
3 78Martin Truex, Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota27.73627.92027.935
4 24Chase Elliott (R)[N 1]Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.98027.95327.974
5 17Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord28.05027.97427.988
6 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.01227.96327.992
7 21Ryan Blaney (R)Wood BrothersFord27.92627.81727.996
8 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord27.80227.72228.025
9 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.00827.95528.072
10 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.82427.76928.074
11 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.97327.98528.197
12 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord28.05027.99228.336
13 14Brian VickersStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet27.59427.993
14 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord27.86728.001
15 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.98828.031
16 88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.83328.045
17 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.71628.066
18 1Jamie McMurryChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.01428.124
19 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.00928.137
20 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet27.96928.168
21 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet27.94228.184
22 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.06128.208
23 47AJ AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet27.95828.222
24 43Aric AmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord27.88328.222
25 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.064
26 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.108
27 44Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord28.127
28 7Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.158
29 83Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota28.158
30 95Ty Dillon (i)Circle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet28.230
31 23David RaganBK RacingToyota28.235
32 13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet28.337
33 38Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord28.387
34 34Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord28.403
35 46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet28.516
36 15Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet28.553
37 98Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet28.694
38 32Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord29.107
39 30Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet29.195
40 55Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet29.737
Official qualifying results

Final practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.068 and a speed of 192.390 mph (309.622 km/h).[12]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.068 192.390
2 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.384 190.248
3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.495 189.507
Official final practice results

Race

First half

Start

Because of rain during the day, the race started under a green/yellow condition (the race started under caution, but the laps began counting) at 9:35 p.m. The race began under the first caution of the night. Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag on lap 6. Martin Truex Jr., who was running second after six laps, fell back to third after his grille was covered by a piece of debris. He tried to pull up to the rear of Joey Logano, but the debris remained. He then fell behind Denny Hamlin and managed to get the debris off. The second caution of the race flew on lap 29. This was a scheduled competition caution due to rain. On pit road, Jimmie Johnson slammed into the rear of Kyle Busch and partly caved in the nose of his car. David Ragan opted not to pit and assumed the race lead. He would eventually pit and hand the lead back to Edwards.

The race restarted on lap 34. Truex passed Edwards exiting turn 4 to take the lead on lap 60. A number of cars began pitting under green on lap 73. Truex gave up the lead to pit on lap 74 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Chase Elliott, who was also making his pit stop. The lead cycled back to Truex.

Second quarter

Truex continued to pull away from the field as he pulled to a five-second lead by lap 100. A number of cars began pitting under green on lap 111. Truex ducked onto pit road on lap 112 and handed the lead to Busch. Brian Vickers spun out trying to enter pit road. He continued on and the race remained green. Unfortunately, he and Josh Wise were tagged for a commitment line violation and were forced to serve a pass-through penalty. Busch pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Truex.

Paul Menard was black-flagged for the corner panel being pulled out and was forced to pit to fix it on lap 128.[13] Brad Keselowski made an unscheduled stop the next lap for a loose wheel. Debris in turn 4 brought out the third caution of the race on lap 134. Edwards exited pit road with the race lead.

The race restarted on lap 142. Truex ducked onto pit road on lap 177 and handed the lead to Busch. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Elliott. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Edwards.

Second half

Halfway

Truex drove under Edwards to retake the lead on lap 208. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 210 for a single-car wreck in turn 4. Rounding turn 3, Wise suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall.[14] He would go on to finish 40th.[15] Kenseth opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. Kevin Harvick was tagged for speeding and an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

The race restarted on lap 222. Edwards, who restarted second, made an unscheduled stop the next lap for a loose wheel.[16] He rejoined the race in 19th one lap down. Truex passed Kenseth going into turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 236. A number of cars began hitting pit road with 78 laps to go. Truex pitted with 76 laps to go and handed the lead to Trevor Bayne. He tried to extend his fuel run, but was chased down and passed by Truex for the lead.[17]

Fourth quarter

Debris on the front stretch brought out the fifth caution of the race with 58 laps to go.

The race restarted with 50 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race flew with 47 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Rounding turn 1, Kasey Kahne tapped the left-rear corner of Greg Biffle, got him loose and sent him into the wall.

The race restarted with 42 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 41 laps to go for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch.[14] Exiting turn 2, Johnson made contact with the rear-end of Austin Dillon and sent him sliding into the wall.[18] Dillon overcorrected and hit the outside wall with the right-front of his car.[18] His car turned down the track, was clipped by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., slid down and tapped the inside wall.[18] With a number of cars trying to avoid the spinning No. 3 car, an accordion-effect led to more cars being caught up in the melee.[18] A total of 13 cars sustained damage in the wreck.[19] Dillon said afterwards that being on older tires, he "was trying to get all I could there. It’s part of trying to win a race. We put ourselves in a position to be out front, thinking that two laps wouldn’t mean much, but it did. That’s part of it. The good Lord kept me safe tonight and gave me a good race car. You have to be gracious in defeat. We’ll come back next week with another fast car and hopefully we can do the same thing we did today, and that’s run up front."[20]

The race restarted with 33 laps to go. Busch drove by him on the backstretch to take the lead with 32 laps to go and drove on to score the victory.[21]

Post-race

Driver comments

Busch said after the race that life is "pretty darn good, I’ll tell you that. I’ve got a great wife, a great son and I’m having a blast, living the dream with Adam Stevens (crew chief) and these guys, and Joe (Gibbs, JGR owner) and JD (Gibbs, JGR co-chairman), thinking about you guys back at home and of course Coy (Gibbs, JGR COO) is here with us. Everybody back at the shop has been building great race cars, they’ve been doing a great job for us. The crew chiefs here have been really working together, gelling together and putting everything together. It’s just fun, right now it’s all clicking and going together.”[22]

After a runner-up finish, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that "we need a win. We'd love to get a win. I know our fans want a win real bad. Trust me, man, we're all working real hard. We're running great every week. So at least that's hopefully fun to watch for you guys. I had a blast inside the car, lot of sliding around, sideways -- good, hard racing. We'll go to the next one, I guess, and try again."[23]

After finishing third, Logano said he was "proud of what my race team did. This Shell/Pennzoil team executed perfectly today. We may not have had the fastest car, we obviously didn’t have the fastest car, but we executed into a top-three finish, and I’m very proud of my team for that. We had great pit stops and great calls, so everything worked out well. Everyone did their job. That’s kind of been our weak point this year is that we haven’t had the speed, but we haven’t been executing perfectly. Now it seemed like we executed right and we’ve got to work on our speed now.”[24]

Not satisfied with a career best fifth-place finish, Elliott said that running in "fifth isn't a contender. You've got to be running higher. We'll keep working on it."[25]

After leading 142 of the 334 laps, Truex described finishing sixth as "frustrating."[26] He also added that the way it turned out "hurts a little bit and move on and we'll take the positives out of tonight."[27]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 1518Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota33444
2 1688Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet33439
3 222Joey LaganoTeam PenskeFord33438
4 1148Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet33437
5 424Chase Elliott (R)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet33437
6 378Martin Truex, Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota33437
7 119Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota33435
8 175Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet33433
9 2141Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet33432
10 224Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet33432
11 920Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota33431
12 611Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota33429
13 181Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet33428
14 2042Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet33427
15 126Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord33427
16 517Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord33425
17 1931Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet33324
18 82Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord33223
19 103Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet33222
20 3095Ty DillonCircle Sport – Leavine Family RacingChevrolet3320
21 2610Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet33220
22 2347AJ AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet33219
23 3213Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet33218
24 2443Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord33117
25 3338Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord33016
26 2527Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet33015
27 2744Brian Scott (R)Richard Petty MotorsportsChevrolet33014
28 3434Chris Buescher (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord33013
29 721Ryan Blaney (R)Wood BrothersFord33012
30 3798Cole WhittPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32911
31 287Regan SmithTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet32910
32 3546Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet3299
33 3123David RaganBK RacingToyota3289
34 2983Matt DiBenedettoBK RacingToyota3277
35 3832Jeffrey Earnhardt (R)Go FAS RacingFord3236
36 4055Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet3155
37 1314Brian VickersStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet2904
38 3615Clint BowyerHScott MotorsportsChevrolet2893
39 1416Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord2862
40 3930Josh WiseThe Motorsports GroupChevrolet1781

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 16th race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2009 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Fox Television
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip
Jamie Little
Vince Welch
Matt Yocum

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards.

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

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
2 1 Kyle Busch 259
2 Jimmie Johnson 253 (–6)
2 3 Kevin Harvick 252 (–7)
4 Carl Edwards 241 (–18)
5 Joey Logano 234 (–25)
4 6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 211 (–48)
1 7 Kurt Busch 208 (–51)
1 8 Denny Hamlin 201 (–58)
3 9 Brad Keselowski 201 (–58)
3 10 Austin Dillon 198 (–61)
11 Martin Truex Jr. 187 (–71)
2 12 Matt Kenseth 171 (–88)
13 Jamie McMurray 171 (–88)
2 14 Chase Elliott (R) 168 (–91)
3 15 A. J. Allmendinger 166 (–93)
16 Kasey Kahne 161 (–98)

Manufacturers' Championship standings
Pos Manufacturer Points
1 1 Toyota 290
1 2 Chevrolet 288 (–2)
3 Ford 254 (–36)
  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
    . – Driver has clinched a Chase position.

Note

  1. Chase Elliott started from the rear of the field after changing transmissions.[11]

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