2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400

The 2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 6, 2016 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race, postponed a day because of persistent rain, was contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) triangular racecourse, and was the fourteenth race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 14 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 program cover, featuring Martin Truex Jr.
The 2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 program cover, featuring Martin Truex Jr.
Date June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06) (postponed from June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05))
Location Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 160 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed 125.49 mph (201.96 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 49.525 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 51
Winner
No. 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1), Mike Bagley (2) and Kyle Rickey (3)
An advertisement for the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400, encouraging fans to buy tickets for the race.

Kurt Busch scored his first and only victory of the 2016 season, his third career victory at Pocono and first win at the track since 2007. the race had 14 lead changes among different drivers and ten cautions for 40 laps.

Background

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Layout of Pocono Raceway, the track where the race was held.

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races: the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 and the Pennsylvania 400, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Since 2013, the track is also host to a Verizon IndyCar Series race.

Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.

Entry list

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The preliminary entry list for the race included forty cars and was released on May 30, 2016 at 12:48 pm ET.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford
7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota
24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
30 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Jeb Burton (i) Go FAS Racing Ford
34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford
38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford
41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
55 Cole Whitt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota
83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
95 Ty Dillon (i) Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet
98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
Official entry list
Key Meaning
(R) Running for Rookie of the Year
(i) Not eligible for Sprint Cup Series points

First practice

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Carl Edwards was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 50.055 and a speed of 179.802 mph (289.363 km/h).[10]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.055 179.802
2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.328 178.827
3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.378 178.649
First practice results

Qualifying

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Brad Keselowski won the pole position with a time of 49.525 seconds.

Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.525 and a speed of 181.726 mph (292.460 km/h).[11] He said after qualifying that his car was "really fast. My teammate Joey Logano, he’s really fast. He’s probably not really happy I won the pole, but it goes the other way sometimes where he gets it.”[12] He also added that he "felt really good when we ran the first round and I was third and knew I had a little more speed left. We ran the second round and I didn’t feel I had anything left and was still third. I got down into turn one on my last run there and it kind of bottomed out and shot up the hill a little and I wasn’t very confident at all. I have learned over time that these things have a way of working themselves out when they are meant to be and I guess today was meant to be.”[13]

Joey Logano, who qualified second, said his qualifying performance was "similar to last week when I won the first two rounds and came in second in the last one. It stings a little bit because I really wanted to get a pole. We're mad about second and it's a good thing when you're mad about second because it means your organization and your team is where it needs to be mad."[14] He also added that he's "excited about the race Sunday" and that Pocono "has been a good race track for us in the past.”[15]

Qualifying results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 50.073 49.776 49.525
2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49.922 49.702 49.614
3 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.613 49.914 49.637
4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.080 49.864 49.671
5 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.028 49.957 49.790
6 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.708 49.875 49.844
7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.228 49.851 49.987
8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.116 50.042 50.110
9 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.317 49.768 50.147
10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.479 50.102 50.153
11 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.079 50.132 50.296
12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.380 49.829 50.328
13 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.730 50.155
14 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.173 50.173
15 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.196 50.237
16 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.731 50.285
17 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 50.198 50.346
18 34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.741 50.451
19 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.768 50.457
20 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.584 50.459
21 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.682 50.495
22 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.561 50.522
23 15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 50.706 50.527
24 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.453 50.531
25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.771
26 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.788
27 83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 50.789
28 95 Ty Dillon (i) Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 50.855
29 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 50.868
30 44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.951
31 38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 51.006
32 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51.050
33 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 51.221
34 23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 51.292
35 7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 51.529
36 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 51.976
37 55 Cole Whitt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 51.988
38 30 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 53.205
39 32 Jeb Burton (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 54.001
40 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 54.849
Official qualifying results

Final practice

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Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 50.876 and a speed of 176.901 mph (284.695 km/h).[16]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.876 176.901
2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.905 176.800
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.931 176.710
Final practice results

Race

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The race was scheduled to run on Sunday, June 5 at 1:00 p.m., but rain forced the race to be postponed to Monday.[17]

First half

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Start

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Under mostly sunny Pennsylvania skies, Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 12:13 p.m. Teammate Joey Logano passed him exiting turn 1 to take the lead. The first caution of the race flew on lap 4 for a single-car spin in turn 3. Riding the high line, Matt DiBenedetto got loose and spun out.[18] He managed to save it without touching the wall.

The race restarted on lap 7. The second caution of the race flew on lap 16. It was a scheduled competition caution for overnight rain. Kyle Larson opted not to pit and assumed the lead. Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.[19]

The race restarted on lap 20. The third caution of the race flew on lap 22 for a single-car spin in turn 1. Rounding the turn, Brian Scott got loose, made contact with the wall and spun out. Keselowski was called to pit road for unapproved body modifications.[20] More specifically, one of his crew members dented in a side panel that could give the car an aerodynamic advantage.[21]

The race restarted on lap 27. Larson pitted from the lead the same lap and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. A number of cars began pitting on lap 52. Kenseth made his stop on lap 54 and handed the lead to Harvick. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 60 for a single-car wreck in turn 1 involving DiBenedetto. He would go on to finish 40th.[22] Harvick pitted under the caution and handed the lead back to Kenseth. Aric Almirola was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Second quarter

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Chase Elliott was the leader of the race for 51 laps.

The race restarted on lap 66. Chase Elliott drove under Kenseth and Kyle Busch to take the lead on lap 67. A number of cars began pitting on lap 86. Elliott hit pit road on lap 87 and handed the lead to Busch. Debris in turn 2 brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 88. Busch pitted under the caution and the lead cycled back to Elliott.

Second half

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Halfway

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The race restarted on lap 93 and a multi-car wreck on the Long Pond Straightaway brought out the sixth caution of the race. Exiting turn 1, Tony Stewart got loose, got into teammate Danica Patrick, hit the wall, came down the track, clipped Landon Cassill and sent him into the wall.[23]

The race restarted with 62 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 58 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 1. Going into the turn, Michael Annett suffered a left-front tire blowout and slammed the wall.

The race restarted with 52 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew with 51 laps to go for a single-car wreck on the Long Pond straightaway. Exiting turn 1, Ryan Newman made contact with Busch and sent him into the wall. Chris Buescher also spun out trying to avoid the wreck.

The race restarted with 47 laps to go. The ninth caution of the race flew with 43 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 1. Going into the turn, Austin Dillon suffered a right-front brake rotor failure and slammed the wall. A. J. Allmendinger opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. He pitted the next lap, however, and handed the lead to Ty Dillon.

Fourth quarter

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The race restarted with 38 laps to go and a single-car wreck in turn 1 brought out the 10th caution of the race. Rounding the turn, Jimmie Johnson got loose, saved the car but slammed the inside wall.[24] Dillon pitted under the caution and handed the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The race restarted with 33 laps to go. After a drag race to the line, Kurt Busch took the lead from Earnhardt with 32 laps to go.[25] With his remaining fuel load in question, he saved enough to score the victory.[26]

Post-race

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Driver comments

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Kurt Busch won the race despite having an interim crew chief.

"It's tough to balance everything," Busch said in victory lane. "We had a fast car and an interim crew chief. And we didn't know if we had enough fuel to make it. ... This was a wonderful win for us. We've been so close all year. It's just so much fun to drive and be up front."[27]

Earnhardt said afterwards that the race "was a good run for us. The car wasn’t all we hoped it would be, but it was good." However, he felt he "should have been able to hold that 41 off on that final restart. Me and the 24 was racing pretty hard and it gave the 41 the opportunity to get a run on us,” Earnhardt said. “If I could have got in front of him I don’t think he would have got by us."[28]

After finishing third, Keselowski took issue with comments made by Fox Sports color commentator Jeff Gordon saying Fox "need[s] to get some people that aren't inbred to the sport and own teams and have internal knowledge, because that is pretty crappy. It is what it is."[29]

Elliott, who finished fourth after leading a race-high of 51 laps, said he "made a big mistake there behind [Earnhardt] in the tunnel [Turn 2]. I wish I had been a little more patient and given ourselves a better chance, but you live and you learn."[30]

Race results

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Pts.
1 9 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 44
2 8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 40
3 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 160 38
4 13 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 39
5 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 160 37
6 11 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 35
7 3 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 35
8 5 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 33
9 4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 33
10 14 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 31
11 21 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 31
12 22 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 29
13 24 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 28
14 10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 27
15 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 26
16 32 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 160 26
17 26 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 24
18 23 15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 160 23
19 17 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 160 22
20 16 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 160 21
21 28 95 Ty Dillon (i) Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 160 0
22 35 7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 160 19
23 34 23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 160 18
24 29 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 160 17
25 18 34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 159 16
26 15 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 159 15
27 38 30 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 159 14
28 40 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 159 13
29 39 32 Jeb Burton (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 158 0
30 37 55 Cole Whitt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 155 11
31 12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 11
32 33 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 145 9
33 20 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 135 8
34 6 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 131 7
35 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 125 6
36 31 38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 121 5
37 19 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 117 4
38 36 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 102 3
39 30 44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 81 2
40 27 83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 57 1
Official race results

Race summary

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  • Lead changes: 14 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 10 for 40
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 15 seconds
  • Average speed: 125.49 miles per hour (201.96 km/h)

Media

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Television

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Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on FS1 for the second consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while six-time Pocono winner, Jeff Gordon and four-time winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.

FS1 Television
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip
Jamie Little
Vince Welch
Matt Yocum

Radio

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Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and four-time Pocono winner Rusty Wallace announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 1 when the field was racing through turn 1 while Mike Bagley called the race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turn 2. Kyle Rickey reported the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turn 3. Alex Hayden, Glenn Jarrett and Steve Post reported from pit lane during the race.

MRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Turn 1: Dave Moody
Turn 2: Mike Bagley
Turn 3: Kyle Rickey
Alex Hayden
Glenn Jarrett
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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References

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