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| Race 36 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | November 20, 2016 | ||
| Location | Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 268 laps, 402 mi (643.2 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures hovering around 68.7 °F (20.4 °C); wind speeds up to 12.7 miles per hour (20.4 km/h)[11] | ||
| Average speed | 128.869 miles per hour (207.395 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 30.399 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| Laps | 132 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings |
3.3/7 (Overnight)[12] 3.5/8 (Final)[13] 6.1 million viewers[13] | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) | ||
The 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 20, 2016, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 268 laps – extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, and with it his seventh career Cup championship, tying him with Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty for the most Cup Series championships of all time.
It also marked the final race for Sprint as the series sponsor, having been the Cup Series’ title sponsor since 2008, after buying out Nextel in late 2005. Monster Energy replaced Sprint as title sponsor for the series for 2017.
This was the final race for three-time champion and Hall of Fame inductee Tony Stewart. It was also the final race for Carl Edwards.
Report
Tony Stewart's final race
The race marked the final start of three-time Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart after a farewell tour (of which he missed the first nine races due to a Non-NASCAR racing accident), which took place a year after that of Jeff Gordon. Despite missing the first nine races due to a non-NASCAR racing accident, Stewart made the Chase with a win at Sonoma, but was eliminated in the first round. He started this race 11th, but finished 22nd.
Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and the Championship Cup Series.
From 2002 until 2020, Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsored all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300 and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively, and the weekend was marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Xfinity Series (then known as the Busch Series) had held its season-ending races at Homestead from 1995 until 2020.
Championship drivers
Jimmie Johnson was the first of the four drivers to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, winning the first race of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.[14]
Carl Edwards clinched the second spot in the Championship 4, winning the second race of the Round of 8 at Texas.[15]
Joey Logano clinched the third spot in the Championship 4, winning the third and final race of the Round of 8 at Phoenix.[16]
Kyle Busch, the defending Cup champion, clinched the final spot, finishing second behind Logano at Phoenix to clinch his spot in the championship race.[17]
Entry list
| 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 (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 19 | Carl Edwards (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota |
| 21 | Ryan Blaney (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford |
| 22 | Joey Logano (CC) | Team Penske | Ford |
| 23 | David Ragan | BK Racing | Toyota |
| 24 | Chase Elliott (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
| 30 | Gray Gaulding | The Motorsports Group | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet |
| 32 | Dylan Lupton (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 (CC) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 49 | Matt DiBenedetto | BK Racing | Toyota |
| 55 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Toyota |
| 59 | Michael McDowell | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet |
| 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota |
| 83 | Jeffrey Earnhardt (R) | BK Racing | Toyota |
| 88 | Alex Bowman (i) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 95 | Ty Dillon (i) | Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet |
| Official entry list | |||
First practice
Ryan Newman was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.789 and a speed of 175.387 mph (282.258 km/h).[18]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 30.789 | 175.387 |
| 2 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 30.795 | 175.353 |
| 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 30.812 | 175.256 |
| Official first practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
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Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.399 and a speed of 177.737 mph (286.040 km/h).[19] He said he was "just so proud of everybody on this Jimmy John’s Chevrolet team. They want to come to the race track and bring good race cars and perform well. Just real proud of that. That’s awesome. I didn’t know if we had a chance at the pole with as fast as the No. 24 (Chase Elliott) had been. But I knew if we could just run the same speed every round, that is half the battle because you never know how much it is going to slow down for everybody else, and it doesn’t take much to make a mistake. Really proud of everybody on our Jimmy John’s team.”[20]
Qualifying results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 30.616 | 30.406 | 30.399 |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 30.412 | 30.456 | 30.416 |
| 3 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 30.470 | 30.546 | 30.442 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 30.758 | 30.506 | 30.475 |
| 5 | 24 | Chase Elliott (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.217 | 30.243 | 30.492 |
| 6 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 30.698 | 30.445 | 30.513 |
| 7 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 30.699 | 30.492 | 30.594 |
| 8 | 21 | Ryan Blaney (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 30.678 | 30.390 | 30.610 |
| 9 | 18 | Kyle Busch (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 30.766 | 30.466 | 30.689 |
| 10 | 19 | Carl Edwards (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 30.595 | 30.427 | 30.749 |
| 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 30.717 | 30.552 | 30.861 |
| 12 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 30.652 | 30.467 | 30.887 |
| 13 | 22 | Joey Logano (CC) | Team Penske | Ford | 30.514 | 30.571 | |
| 14 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson (CC) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.816 | 30.635 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 30.832 | 30.636 | |
| 16 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2016_Ford_EcoBoost_400