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The 2016 Can-Am 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 13, 2016, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 324 laps - extended from 312 laps due to an overtime finish, on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, ninth race of the Chase and final race of the Round of 8.

Report

Background

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Phoenix International Raceway, the track where the race was held.

Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a Шаблон:Convert road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current Шаблон:Convert interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

Phoenix International Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and penultimate track on the schedule.

Entry list

Шаблон:Tooltip 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 Gray Gaulding The Motorsports Group Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Jeffrey Earnhardt (R) 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 D. J. Kennington (i) Premium Motorsports Toyota
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota
83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota
88 Alex Bowman (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
95 Michael McDowell Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet
98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Toyota
Official entry list

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.802 and a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[1] Martin Truex Jr. went to a backup car after wrecking his primary in the closing second of the session.[2]

Pos Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Team Manufacturer Time Шаблон:Tooltip
1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 25.802 139.524
2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 25.808 139.492
3 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.844 139.297
Official first practice results

Qualifying

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Alex Bowman scored the pole position.

Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.619 and a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[3] He said afterwards that earning it was "amazing. We weren’t really that strong in qualifying trim in practice. I don’t really know where that came from, but I just can’t thank everybody at Hendrick Motorsports enough. To do this in Phoenix, so close to home, means so much to me. We have had such fast racecars we haven’t had an ounce of luck, but to get a pole here means a lot.”[4]

Qualifying results

Pos Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Team Manufacturer Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
1 88 Alex Bowman (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.831 25.785 25.619
2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 25.802 25.741 25.666
3 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.939 25.757 25.671
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 25.914 25.645 25.689
5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25.898 25.781 25.701
6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 25.761 25.790 25.718
7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25.766 25.730 25.768
8 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 25.836 25.749 25.781
9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 25.983 25.807 25.809
10 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.003 25.818 25.820
11 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25.919 25.840 25.843
12 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 25.954 25.788 25.866
13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.892 25.853
14 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 25.918 25.855
15 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25.950 25.858
16 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.012 25.859
17 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25.986 25.864
18 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 26.083 25.905
19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25.920 25.922
20 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.014 25.951
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.042 25.956
22 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 26.106 26.064
23 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.100 26.118
24 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.098 26.195
25 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.120
26 95 Michael McDowell Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 26.155
27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.156
28 38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.245
29 7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 26.284
30 34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.297
31 23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 26.382
32 83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 26.408
33 44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.440
34 15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 26.445
35 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt (R) Go FAS Racing Ford 26.608
36 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 26.629
37 30 Gray Gaulding The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 26.699
38 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.078
39 55 D. J. Kennington (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.146
40 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 0.000
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.573 and a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[5]

Pos Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Team Manufacturer Time Шаблон:Tooltip
1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.573 135.476
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 26.586 135.410
3 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.646 135.105
Official second practice results

Final practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.401 and a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[6]

Pos Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Team Manufacturer Time Шаблон:Tooltip
1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.401 136.358
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 26.415 136.286
3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 26.431 136.204
Official final practice results

Race

First half

Alex Bowman led the field to the green flag at 2:48 p.m. Kyle Larson brought out the first caution of the race on the first lap after he got loose and spun out in turn 4.

The race restarted on lap 6. During the run, pre-race favorite Kevin Harvick slid back through the field reporting that his car started loose, then started "plowing through the center." Martin Truex Jr., who started 40th, broke into the top-10 on lap 63. A number of cars started pitting under green on lap 79. Trying to get on pit road, Ryan Newman locked up his brakes, spun out and slammed into the rear-end of Larson's car, bringing out the second caution on lap 82. Truex, who was leading the race when the caution flew, was held a lap on pit road for "pulling up to pit."[7] This gave the lead back to Bowman.

The race restarted on lap 91. Joey Logano drove to the outside of Bowman going into turn 1 to take the lead on lap 93. Bowman tried to dive to the inside of Logano going into turn 3 on lap 118, but it cost him second to teammate Jimmie Johnson, who proceeded to pass Logano on the backstretch to take the lead on lap 120. Debris on the fronstretch brought out the third caution on lap 132. Logano exited pit road first. Johnson was held a lap on pit road for "pulling up to pit."[8] Following the race, Johnson said that "guys have been pulling up like that all weekend to go to pit lane. In 15 years that has never been a concern, and I was always told that the last thing NASCAR wanted to do would be to penalize the leader, and as you pull off onto the apron, you accelerate to the commitment line. If you are held by the pace car, you’re at a disadvantage as the leader and it allows everybody to catch you and catch up, so even in drivers’ meetings they’ve said, we know you’re going to pass the pace car; it’s okay. The majority of the tracks we go to, you naturally just gradually pull ahead of the pace car coming to pit lane. I mean, this happens all the time. I am still baffled, and I don’t know if I will stop being baffled, but all I can say is if they called me on it and they continue to call everybody else on it every week, then shame on me.’’[9]

Second half

The race restarted on lap 140. Bowman pulled up to and passed Logano on the backstretch to retake the lead on lap 158. Debris in turn 1 brought out the fourth caution on lap 210.

The race restarted on lap 218 and Bowman only made it to turn 2 before caution flew for the fifth time when Austin Dillon backed into Greg Biffle and Johnson, and got turned sideways in turn 1.

The race restarted with 84 laps to go. The sixth caution flew with 56 to go for a two-car wreck involving Truex and Newman. Truex went on to finish 40th.[10] Denny Hamlin opted not to pit and assumed the lead. Biffle was sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for speeding on pit road.

The race restarted with 51 to go. Matt Kenseth overtook Hamlin with ease and assumed the lead with 50 to go. Debris in turn 3 brought out the seventh caution with 46 to go.

The race restarted with 43 to go. Bowman demonstrated his car was the fastest in the run to the finish as he worked his way through the top-five to take second with under 20 to go. But the gap from second to Kenseth in the lead was almost four seconds and not closing fast enough. The dynamic of the race changed when Michael McDowell suffered a tire blowout, slammed the wall in turn 3 and brought out the eighth caution with two laps remaining, forcing overtime.[11]

Overtime

First attempt

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Joey Logano won the race.

On the first overtime attempt with two laps to go, Kyle Busch tried for the inside of Bowman going into the first turn, but Bowman went down to block him and got sideways.[12] This put him at an awkward angle going into the turn and resulted in him inadvertently "punting" Kenseth out of the groove and into the wall, bringing out the ninth caution.[13] “Is there anything I can do or say right now to make it better?” Kenseth asked after the race. “The only thing I can do or say right now is make things worse, so really I’m just trying not to do that.”[14] He added that feeling disappointment "would put it lightly. It finished our season. Five minutes before that, it looked like we were going to have a chance to go race for a championship."[15] Busch took the blame for what happened afterwards saying "I guess I wrecked a teammate. I feel horrible about it ... Right now, it feels really (expletive), but tomorrow it might feel a lot better. ... The 20 should have been the Gibbs car to (advance)."[16] Logano after the race said he "saw Kyle getting a run on him and I was like, 'Oh, boy! I knew Kyle was going to go three wide, and he has to. He's racing for a championship. That's the desperation that sets in."[17] He was also scored as the race leader.[18]

Second attempt

On the second attempt with two to go, the field made it past the overtime line on the backstretch, making it an official attempt, and Logano drove on to score the victory.[19]

Post-race

Driver comments

Logano said in victory lane that his win "feels so good. I've never felt this good about a win before. There was so much on the line and everyone brings their A-game when it comes to winning championships and this team did it. Man, this feels so good. I had a good restart there at the end and holding off Kyle to try to get this thing into Miami. We're racing for a championship now. We did exactly what we had to do. We've got to go to Homestead and do the same thing.”[20]

Harvick, who failed to make the Championship 4 for the first time with a fourth-place finish, said he "just started way too far off on Friday. We never got a handle on the racecar. They made it a ton better in the race and we were in contention there at the end and just came up short. Just really proud of everybody for the effort that they put in. It was a very challenging Chase for us for all the mechanical failures and situations that we had going on. We kept rebounding and winning races and today we were a lap down and came back to have a chance at the end. That says a lot about the character of our race team and we just came up short this year.”[21]

Bowman, who led a race high of 194 laps and earned a career-best sixth-place finish, said on the "last couple of restarts, I just didn't do a very good job. We should have been leading that last restart to begin with. That part of it is unfortunate, what happened with (Kenseth). I hate taking somebody out of the Chase like that. It ruined our day, too. There's s no way we should have finished sixth. That's the worst we were all day. It's just frustrating.’’[22]

Race results

Pos Grid Шаблон:Tooltip Driver Team Manufacturer Шаблон:Tooltip Points
1 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 324 44
2 19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 324 39
3 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 324 38
4 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 324 37
5 12 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 324 36
6 1 88 Alex Bowman (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 324 0
7 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 324 35
8 8 21 Ryan Blaney (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 324 33
9 3 24 Chase Elliott (R) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 324 32
10 20 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 324 31
11 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 324 30
12 15 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 324 29
13 13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 324 28
14 14 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 324 27
15 25 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 324 26
16 24 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 324 25
17 18 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 324 24
18 22 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 324 23
19 11 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 324 22
20 28 38 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 324 21
21 10 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 324 21
22 27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 322 19
23 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 322 18
24 34 15 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 322 17
25 32 83 Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota 322 16
26 36 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 321 15
27 29 7 Regan Smith Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 321 14
28 23 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 321 13
29 16 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 320 12
30 33 44 Brian Scott (R) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 319 11
31 31 23 David Ragan BK Racing Toyota 319 10
32 30 34 Chris Buescher (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 318 9
33 35 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt (R) Go FAS Racing Ford 318 8
34 26 95 Michael McDowell Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 318 7
35 39 55 D. J. Kennington (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 316 0
36 38 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 315 5
37 37 30 Gray Gaulding The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 296 4
38 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 296 4
39 7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 289 2
40 40 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 258 1
Official race results

Race summary

  • Lead changes: 5 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 9 for 53
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes and 59 seconds
  • Average speed: Шаблон:Convert

Media

Television

NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.

NBC
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Dave Burns
Mike Massaro
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Turns 1 & 2: Dan Hubbard
Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey
Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 1 Joey Logano 5,000
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 2 Jimmie Johnson 5,000 (–0)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 4 3 Carl Edwards 5,000 (–0)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 4 Kyle Busch 5,000 (–0)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 5 Matt Kenseth 2,296 (–2,704)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 6 Denny Hamlin 2,288 (–2,712)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 7 Kurt Busch 2,268 (–2,732)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 8 Martin Truex Jr. 2,266 (–2,734)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 9 Brad Keselowski 2,261 (–2,739)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 10 Chase Elliott 2,255 (–2,745)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 5 11 Kevin Harvick 2,250 (–2,750)
Файл:1rightarrow.png 12 Kyle Larson 2,247 (–2,753)
Файл:1uparrow green.svg 2 13 Jamie McMurray 2,195 (–2,805)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 14 Austin Dillon 2,194 (–2,806)
Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 15 Tony Stewart 2,192 (–2,808)
Файл:1rightarrow.png 16 Chris Buescher 2,152 (–2,848)
Official driver's standings

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Manufacturers' Championship standings
Pos Manufacturer Points
Файл:1rightarrow.png 1 Toyota 1,442
Файл:1rightarrow.png 2 Chevrolet 1,412 (–30)
Файл:1rightarrow.png 3 Ford 1,351 (–91)
Official manufacturers' standings
  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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References

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