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| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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| Race 17 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 The 2016 Coke Zero 400 program cover, featuring Tony Stewart's victories at Daytona. | |||
| Date | July 2, 2016 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km) | ||
| Distance | 161 laps, 402.5 mi (644 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (640 km) | ||
| Average speed | 150.342 mph (241.952 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 46.643 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 115 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings |
3.4 5.7 million viewers[9] | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) | ||
The 2016 Coke Zero 400 powered by Cola-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on July 2, 2016 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 161 laps - extended from 160 laps due to overtime, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway, it was the 17th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
The race had 26 lead changes among different drivers and five cautions for 28 laps.
Report
Background
The race was held at Daytona International Speedway, a race track located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, the track is the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross. It features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010.
On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway is being worked on by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, and it costed US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands include 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000.[10][11] The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks 2016.
Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included forty-one cars and was released on June 3, 2016 at 2:31 pm ET.
Final practice
Brian Scott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 45.147 and a speed of 199.349 mph (320.821 km/h).[12] With nine minutes remaining in the session, Kyle Busch suffered a cut in his right-rear tire, got loose, turned up the track and slammed the wall head-on in turn 1.[13] After being released from the infield care center, he said the crash "was a huge impact. I thank NASCAR for all their advancements in the safety aspects of the car in the things that drivers wear and the SAFER Barriers as well today. That could have been a heck of a lot uglier than what it was. I'm pretty confident in Joe Gibbs Racing and their ability to build good race cars. I'm not very confident in Goodyear in giving us good tires to go out there and race on."[14] He later clarified his statement on Goodyear saying from his "vantage point, we’ve had a lot of tire issues this year. That’s probably, I don’t know, four or five or six tires that we’ve blown this year. That’s what the most frustrating part is. We also did the tire test at Kentucky and didn’t necessarily have the best of results I felt like from my vantage point with what we’ve got to do for next week. That’s where the frustration probably stemmed from and came from. Goodyear probably didn’t deserve what they got from me earlier today.’’[15] The damage forced him to switch to his backup car.[16]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Brian Scott (R) | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 45.147 | 199.349 |
| 2 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 45.148 | 199.344 |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 45.292 | 198.711 |
| Official final practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
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Greg Biffle scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.643 and a speed of 192.955 mph (310.531 km/h).[17] He said the pole "feels good for our team. Not only did we win the pole but the car is in race trim right now, so it shows you how fast it’ll be Saturday night and that's one thing we're really happy about."[18] He added that his team has "been working really, really hard. Just really excited for the whole team. I'm just happy to be driving it.”[19]
Carl Edwards, who qualified second, said he's "got a fast race car" and that he's "happy for Greg and the Roush group though. It's good to see them succeed and congratulations on the pole."[20] He added that he "would have loved to be on the pole, but starting up front will be great and hopefully we can stay up front. I need to get a win in that column, we have a big zero there from my career here at Daytona so I would like to get a win.”[21]
Qualifying results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | R1 | R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 46.722 | 46.643 |
| 2 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.855 | 46.693 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.988 | 46.793 |
| 4 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 46.909 | 46.797 |
| 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 46.773 | 46.813 |
| 6 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46.851 | 46.813 |
| 7 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.860 | 46.818 |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 47.014 | 46.836 |
| 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 47.045 | 46.881 |
| 10 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 47.043 | 46.908 |
| 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 46.876 | 47.022 |
| 12 | 21 | Ryan Blaney (R) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 47.019 | 47.058 |
| 13 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 47.073 | |
| 14 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 47.092 | |
| 15 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 47.095 | |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 47.103 | |
| 17 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 47.137 | |
| 18 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 47.174 | |
| 19 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 47.202 | |
| 20 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 47.250 | |
| 21 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 47.258 | |
| 22 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 47.259 | |
| 23 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 47.275 | |
| 24 | 24 | Chase Elliott (R) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 47.279 | |
| 25 | 34 | Chris Buescher (R) | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2016_Coke_Zero_400