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.

An advertisement for the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400, encouraging fans to buy tickets for the race.

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.
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	Brad Keselowski	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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Start

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

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

Halfway

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

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

Driver comments

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

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

• 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

Television

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

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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Kevin Harvick 490 2 Kurt Busch 465 (–25) 3 3 Brad Keselowski 442 (–48) 1 4 Carl Edwards 437 (–53) 1 5 Kyle Busch 416 (–74) 3 6 Jimmie Johnson 415 (–75) 1 7 Chase Elliott (R) 413 (–77) 1 8 Joey Logano 410 (–80) 2 9 Martin Truex Jr. 403 (–87) 10 Matt Kenseth 382 (–108) 2 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 381 (–109) 1 12 Denny Hamlin 372 (–118) 1 13 Austin Dillon 348 (–142) 14 Jamie McMurray 342 (–148) 15 Ryan Blaney (R) 340 (–150) 16 Ryan Newman 338 (–152) Official driver's standings

Kevin Harvick continued to lead in the championship standings. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 588 2 Chevrolet 566 (–22) 3 Ford 514 (–74) Official manufacturers' standings Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

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