2016 Sprint Unlimited

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2016 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2016 Sprint Unlimited logo.jpg
Date February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13)
Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 79 laps, 197.5 mi (316 km)
Scheduled Distance 75 laps, 187.5 mi (300 km)
Weather Clear night skies with a temperature of 52 °F (11 °C); wind out of the north at 12 mph (19 km/h)
Average speed 128.432 mph (206.691 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 39
Winner
No. 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.6/5 (Overnight) [8]
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 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on February 13, 2016, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Contents

Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway on the day of the Daytona 500.JPG
Daytona International Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

The track, Daytona International Speedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. [9] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. [10] The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. [10]

Format and eligibility

The race is 75 laps in length, and is divided into two segments; the first is 25 laps and the second is 50 laps. The race is open to those drivers who won a pole in the 2015 season or had won the Sprint Unlimited previously.

Entry list

The entry list for the Sprint Unlimited was released on Friday, February 12 at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time. Twenty-five drivers are entered for the race. Tony Stewart was slated to run the Sprint Unlimited, but after suffering a burst fracture of his L1 vertebra, Brian Vickers drove in his place. [11] While Vickers wasn't technically eligible because he doesn't fit any of the criteria for eligibility, he was cleared by NASCAR to compete in the event. [12]

No.DriverTeamManufacturer
1 Jamie McMurray (C) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski (P) Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon (D) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick (P) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
5 Kasey Kahne (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Danica Patrick (D) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
13 Casey Mears * Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Brian Vickers * Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
15 Clint Bowyer (C) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
16 Greg Biffle (D) Roush Fenway Racing Ford
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. * Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Carl Edwards (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt Kenseth (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford
27 Paul Menard (C) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman (C) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
41 Kurt Busch (P) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
42 Kyle Larson * Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
43 Aric Almirola * Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
47 A. J. Allmendinger (P) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
78 Martin Truex Jr. (D) Furniture Row Racing Toyota
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Official entry list
KeyMeaning
(P)Eligible as a pole winner in 2015
(W)Eligible as a past winner of the race
(D)Eligible as a past Daytona 500 pole winner
(C)Eligible for being in the Chase in 2015
*Eligible via points or other reasons

Starting lineup

The starting lineup was determined by a random draw, with Jimmie Johnson drawing the top spot. [13]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturer
148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford
347 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
442 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
531 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
613 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet
778 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota
815 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
918 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
103 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
1117 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
1210 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
1320 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
1427 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
1511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
1616 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford
1743 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
1814 Brian Vickers Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
1919 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
205 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2141 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
224 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
2388 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
241 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2522 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
Official starting lineup

Practice

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 45.148 and a speed of 199.344 mph (320.813 km/h). [14]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 45.148199.344
25 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 45.190199.159
311 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.211199.067
Official first practice results

Final practice

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 45.242 and a speed of 198.930 mph (320.147 km/h). [15]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
111 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 45.242198.930
215 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 46.094195.253
343 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 46.181194.885
Official final practice results

Race

First half

Start

Under a clear Florida night sky, Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag at 8:35 p.m. Brad Keselowski used a push from the outside line to lead the first lap. After five laps, the field settled into a single line until Jamie McMurray went under Casey Mears in turn 3 to move up to fourth. Eventually, Keselowski found himself working the top and bottom line to maintain the lead. Unfortunately, he had to drag the brake to let McMurray pass him going into 3 to get a piece of debris off the grill of his car. This gambit failed and fell back to 15th. The first caution of the race flew on lap 13 for a two-car wreck in turn 2. Rounding the turn, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. suffered a right-rear tire blowout and spun down into the side of Denny Hamlin. [16] The front half of the field opted to stay out while the back half opted to pit.

Second quarter

The race restarted on lap 18. McMurray got a jump on the field, but was swallowed up and passed by teammate Kyle Larson. He was, however, able to hold the lead and pull in front of his teammate on the backstretch. The second caution of the race flew on lap 23 for a multi-car wreck in turn 1. Going into the turn, Brian Vickers suffered a right-rear tire blowout, hit the side of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car and ripped the side of his car off, turned back up the track, hit teammate Kevin Harvick, slammed the wall, slid back down the track and clipped Clint Bowyer. [17] A. J. Allmendinger, Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch also sustained damage in this wreck. [18] Vickers said he didn't "know how it happened. The '18' and I got together going four-wide early in the race and had a little smoke for a lap and it went away. I suspect that could have been it or I could have just ran over something, there's no telling.” [19] Harvick would go on to finish last. [20] Hamlin opted not to pit and assumed the lead.

Second half

Halfway

The race restarted on lap 30. Hamlin took command of the field and moved ahead of the No. 2 car. Eventually, Keselowski moved by him coming to the line and took the lead on lap 34. Hamlin shot ahead of Keselowski on the backstretch to take the lead back the next lap. Keselowski used a push from teammate Joey Logano to retake the lead on lap 37. Just like his first stint in the lead, he picked up another piece of debris that covered his grill. The third caution of the race flew on lap 44 for a single-car spin on the backstretch. Going down the backstretch, Johnson made contact with Mears that sent him spinning through the grass. [21] His car dug into the ground and ripped off the front fender. [21] He said afterwards that he "did a decent job of backing out of there and not causing a big one as the door shut on me." [22] Keselowski opted to stay out while the rest of the field opted to pit.

The race restarted on lap 48. Hamlin powered ahead of Keselowski to take over the lead on lap 49. The fourth caution of the race flew with 20 laps to go for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch. Going into turn 3, Kasey Kahne got turned by McMurray and slammed into the side of Allmendinger. [21]

Fourth quarter

The race restarted with 14 laps to go. Keselowski got a run on Hamlin in the tri-oval to take the lead back with 12 laps to go. The fifth caution of the race flew with 10 laps to go after Kahne lost an engine in turn 2.

The race restarted with six laps to go. Hamlin was able to hold off charges from his teammate Matt Kenseth and Logano. The sixth caution of the race flew with three laps to go for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch. In a classic restrictor plate racing accordion effect, Carl Edwards got turned into the wall and a number of cars spun out. This would lead to the debut of the new overtime rules NASCAR put into play two days prior.

Overtime

The race restarted with two laps to go. The field passed the overtime line and the race was official at that point. After a multi-car wreck in turn 1, Hamlin was declared the race winner. [23]

Post-race

Hamlin said after the race in victory lane that he's "gotten better at speedway racing over the last few years and really learned a lot from my teammates. But realistically you can go back and look at this race a million times, and had my teammates not stuck with me at the right times, we wouldn't have been able to stay up front." [24] He added he "wanted to get to the (overtime) line, because we probably didn’t have enough fuel to go five more laps." [25]

After a runner-up finish, Logano said that he thought he had Hamlin "if that caution didn’t come out at the end." [26] He followed up by saying had "I got that push from the 42, [Kyle] Larson, I might have done it. It just didn’t line up perfectly.” [26]

After finishing 10th, Biffle spoke on the new overtime rule saying he thought "it was OK. I get what they're trying to do. They're trying to prevent people from changing the outcome of the race and make that mark back there, and that makes sense. It'll take us a little bit to get used to that, but I understand it." [27]

After finishing 11th, Danica Patrick said that she doesn't "think it'll end up making a humongous difference. I mean, the likelihood of having a lot of accidents within the first corner, they're not super-high. I don't know. I think it'll be fine. I don't think we'll really notice a huge difference." [27]

After finishing 13th, Martin Truex Jr. said that "in this day and age, we always judge everything on the fans' reaction. So I guess we'll wait and see what they say about it." [27]

Race results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLaps
11511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 79
22522 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 79
31427 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 79
4442 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 79
5613 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 79
61117 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 79
72141 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 79
8103 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 79
922 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 79
101616 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 79
111210 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 79
121320 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 79
13778 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78
14241 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 78
152388 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75
161919 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72
17918 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72
181743 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 72
19531 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 69
20205 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 64
21347 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 56
22148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 43
23815 Clint Bowyer HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 23
241814 Brian Vickers Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 22
25224 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 22
Unofficial race results

Media

Television

Fox
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip 		Jamie Little
Chris Neville
Vince Welch
Matt Yocum

Radio

MRN Radio
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace 		Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Backstretch: Mike Bagley
Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey		Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

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