NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 32 48TH ANNUAL HELLMANN'S 500 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - October 23, 2016 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 192 Laps - 510.7 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 38 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 159.905 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.124 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 16 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 192 44 4 111.8 Running 1 45 2 25 44 Brian Scott # Goody's Ford 192 39 90.9 Running 3 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 192 39 1 108.1 Running 4 12 4 7 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Chevrolet 192 37 100.3 Running 5 6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford 192 37 1 93.8 Running 1 6 6 24 42 Kyle Larson Energizer Chevrolet 192 35 96.8 Running 7 22 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 192 34 94.1 Running 8 26 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 192 33 81.2 Running 9 9 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol Chevrolet 192 33 1 82.4 Running 1 1 10 32 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/Scott Products Chevrolet 192 31 54.6 Running 11 15 21 Ryan Blaney # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 192 31 1 94.7 Running 2 3 12 4 24 Chase Elliott # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 192 30 1 92.9 Running 5 9 13 10 27 Paul Menard SYLVANIA/Menards Chevrolet 192 28 88.0 Running 14 20 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 192 27 65.2 Running 15 5 16 Greg Biffle Cheez-it Ford 192 27 1 78.0 Running 1 13 16 34 95 Michael McDowell KLOVE Radio Chevrolet 192 25 74.3 Running 17 11 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 192 24 65.5 Running 18 36 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Chevrolet 192 23 67.0 Running 19 23 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet 192 22 73.3 Running 20 30 10 Danica Patrick Nature's Bakery Chevrolet 192 21 71.3 Running 21 31 38 Landon Cassill FR8 Auctions Ford 192 20 67.8 Running 22 33 34 Chris Buescher # Love's Travel Stops Ford 192 19 66.3 Running 23 17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Pro Services Chevrolet 192 18 70.2 Running 24 40 23 David Ragan sweetFrog Toyota 192 17 47.7 Running 25 29 7 Regan Smith Golden Corral Chevrolet 192 16 60.5 Running 26 18 99 Ryan Reed (i) Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford 192 0 67.0 Running 27 35 93 Matt DiBenedetto Dustless Blasting Toyota 192 14 42.2 Running 28 3 20 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Flexvolt Toyota 192 14 1 60.4 Running 1 1 29 13 19 Carl Edwards Subway Toyota 192 13 1 56.8 Running 1 1 30 14 18 Kyle Busch Snickers Halloween Toyota 192 12 1 55.8 Running 2 2 31 38 32 Bobby Labonte VisoneRV.com Ford 192 10 43.3 Running 32 21 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 192 10 1 38.8 Running 1 1 33 37 46 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 192 9 1 35.5 Running 1 6 34 39 83 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Starter Toyota 192 7 44.1 Running 35 27 5 Kasey Kahne UniFirst Chevrolet 191 6 53.4 Running 36 19 88 Alex Bowman (i) Mountain Dew Chevrolet 191 0 71.2 Running 37 12 55 Reed Sorenson Toyota 179 4 25.5 Running 38 2 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 144 5 2 91.5 Engine 9 90 39 28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 113 2 49.1 Accident 40 1 78 Martin Truex Jr Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota 41 2 1 49.5 Engine 1 2 # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (1) #35 David Gilliland Race Comments: Joey Logano won the Hellmann's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, his 16th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 25 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 43-47 (Oil On Track From #78 [55]); 115-120 (Car #13, 16, 83 Accident Frontstretch [23]); 146-149 (Oil On Track From #2 [16]); 151-153 (Debris Backstretch [46]); 183-185 (Car #1, 5, 6 Accident Turn 3 [83]); 187-190 (Car #88 Spin Frontstretch [83]). Lap Leaders: 31 lead changes among 14 drivers. Truex Jr-pole, Keselowski 1-11, Truex Jr 12-13, Keselowski 14-25, Elliott 26-27, Keselowski 28, Elliott 29-31, Keselowski 32-37, Hamlin 38, Kenseth 39, Ky. Busch 40, Keselowski 41, Stenhouse Jr 42-47, Keselowski 48-62, Elliott 63, Biffle 64-76, Elliott 77-78, Keselowski 79, Elliott 80, Hamlin 81, Edwards 82, Annett 83-88, Keselowski 89-110, Blaney 111, Hamlin 112-116, Dillon 117, Hamlin 118-122, Keselowski 123-143, Blaney 144-145, Stewart 146, Ky. Busch 147, Logano 148-192. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Martin Truex Jr (193.423 mph. 49.508 secs.) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Ricky AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Danica Patrick Stenhouse Jr (crew chief Nicholas Sandler, 0.178 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Carl Edwards (lap 167, 201.486 MPH) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Aric Almirola (15 positions) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brian Scott MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Brian Scott
CHASE GRID - ROUND OF 8 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Joey Logano 4,000 (0) Hendrick (#4) 322 Carl Edwards 6 2 - Jimmie Johnson 4,000 (0) TRD (#18) 313 Martin Truex Jr 4 3 - Kevin Harvick 4,000 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 300 Joey Logano 3 4 - Matt Kenseth 4,000 ( ) Kurt Busch 2 0 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Carl Edwards 4,000 (0) Kyle Busch 2 6 - Denny Hamlin 4,000 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 9 Chase Elliott # 2 7 - Kurt Busch 4,000 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 7 Jimmie Johnson 1 8 - Kyle Busch 4,000 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 4 Matt Kenseth 1 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Denny Hamlin 1 SOLVER OF THE RACE Brad Keselowski 1 Jason Ratcliff (#20) 4 Austin Dillon 1 Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Greg Biffle 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Alan Gustafson (#24) 4 Pts Wins SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Toyota 1,320 (15) Chase Elliott 286 Chevrolet 1,292 (10) Kyle Busch (#18) 10 Ryan Blaney 225 Ford 1,227 (7) Carl Edwards (#19) 6 Chris Buescher 196 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Brian Scott 184 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Jeffrey Earnhardt 133 AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 5 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Joey Logano (#22) 5 Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Carl Edwards (#19) 39 Ryan Newman (#31) 37 Kevin Harvick (#4) 32
NEXT EVENT: October 30, 2016 - 68th Annual Goody's Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA (263 Miles) (500 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #32: 48TH ANNUAL HELLMANN'S "500" Race Date: 10/23/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 JOEY LOGANO 4000 32 2 13 22 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 4000 32 3 9 14 3 KEVIN HARVICK 4000 32 4 15 24 4 MATT KENSETH 4000 32 2 7 16 5 CARL EDWARDS 4000 32 2 8 17 6 DENNY HAMLIN 4000 32 3 11 18 7 KURT BUSCH 4000 32 1 8 20 8 KYLE BUSCH 4000 32 4 14 21 9 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2191 32 4 7 15 10 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2168 32 4 15 21 11 AUSTIN DILLON 2163 32 0 4 13 12 CHASE ELLIOTT 2156 32 0 9 15 13 KYLE LARSON 2155 32 1 8 13 14 TONY STEWART 2141 24 1 5 8 15 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2110 32 0 1 10 16 CHRIS BUESCHER 2109 32 1 2 2 17 KASEY KAHNE 803 32 0 3 12 18 RYAN NEWMAN 794 32 0 2 9 19 A J ALLMENDINGER 717 32 0 2 7 20 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 717 32 0 4 6 21 RYAN BLANEY 713 32 0 3 8 22 TREVOR BAYNE 699 32 0 2 5 23 DANICA PATRICK 621 32 0 0 0 24 GREG BIFFLE 591 32 0 1 3 25 PAUL MENARD 591 32 0 0 2 26 ARIC ALMIROLA 573 32 0 0 1 27 CLINT BOWYER 564 32 0 0 3 28 CASEY MEARS 488 32 0 0 0 29 LANDON CASSILL 465 32 0 0 0 30 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 461 18 0 5 6 31 BRIAN SCOTT 423 32 0 1 1 32 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 421 27 0 0 1 33 DAVID RAGAN 420 32 0 0 0 34 REGAN SMITH 408 31 0 1 2 35 MATT DIBENEDETTO 347 32 0 0 1 36 MICHAEL ANNETT 285 31 0 0 0 37 COLE WHITT 276 26 0 0 0 38 JEFF GORDON 183 7 0 0 1 39 REED SORENSON 175 24 0 0 0 40 JOSH WISE 167 27 0 0 0 41 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 126 18 0 0 0 42 BRIAN VICKERS 86 5 0 0 1 43 BOBBY LABONTE 61 4 0 0 0 44 DAVID GILLILAND 46 2 0 0 0 45 MICHAEL WALTRIP 42 2 0 0 0 46 BORIS SAID 17 1 0 0 0 47 PATRICK CARPENTIER 11 2 0 0 0 48 EDDIE MACDONALD 5 1 0 0 0 49 ALEX KENNEDY 5 1 0 0 0 50 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 3 1 0 0 0 51 ALEX BOWMAN(i) 0 7 0 0 2 52 TY DILLON(i) 0 10 0 0 0 53 DYLAN LUPTON(i) 0 2 0 0 0 54 RYAN REED(i) 0 1 0 0 0 55 JEB BURTON(i) 0 2 0 0 0 56 JOEY GASE(i) 0 5 0 0 0 57 RYAN ELLIS(i) 0 3 0 0 0 58 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 1 0 0 0 59 JUSTIN ALLGAIER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 60 CODY WARE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #32: 48TH ANNUAL HELLMANN'S "500" Race Date: 10/23/2016 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 22 Team Penske 4000 32 2 13 22 32 2 48 Hendrick Motorsports 4000 32 3 9 14 32 3 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 4000 32 4 15 24 32 4 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 4000 32 2 7 16 32 5 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 4000 32 2 8 17 32 6 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 4000 32 3 11 18 32 7 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 4000 32 1 8 20 32 8 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 4000 32 4 14 21 32 9 78 Furniture Row Racing 2191 32 4 7 15 32 10 2 Team Penske 2168 32 4 15 21 32 11 3 Richard Childress Racing 2163 32 0 4 13 32 12 24 Hendrick Motorsports 2156 32 0 9 15 32 13 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 2155 32 1 8 13 32 14 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 2141 32 1 5 9 32 15 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 2110 32 0 1 10 32 16 34 Front Row Motorsports 2109 32 1 2 2 32 17 5 Hendrick Motorsports 803 32 0 3 12 32 18 31 Richard Childress Racing 794 32 0 2 9 32 19 88 Hendrick Motorsports 770 32 0 5 9 32 20 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 717 32 0 2 7 32 21 17 Roush Fenway Racing 717 32 0 4 6 32 22 21 Wood Brothers Racing 713 32 0 3 8 32 23 6 Roush Fenway Racing 699 32 0 2 5 32 24 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 621 32 0 0 0 32 25 16 Roush Fenway Racing 591 32 0 1 3 32 26 27 Richard Childress Racing 591 32 0 0 2 32 27 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 573 32 0 0 1 32 28 15 HScott Motorsports 564 32 0 0 3 32 29 95 Circle Sport-Leavine Family 496 32 0 0 1 32 30 13 Germain Racing 488 32 0 0 0 32 31 38 Front Row Motorsports 465 32 0 0 0 32 32 44 Richard Petty Motorsports 423 32 0 1 1 32 33 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 422 32 0 1 2 32 34 23 BK Racing 420 32 0 0 0 32 35 83 BK Racing 363 32 0 0 1 32 36 46 HScott Motorsports 286 32 0 0 0 32 37 98 Premium Motorsports 284 28 0 0 0 31 38 32 GO FAS Racing 258 32 0 0 0 32 39 55 Premium Motorsports 213 26 0 0 0 27 40 30 The Motorsports Group 167 27 0 0 0 31 41 35 Front Row Motorsports 46 2 0 0 0 4 42 93 BK Racing 29 6 0 0 0 6 43 59 Circle Sport - Leavine Family 26 1 0 0 0 1 44 99 Roush Fenway Racing 15 1 0 0 0 1 45 26 BK Racing 3 1 0 0 0 1 46 40 Hillman Racing 0 0 0 0 0 1