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Race 1 of 33 in the2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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Date | February 20, 2016 | ||
Official name | 35th annual PowerShares QQQ 300 | ||
Location | Daytona Beach, Florida,Daytona International Speedway | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 2.50 miles (4.02 km) | ||
Distance | 120 laps, 300.00 mi (482.803 km) | ||
Scheduled distance | 120 laps, 300.00 mi (482.803 km) | ||
Average speed | 151.176 miles per hour (243.294 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
Time | 151.176 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
Laps | 40 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 88 | Chase Elliott | JR Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | FS1 | ||
Announcers | Adam Alexander,Kevin Harvick,Michael Waltrip | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |
The2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 was the 1ststock car race of the2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 35th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, February 20, 2016, inDaytona Beach, Florida, atDaytona International Speedway a 2.5 miles (4.02 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 120 laps to complete. At race's end,Chase Elliott, driving forJR Motorsports, held off a hard-chargingJoey Logano to earn his 5th careerNASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Logano ofTeam Penske andKasey Kahne of JR Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Daytona International Speedway is one of threesuperspeedways to holdNASCAR races, the other two beingIndianapolis Motor Speedway andTalladega Superspeedway.[2] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31degrees, while thefront stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.[3]
The first practice session was held on Friday, February 19 at 11:00 AMEST.Ty Dillon ofRichard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 46.747 and an average speed of 192.526 mph (309.841 km/h).[4]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46.747 | 192.526 |
2 | 11 | Blake Koch | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 46.884 | 191.963 |
3 | 2 | Austin Dillon(i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 86.897 | 191.910 |
Full first practice results |
The second practice session was held on Friday, February 19 at 1:00 PMEST.David Starr ofTriStar Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.042 and an average speed of 183.516 mph (295.340 km/h).[5]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 44 | David Starr | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 49.042 | 183.516 |
2 | 33 | Brandon Jones | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.151 | 183.109 |
3 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | NEMCO Motorsports | Toyota | 49.171 | 183.035 |
Full first practice results |
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, July 14, at 3:00 PMEST.Ty Dillon ofRichard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.420 and an average speed of 182.113 mph (293.082 km/h).[6]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 49.420 | 182.113 |
2 | 07 | Ray Black Jr.(R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 49.667 | 181.207 |
3 | 43 | Jeb Burton | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 49.689 | 181.127 |
Full Happy Hour practice results |
Qualifying was held on Saturday, February 20, at 11:00 AMEST. SinceDaytona International Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13-40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.[7]
Ty Dillon ofRichard Childress Racing would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest lap in Round 2, with a time of 49.493 and an average speed of 181.844 mph (292.650 km/h).[8]
Mark Thompson,Mario Gosselin,Harrison Rhodes,Derrike Cope,Chris Fontaine,Derek White,Mike Harmon, andStanton Barrett failed to qualify.
Laps: 120
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