2016 Bojangles' Southern 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 25 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 4, 2016 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) |
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| Distance | 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.666 km) | ||
| Average speed | 126.437 mph (203.481 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | N/A | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 214 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers |
Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, and Dale Jarrett |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 2.6/5 (Overnight) 2.8/6 (Final) 4.6 million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) | ||
The 2016 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 67th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 4, 2016 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Furniture Row Racing's Martin Truex Jr. won the race by holding off Kevin Harvick to earn his second victory of the 2016 season.
Brad Keselowski made his way to a second place finish, The race had eight lead changes among different drivers and ten cautions for 52 laps.
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.
The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on August 27, 2016 at 1:52 p.m. Eastern time.
NASCAR cancelled all Friday activities and rescheduled both practice sessions in place of qualifying for Saturday due to rain from Hurricane Hermine.Kevin Harvick was awarded the pole position as a result.
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.937 and a speed of 176.025 mph (283.285 km/h).
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