2016 Citizen Soldier 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 29 of 36 in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 2, 2016 | ||
| Location | Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (640 km) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy with a temperature of 73 °F (23 °C); wind out of the northeast at 5 mph (8.0 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 130.969 miles per hour (210.774 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Team Penske | ||
| Time | N/A | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Martin Truex, Jr | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Laps | 187 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 78 | Martin Truex, Jr | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Mike Bagley (Backstretch) | ||
The 2016 Citizen Soldier 400 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled to be held on October 2, 2016, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it will be the 29th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, third race of the Chase and final race of the Round of 16.
Dover International Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States. Since opening in 1969, it has held at least two NASCAR races. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.742 and a speed of 165.578 mph (266.472 km/h).
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