2016 Boyd Gaming 300

Race details
Race 3 of 33 in the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	March 5, 2016
Official name	20th annual Boyd Gaming 300
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.50 mi (2.41 km)
Distance	200 laps, 300.00 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 300.00 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed	145.415 miles per hour (234.023 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	29.557
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	199
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Adam Alexander, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	Performance Racing Network

The 2016 Boyd Gaming 300 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway a 1.5 miles (2.41 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrac. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing led a dominating 199 out of 200 laps to earn his 78th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his second of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Daniel Suarez of Joe Gibbs Racing and Erik Jones, also of Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Practice

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 5. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km), the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.^[4]

Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 29.557 and an average speed of 182.698 mph (294.024 km/h).^[5]

Derrike Cope and Todd Peck failed to qualify.

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Daniel Suarez 106 2 Elliott Sadler 103 (-3) 3 Ty Dillon 99 (–7) 4 Brandon Jones 99 (–7) 5 Justin Allgaier 95 (–11) 6 Brendan Gaughan 91 (-15) 7 Erik Jones (R) 86 (-20) 8 Ryan Reed 79 (-27) 9 Ryan Sieg 73 (-33) 10 Jeb Burton 72 (-34) 11 Brennan Poole (R) 71 (-35) 11 Jeremy Clements 71 (-35) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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