The NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) held the Food City 300 Friday, August 19, 2016 at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS)
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Tonight was Kyle Larson’s sixth top-five finish at BMS and of 2016
- Larson led a race-high 200 laps, the most laps he has led in any race in his career
- Poole remains seventh in the XFINITY Series drivers’ standings
- The race saw eight cautions for 54 laps
- There were 16 lead changes among seven drivers
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Results (with starting position)
P1 – (5) Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Chevrolet Camaro
P2 – (8) Justin Allgaier, No. 46
P3 – (4) Kyle Larson, No. 42 ENEOS Chevrolet Camaro
CGR QUOTEBOARD
“Had a fun race tonight and was able to get the top working pretty early. We had a really strong ENEOS Chevy on long runs, but some of how the strategy played out at the end didn’t work in our favor. We were just too loose on those last few restarts to pull off the win”
Kyle Larson,
No. 42 ENEOS Chevrolet Camaro
“Had a fun race tonight and was able to get the top working pretty early. We had a really strong ENEOS Chevy on long runs, but some of how the strategy played out at the end didn’t work in our favor. We were just too loose on those last few restarts to pull off the win”2016 Schedule & Results
Kyle Larson next races in the ENEOS No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro on August 20th at the Food City 300, Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN.
| Feb 20 | Powershares 300 View Results> |
Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, FL | 34th |
| Feb 27 | Heads Up Georgia 250 View Results> |
Atlanta Motor Speedway | Hampton, GA | 2nd |
| Mar 19 | Treatmyclot.com 300 View Results> |
Auto Club Speedway | Fontana, CA | 8th |
| Apr 9 | O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 View Results> |
Texas Motor Speedway | Ft Worth, TX | 11th |
| May 28 | Hisense 300 View Results> |
Charlotte Motor Speedway | Charlotte, NC | 6th |
| June 4 | Pocono Green 250* | Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, PA | 1st |
| Aug 19 | Food City 300 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Bristol, TN | 3rd |
| Sep 3 | Help a Hero 200 | Darlington Raceway | Darlington, SC | |
| Sep 17 | NASCAR XFINITY Series Chicagoland Race | Chicagoland Speedway | Joliet, IL | |
| Nov 19 | Ford Ecoboost 300 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Homestead, FL |
*Note: Kyle’s win at Pocono was in the XFINITY series but not in the ENEOS car
About Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
Chip Ganassi has been a fixture in the auto racing industry for over 25 years and is considered one of the most successful as well as innovative owners the sport has anywhere in the world. Today his teams include four cars in the Verizon IndyCar Series, two cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, two cars in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, two factory Ford GT’s in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, two factory Ford GT’s in the FIA World Endurance Championship and two Supercars in Red Bull Global Rallycross. Overall his teams have 18 championships and 170 victories, including four Indianapolis 500s, a Daytona 500, a Brickyard 400 and six Rolex 24 At Daytonas and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Ganassi boasts state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.