| Type: | NASXFIN |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Race No: | 3 |
| Season No: | 33 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Race Name: | Boyd Gaming 300 |
| Official Name: | 20th annual Boyd Gaming 300 |
| Date: | March 5 |
| Course Mi: | 1.50 |
| Course Km: | 2.41 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 300.00 |
| Distance Mi: | 300.00 |
| Scheduled Km: | 482.803 |
| Distance Km: | 482.803 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 200 |
| Distance Laps: | 200 |
| Avg: | 145.415mph |
| Pole Time: | 29.557 |
| Pole Driver: | Kyle Busch |
| Pole Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Most Laps: | 199 |
| Most Driver: | Kyle Busch |
| Most Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Car: | 18 |
| First Driver: | Kyle Busch |
| First Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| Network: | FS1 |
| Radio: | Performance Racing Network |
| Announcers: | Adam Alexander, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip |
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.
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.
The first practice session was held on Friday, March 4 at 4:05 PM EST. Erik Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.493 and an average speed of 183.904mph.[2]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.493 | 183.094 | |
| 2 | 19 | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.525 | 182.896 | ||
| 3 | 62 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.653 | 182.106 | ||
| Full first practice results | |||||||
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 4, at 6:05 PM EST. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.777 and an average speed of 181.348mph.[3]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.777 | 181.348 | |
| 2 | 3 | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.852 | 180.892 | ||
| 3 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.854 | 180.880 | |
| Full Happy Hour practice results | |||||||
Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 5. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is under 2miles, 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 182.698mph.[5]
Derrike Cope and Todd Peck failed to qualify.
| 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 | |||||||||