NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 31 16TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 KANSAS SPEEDWAY Kansas City, KS - October 16, 2016 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 267 Laps - 400.5 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 0 minutes, 28 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 133.155 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Fin Str Car Pos Pos No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

11 3 6 21 2 12 5 10 1 20 4 9 15 17 7 14 25 19 18 16 30 33 29 27 22 31 34 32 26 24 13 37 36 39 38 28 23 8 40 35

4 19 22 48 18 3 88 47 20 5 78 31 41 21 11 14 6 10 17 27 34 95 13 83 16 15 38 44 7 42 24 46 55 98 32 23 1 2 30 43

Driver

Team

Kevin Harvick Carl Edwards Joey Logano Jimmie Johnson Kyle Busch Austin Dillon Alex Bowman (i) AJ Allmendinger Matt Kenseth Kasey Kahne Martin Truex Jr Ryan Newman Kurt Busch Ryan Blaney # Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart Trevor Bayne Danica Patrick Ricky Stenhouse Jr Paul Menard Chris Buescher # Michael McDowell Casey Mears Matt DiBenedetto Greg Biffle Clint Bowyer Landon Cassill Brian Scott # Regan Smith Kyle Larson Chase Elliott # Michael Annett Cole Whitt Reed Sorenson Joey Gase (i) David Ragan Jamie McMurray Brad Keselowski Josh Wise Aric Almirola

Laps Pts

Outback Chevrolet XFINITY Toyota Shell Pennzoil Ford Lowe's Chevrolet M&M's Toyota DOW Coating Materials Chevrolet Nationwide Chevrolet Dillons Chevrolet DEWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota Farmers Insurance Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Caterpillar Chevrolet Monster Energy/Haas Automation Chevrolet Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford FedEx Express Toyota Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1 Chevrolet AdvoCare Ford Nature's Bakery Chevrolet Fastenal Ford FVP/Menards Chevrolet Love's Travel Stops Ford Thrivent Financial Chevrolet GEICO Chevrolet Scorpyd Toyota Ford Pass Ford 5-hour Energy Chevrolet Snap Fitness Ford GoBowling Ford Fire Alarm Services Inc. Chevrolet Target Chevrolet SunEnergy1 Chevrolet Northland Oil Chevrolet Chevrolet Harrahs North Kansas City Toyota Midwest Transplant Network Ford Dr Pepper Toyota Cessna Chevrolet Miller Lite Ford Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Smithfield Ford

267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 267 266 266 266 265 265 265 264 264 262 261 260 258 233 190 108 36

1.183 second(s)

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137.4 127.7 115.8 112.6 104.4 96.7 94.0 92.6 119.8 84.0 97.8 79.3 72.8 76.5 84.5 80.7 67.9 65.0 59.8 69.2 59.9 53.7 56.9 47.7 56.3 47.4 41.6 43.7 47.5 67.6 88.4 35.9 32.6 29.5 28.8 33.5 46.7 66.9 23.9 28.0

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# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Kevin Harvick won the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, his 35th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #41 (backup car), #98 (missing driver intros) and #7 (transmission change). Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 38 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 27-30 (Debris Backstretch [15]); 37-41 (Car #43, 44, 23 Accident Turn 4 [46]); 45-47 (Car #1 Accident Turn 3 [55]); 116-120 (Car #30 Accident Turn 4 [6]); 178-183 (Car #42 Accident Turn 2 [13]); 191-198 (Car #2, 11 Accident Frontstretch [95]); 222-225 (Fluid On Track From #2 [5]); 235-237 (Car #7 Accident Turn 3 [24]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kenseth 1-27, Ku. Busch 28, Kenseth 29-86, Logano 87, Keselowski 88, Hamlin 89, Mears 90-94, Kenseth 95-125, Harvick 126-168, Elliott 169-172, Edwards 173, Logano 174, Edwards 175-221, Harvick 222, Dillon 223-224, Edwards 225-237, Harvick 238-267. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Matt Kenseth (192.089 mph. 28.112 secs.) 3M HARD CHARGER AWARD SEGMENT 8 WINNER : Clint Bowyer AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Matt Kenseth INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Denny Hamlin (10 positions) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) (#20) CHASE GRID - ROUND OF 12 1 - Jimmie Johnson 2 - Kevin Harvick 3 - Matt Kenseth 4 - Kyle Busch 5 - Carl Edwards 6 - Kurt Busch 7 - Martin Truex Jr 8 - Joey Logano 9 - Austin Dillon 10 - Denny Hamlin 11 - Brad Keselowski 12 - Chase Elliott

(Wins) 3,082 (1) 3,048 (1) 3,074 (0) 3,072 (0) 3,069 (0) 3,062 (0) 3,058 (0) 3,045 (0) 3,045 (0) 3,039 (0) 3,038 (0) 3,020 (0)

MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Pts

Wins

Toyota 1,281 (15) Chevrolet 1,255 (10) Ford 1,183 (6) AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 5 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Joey Logano (#22) 5 Carl Edwards (#19) 4 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Carl Edwards (#19) 39 Ryan Newman (#31) 37 Kevin Harvick (#4) 32

MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: AJ Allmendinger (crew chief Randall Burnett, 0.246 seconds) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (lap 2, 183.150 mph) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Ryan Blaney

MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER TRD (#18) 313 Hendrick (#4) 313 Roush/Yates (#22) 285 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Busch (#18) 9 Kevin Harvick (#4) 7 Denny Hamlin (#11) 4 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE Jason Ratcliff (#20) 4 Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Alan Gustafson (#24) 4 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 10 Carl Edwards (#19) 5 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Carl Edwards Martin Truex Jr Joey Logano Kyle Busch Kurt Busch Chase Elliott # Jimmie Johnson Matt Kenseth Austin Dillon Denny Hamlin Brad Keselowski Greg Biffle SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Chase Elliott Ryan Blaney Chris Buescher Brian Scott Jeffrey Earnhardt

6 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 285 224 195 172 132

NEXT EVENT: October 23, 2016 - 48th Annual Alabama 500 , Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL (500.08 Miles) (188 Laps)

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #31: 16TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO "400" Race Date: 10/16/2016 POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

DRIVER

Points

JIMMIE JOHNSON 3082 MATT KENSETH 3074 KYLE BUSCH 3072 CARL EDWARDS 3069 KURT BUSCH 3062 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 3058 KEVIN HARVICK 3048 JOEY LOGANO 3045 AUSTIN DILLON 3045 DENNY HAMLIN 3039 BRAD KESELOWSKI 3038 CHASE ELLIOTT 3020 TONY STEWART 2131 KYLE LARSON 2120 CHRIS BUESCHER 2090 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2088 KASEY KAHNE 797 RYAN NEWMAN 767 A J ALLMENDINGER 686 RYAN BLANEY 682 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 680 TREVOR BAYNE 675 DANICA PATRICK 600 GREG BIFFLE 564 PAUL MENARD 563 CLINT BOWYER 541 ARIC ALMIROLA 540 CASEY MEARS 486 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 461 LANDON CASSILL 445 DAVID RAGAN 403 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 396 REGAN SMITH 392 BRIAN SCOTT 384 MATT DIBENEDETTO 333 COLE WHITT 276 MICHAEL ANNETT 276 JEFF GORDON 183 REED SORENSON 171 JOSH WISE 167 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 119 BRIAN VICKERS 86 BOBBY LABONTE 51 DAVID GILLILAND 46 MICHAEL WALTRIP 42 BORIS SAID 17 PATRICK CARPENTIER 11 EDDIE MACDONALD 5 ALEX KENNEDY 5 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 3 ALEX BOWMAN(i) 0 TY DILLON(i) 0 DYLAN LUPTON(i) 0 JEB BURTON(i) 0 JOEY GASE(i) 0 RYAN ELLIS(i) 0 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 JUSTIN ALLGAIER(i) 0 CODY WARE(i) 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Starts

Wins

31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 23 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 18 31 31 26 30 31 31 26 30 7 23 27 17 5 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 6 10 2 2 5 3 1 1 0

3 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top 5

Top 10

9 7 14 8 7 7 15 12 4 10 15 9 5 8 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 16 21 17 19 15 23 21 12 17 21 15 8 12 2 10 12 9 6 8 5 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #31: 16TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO "400" Race Date: 10/16/2016 POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

Car # 48 20 18 19 41 78 4 22 3 11 2 24 14 42 34 1 5 31 88 47 21 17 6 10 16 27 15 43 13 95 38 7 23 44 83 98 46 32 55 30 35 59 93 26 40

OWNER Hendrick Motorsports Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Stewart-Haas Racing Furniture Row Racing Stewart-Haas Racing Team Penske Richard Childress Racing Joe Gibbs Racing Team Penske Hendrick Motorsports Stewart-Haas Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Front Row Motorsports Chip Ganassi Racing Hendrick Motorsports Richard Childress Racing Hendrick Motorsports JTG Daugherty Racing Wood Brothers Racing Roush Fenway Racing Roush Fenway Racing Stewart-Haas Racing Roush Fenway Racing Richard Childress Racing HScott Motorsports Richard Petty Motorsports Germain Racing Circle Sport-Leavine Family Front Row Motorsports Tommy Baldwin Racing BK Racing Richard Petty Motorsports BK Racing Premium Motorsports HScott Motorsports GO FAS Racing Premium Motorsports The Motorsports Group Front Row Motorsports Circle Sport - Leavine Family BK Racing BK Racing Hillman Racing

Points 3082 3074 3072 3069 3062 3058 3048 3045 3045 3039 3038 3020 2131 2120 2090 2088 797 767 765 686 682 680 675 600 564 563 541 540 486 471 445 406 403 384 356 284 277 248 209 167 46 26 15 3 0

Starts 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 28 31 31 25 27 2 1 5 1 0

Wins 3 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top 5 9 7 14 8 7 7 15 12 4 10 15 9 5 8 2 1 3 2 5 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top 10 14 16 21 17 19 15 23 21 12 17 21 15 9 12 2 10 12 9 9 6 8 5 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Attempts 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 26 31 3 1 5 1 1