# 2016 TreatMyClot.com 300

The 2016 TreatMyClot.com 300 by Janessen was the fifth stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Fontana, California, at Auto Club Speedway, a 2 miles (3.2 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. In a wild finish, Austin Dillon, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would take advantage of both Daniel Suárez, who ran out of fuel on the final lap, and eventual second-place finisher Kyle Busch, who suffered a flat tire on the final lap. The win was Dillon's seventh career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Bubba Wallace, driving for Roush Fenway Racing, would finish third.

## Background

Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a two-mile (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023. It was also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack was located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track was owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and was the only track owned by ISC to have its naming rights sold. The speedway was served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.

### Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.
* (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| 0 | Garrett Smithley | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | JD Motorsports |
| 1 | Elliott Sadler | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | OneMain Financial |
| 01 | Ryan Preece (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | Uptick Vineyards |
| 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Rheem |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Wishes for Warriors, PAR Electric |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | Shakey's Pizza |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Ford EcoBoost |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | TaxSlayer |
| 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | ScubaLife |
| 10 | Matt DiBenedetto (i) | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | TriStar Motorsports |
| 11 | Blake Koch | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | LeafFilter Gutter Protection |
| 13 | Carl Long | MBM Motorsports | Dodge | MBM Motorsports |
| 14 | J. J. Yeley | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | TriStar Motorsports |
| 15 | Todd Peck | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | X-treme pH Sports Water |
| 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Lilly Diabetes |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | NOS Energy |
| 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Interstate Batteries |
| 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | GameStop, NykoTech |
| 21 | Spencer Gallagher (i) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Allegiant Air, Kingman Chevrolet |
| 22 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Team Penske | Ford | Discount Tire |
| 24 | Corey LaJoie | JGL Racing | Toyota | Youtheory |
| 25 | Cody Ware (R) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | Lilly Trucking |
| 28 | Dakoda Armstrong | JGL Racing | Toyota | WinField United |
| 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Nexteer |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | RSS Racing |
| 40 | Josh Wise (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | MBM Motorsports |
| 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | Eneos |
| 43 | Jeb Burton | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | J. Streicher |
| 44 | David Starr | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | Zachry |
| 48 | Brennan Poole (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | DC Solar |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | RepairableVehicles.com |
| 52 | Joey Gase | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | Donate Life California |
| 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa |
| 70 | Derrike Cope | Derrike Cope Racing | Chevrolet | E-Hydrate |
| 74 | Mike Harmon | Mike Harmon Racing | Dodge | Mike Harmon Racing |
| 78 | B. J. McLeod (R) | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Ford | X-treme pH Sports Water |
| 88 | Kevin Harvick (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | Nalley Chili |
| 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Shepherd Racing Ventures | Chevrolet | Racing with Jesus |
| 90 | Mario Gosselin | King Autosport | Chevrolet | BuckedUp Apparel |
| 93 | Dylan Lupton | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | RSS Racing |
| 97 | Harrison Rhodes | Obaika Racing | Chevrolet | Vroom! Brands |
| 98 | Aric Almirola (i) | Biagi-DenBeste Racing | Ford | Ballast Point |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice
### First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, March 18, at 12:00 PM PST. The session would last for one hour and 25 minutes. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 40.603 and an average speed of 177.327 miles per hour (285.380 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 40.603 | 177.327 |
| 2 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 41.147 | 174.982 |
| 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 41.164 | 174.910 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### Second and final practice

The final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 18, at 2:30 PM PST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 40.765 and an average speed of 176.622 miles per hour (284.246 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 40.765 | 176.622 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 40.906 | 176.013 |
| 3 | 22 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 40.941 | 175.863 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 19, at 9:15 AM PST. Since Auto Club Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.
Daniel Suárez of Joe Gibbs Racing would advance from the first round and win the pole by setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 40.010 and an average speed of 179.955 miles per hour (289.609 km/h).
Two drivers would fail to qualify: Carl Long and Morgan Shepherd.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| 1 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 40.020 | 179.910 | 40.010 | 179.955 |
| 2 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 40.009 | 179.960 | 40.107 | 179.520 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 39.965 | 180.158 | 40.138 | 179.381 |
| 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 40.140 | 179.372 | 40.227 | 178.984 |
| 5 | 1 | Elliott Sadler | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.314 | 178.598 | 40.303 | 178.647 |
| 6 | 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 40.084 | 179.623 | 40.342 | 178.474 |
| 7 | 43 | Jeb Burton | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 40.172 | 179.229 | 40.409 | 178.178 |
| 8 | 11 | Blake Koch | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 40.505 | 177.756 | 40.570 | 177.471 |
| 9 | 48 | Brennan Poole (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 40.433 | 178.072 | 40.627 | 177.222 |
| 10 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 40.528 | 177.655 | 40.680 | 176.991 |
| 11 | 22 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 40.023 | 179.897 | 40.756 | 176.661 |
| 12 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 40.601 | 177.336 | 40.970 | 175.738 |
| Eliminated in Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 40.624 | 177.235 | - | - |
| 14 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 40.630 | 177.209 | - | - |
| 15 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 40.636 | 177.183 | - | - |
| 16 | 98 | Aric Almirola (i) | Biagi-DenBeste Racing | Ford | 40.637 | 177.178 | - | - |
| 17 | 88 | Kevin Harvick (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.683 | 176.978 | - | - |
| 18 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 40.780 | 176.557 | - | - |
| 19 | 4 | Ross Chastain | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.923 | 175.940 | - | - |
| 20 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.987 | 175.665 | - | - |
| 21 | 28 | Dakoda Armstrong | JGL Racing | Toyota | 40.999 | 175.614 | - | - |
| 22 | 93 | Dylan Lupton | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 41.033 | 175.469 | - | - |
| 23 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 41.302 | 174.326 | - | - |
| 24 | 01 | Ryan Preece (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.351 | 174.119 | - | - |
| 25 | 14 | J. J. Yeley | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 41.715 | 172.600 | - | - |
| 26 | 21 | Spencer Gallagher (i) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 41.748 | 172.463 | - | - |
| 27 | 0 | Garrett Smithley (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.789 | 172.294 | - | - |
| 28 | 40 | Josh Wise (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 41.886 | 171.895 | - | - |
| 29 | 44 | David Starr | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 41.910 | 171.797 | - | - |
| 30 | 10 | Matt DiBenedetto (i) | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 41.937 | 171.686 | - | - |
| 31 | 52 | Joey Gase | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 42.076 | 171.119 | - | - |
| 32 | 24 | Corey LaJoie | JGL Racing | Toyota | 42.249 | 170.418 | - | - |
| 33 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 42.482 | 169.484 | - | - |
| Qualified by owner's points |||||||||
| 34 | 70 | Derrike Cope | Derrike Cope Racing | Chevrolet | 42.809 | 168.189 | - | - |
| 35 | 90 | Mario Gosselin | King Autosport | Chevrolet | 42.952 | 167.629 | - | - |
| 36 | 97 | Harrison Rhodes | Obaika Racing | Chevrolet | 42.969 | 167.563 | - | - |
| 37 | 78 | B. J. McLeod (R) | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Ford | 43.083 | 167.119 | - | - |
| 38 | 74 | Mike Harmon | Mike Harmon Racing | Dodge | 43.341 | 166.124 | - | - |
| 39 | 15 | Todd Peck | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 44.162 | 163.036 | - | - |
| 40 | 25 | Cody Ware (R) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 46.267 | 155.618 | - | - |
| Failed to qualify |||||||||
| 41 | 13 | Carl Long | MBM Motorsports | Dodge | 42.986 | 167.496 | - | - |
| 42 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Shepherd Racing Ventures | Chevrolet | 43.186 | 166.721 | - | - |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 1 | running | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 133 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 13 | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | running | 38 |
| 4 | 1 | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 150 | 4 | running | 38 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Elliott Sadler | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 36 |
| 6 | 17 | 88 | Kevin Harvick (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 2 | running | 35 |
| 8 | 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 5 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 32 |
| 10 | 20 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 31 |
| 11 | 16 | 98 | Aric Almirola (i) | Biagi-DenBeste Racing | Ford | 150 | 3 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | 11 | Blake Koch | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | 48 | Brennan Poole (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 28 |
| 14 | 10 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 149 | 0 | running | 27 |
| 15 | 2 | 20 | Erik Jones (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | running | 26 |
| 16 | 7 | 43 | Jeb Burton | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 149 | 0 | running | 25 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 24 |
| 18 | 32 | 24 | Corey LaJoie | JGL Racing | Toyota | 149 | 0 | running | 23 |
| 19 | 19 | 4 | Ross Chastain | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 22 |
| 20 | 11 | 22 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 148 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 18 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 22 | 21 | 28 | Dakoda Armstrong | JGL Racing | Toyota | 148 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 23 | 27 | 0 | Garrett Smithley (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 18 |
| 24 | 26 | 21 | Spencer Gallagher (i) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 01 | Ryan Preece (R) | JD Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 1 | running | 17 |
| 26 | 35 | 90 | Mario Gosselin | King Autosport | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | running | 15 |
| 27 | 25 | 14 | J. J. Yeley | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 147 | 0 | running | 14 |
| 28 | 31 | 52 | Joey Gase | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | running | 13 |
| 29 | 23 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | running | 12 |
| 30 | 39 | 15 | Todd Peck | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 141 | 0 | running | 11 |
| 31 | 40 | 25 | Cody Ware (R) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | running | 10 |
| 32 | 38 | 74 | Mike Harmon | Mike Harmon Racing | Dodge | 139 | 0 | running | 9 |
| 33 | 37 | 78 | B. J. McLeod (R) | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Ford | 95 | 0 | engine | 8 |
| 34 | 34 | 70 | Derrike Cope | Derrike Cope Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | engine | 7 |
| 35 | 36 | 97 | Harrison Rhodes | Obaika Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | 0 | engine | 6 |
| 36 | 22 | 93 | Dylan Lupton | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 | crash | 5 |
| 37 | 33 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | crash | 4 |
| 38 | 29 | 44 | David Starr | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 30 | 0 | engine | 3 |
| 39 | 28 | 40 | Josh Wise (i) | MBM Motorsports | Toyota | 18 | 1 | vibration | 0 |
| 40 | 30 | 10 | Matt DiBenedetto (i) | TriStar Motorsports | Toyota | 2 | 0 | brakes | 0 |
| Failed to qualify ||||||||||
| 41 | | 13 | Carl Long | MBM Motorsports | Dodge | | | | |
| 42 | | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Shepherd Racing Ventures | Chevrolet | | | | |
| Official race results ||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Daniel Suárez | 182 |
| | 2 | Elliott Sadler | 172 (-10) |
| | 3 | Justin Allgaier | 163 (–19) |
| | 4 | Brandon Jones | 161 (–21) |
| | 5 | Ty Dillon | 159 (–23) |
| | 6 | Brendan Gaughan | 154 (-28) |
| | 7 | Erik Jones | 152 (-30) |
| | 8 | Bubba Wallace | 134 (-48) |
| | 9 | Ryan Reed | 133 (-49) |
| | 10 | Brennan Poole | 130 (-52) |
| | 11 | Blake Koch | 122 (-60) |
| | 12 | Jeb Burton | 121 (-61) |
| Official driver's standings ||||