Race Lineup

The official 2016 AAA Texas 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.

AAA Texas 500

Sunday, November 6th, 2016

Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX

  • 21 Chevrolet
  • 11 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 334
  • Laps Actual: 293 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 134.541
  • Cautions: 8 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,127 (8.3 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 192.301 28.081 0.000 Realtree / Bad Boy Richard Childress Racing Slugger Labbe
2 22 Joey Logano Ford 192.260 28.087 0.006 AAA Team Penske Todd Gordon
3 4 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 192.178 28.099 0.018 Busch Beer Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
4 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 192.130 28.106 0.025 Alliance Truck Parts Team Penske Paul Wolfe
5 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 191.959 28.131 0.050 Kleenex Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
6 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 191.523 28.195 0.114 Schrock / Menards Richard Childress Racing Danny Stockman
7 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 191.381 28.216 0.135 DeWalt Flexvolt Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
8 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 191.272 28.232 0.151 Virginia Tech Wood Brothers Racing Jeremy Bullins
9 19 Carl Edwards Toyota 190.988 28.274 0.193 SportClips Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
10 41 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 190.543 28.340 0.259 Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Tony Gibson
11 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 190.429 28.357 0.276 Kelley Blue Book Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
12 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 189.560 28.487 0.406 Bass Pro Shops / TRACKER Boats Furniture Row Motorsports Cole Pearn
13 13 Casey Mears Chevrolet 191.232 28.238 0.157 GEICO Germain Racing Bootie Barker
14 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 191.191 28.244 0.163 Bush's Chili Beans Jtg Daughtery Racing Randall Burnett
15 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 191.049 28.265 0.184 Sherwin Williams Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
16 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 190.894 28.288 0.207 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 190.826 28.298 0.217 FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
18 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 190.577 28.335 0.254 Grainger Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
19 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 189.520 28.493 0.412 Lowe's Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 189.195 28.542 0.461 Fastenal Rfk Racing Nicholas Sandler
21 43 Aric Almirola Ford 188.659 28.623 0.542 Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
22 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 187.878 28.742 0.661 TaxACT Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 19.198 281.286 253.205 Bass Pro / Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
24 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 194.056 27.827 0.254 M&M's Core Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
25 16 Greg Biffle Ford 191.144 28.251 0.170 Performance Plus Motor Oil Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
26 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 190.759 28.308 0.227 AdvoCare Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
27 15 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 190.732 28.312 0.231 5-Hour Energy Hscott Motorsports Steve Addington
28 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 190.523 28.343 0.262 Thrivent Financial Circle Sport-leavine Family Racing Todd Parrott
29 44 Brian Scott Ford 190.328 28.372 0.291 Albertsons / Tom Thumb Richard Petty Motorsports Chris Heroy
30 34 Chris Buescher Ford 190.315 28.374 0.293 Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Bob Osborne
31 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 190.215 28.389 0.308 AARP Drive to End Hunger Hendrick Motorsports Keith Rodden
32 7 Regan Smith Chevrolet 189.907 28.435 0.354 Nikko RC / Road Rippers Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Jr
33 83 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 189.900 28.436 0.355 E.J. Wade Construction Bk Racing Gene Nead
34 38 Landon Cassill Ford 189.069 28.561 0.480 MDS Transport Front Row Motorsports Donnie Wingo
35 93 Ryan Ellis Toyota 188.495 28.648 0.567 ScienceLogic Bk Racing Doug Richert
36 23 David Ragan Toyota 187.643 28.778 0.697 Dr. Pepper Bk Racing Patrick Donahue
37 46 Michael Annett Chevrolet 186.832 28.903 0.822 Pilot Flying J Hscott Motorsports Michael Hillman
38 55 Reed Sorenson Toyota 184.200 29.316 1.235 Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
39 32 Joey Gase Ford 182.063 29.660 1.579 Donate Life Texas Go Fas Racing Wally Rogers
40 30 Josh Wise Chevrolet 180.741 29.877 1.796 Curtis Key Plumbing The Motorsports Group Wayne Carroll Jr