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NASCAR stock car race held in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
February 2025
CUST Race 18 of 33 in the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2016 Lilly Diabetes 250 https://www.jayski.com/oreilly-auto-parts-series/2016-xfinity-series-schedule/ 2016 schedule March 10, 2026 Jayski's Silly Season Site https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2016 07 23 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2024.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana 2.5 4.0 63 157.5 253.471 60 150 241.40 136.298 mph km/h Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 49.467 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 62 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing NBCSN Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
The 2016 Lilly Diabetes 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that was held on July 23, 2016, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Contested over 63 laps on the 2.5-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt speedway, extended from the original 60 laps due to a overtime finish, it was the 18th race of the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
The race, along with the 3 other Dash 4 Cash races, had reduced laps to create two additional heat races.https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2016/04/11/dash-4-cash-heat-racing-debuts-for-nascar-xfinity-series/ Dash 4 Cash heat racing debuts for NASCAR XFINITY Series April 11, 2016 March 8, 2026
Kyle Busch dominated the race, leading all but one lap for his 82nd career Xfinity Series win.https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/news-multimedia/news/2016/07/23/kyle-busch-wins-2016-lilly-diabetes-250-2016 Kyle Busch Dominates in Repeat Lilly Diabetes 250 Win July 23, 2016 March 12, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Report
Background
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 6 mi km 0 in west of Downtown Indianapolis.
Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5 mi km on, nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25 mi km on turns, two 0.625 mi km mid -long straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125 mi km on short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.
The track also holds races on its infield road course, formerly the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, from 2021 to 2023 and currently the Sonsio Grand Prix.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 0 Garrett Smithley (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Ryan Preece JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Matt DiBenedetto (i) TriStar Motorsports Toyota 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 13 Harrison Rhodes MBM Motorsports Toyota 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 15 Todd Peck B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 25 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 33 Brandon Jones (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 40 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Dodge 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 44 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 46 Brandon Gdovic Precision Performance Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Brennan Poole (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 70 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 77 T. J. Bell Obaika Racing Chevrolet 78 B. J. McLeod (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 88 Kevin Harvick (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Morgan Shepard Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 93 David Starr RSS Racing Chevrolet 97 Ryan Ellis Obaika Racing Chevrolet 98 Jeb Burton Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford
Practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 50.976 seconds and a speed of 176.554 mph km/h on.
Practice results
Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.976 176.554 2 20 Erik Jones (R) 51.100 176.125 3 19 Daniel Suárez 51.171 175.881 Official practice results
Qualifying
Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer R1 Best time in Round 1 R2 Best time in Round 2 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.478 49.467 2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.377 49.469 3 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 49.468 49.695 4 88 Kevin Harvick (i) JR Racing Chevrolet 50.103 50.030 5 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.933 50.031 6 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 50.292 50.210 7 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 50.206 50.235 8 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.076 50.283 9 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.319 50.719 10 48 Brennan Poole (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.006 51.009 11 33 Brandon Jones (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.226 51.264 12 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 50.312 51.338 13 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.345 — 14 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.539 — 15 98 Jeb Burton Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 50.586 — 16 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 53.603 — 17 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 50.683 — 18 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.821 — 19 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 50.826 — 20 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 51.009 — 21 10 Matt DiBenedetto (i) TriStar Motorsports Toyota 51.022 — 22 07 Ray Black Jr (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 51.212 — 23 01 Ryan Preece (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 51.278 — 24 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 51.300 — 25 44 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 51.348 — 26 78 B. J. McLeod (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 51.481 — 27 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 51.512 — 28 93 David Starr RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.588 — 29 0 Garrett Smithley (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 51.697 — 30 46 Brandon Gdovic Precision Performance Motorsports Chevrolet 51.819 — 31 40 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Dodge 52.249 — 32 97 Ryan Ellis Obaika Racing Chevrolet 52.902 — 33 89 Morgan Shepard Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 52.989 —Qualified by owner's points 34 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 53.027 — 35 13 Harrison Rhodes MBM Motorsports Toyota 53.033 — 36 70 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports Chevrolet 53.242 — 37 25 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54.140 — 38 15 Todd Peck B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 54.209 — 39 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 54.379 — 40 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 54.910 —Failed to qualify 41 77 T. J. Bell Obaika Racing Chevrolet 56.757 —Official qualifying results
Heat Races
Heat Race 1
Laps: 20; inside row (odds)
Pos No Car Number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 2 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 203 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 204 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 5 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 206 98 Jeb Burton Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 207 33 Brandon Jones (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 208 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 209 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2010 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 2011 44 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2012 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2013 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2014 01 Ryan Preece (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 1915 13 Harrison Rhodes MBM Motorsports Toyota 1816 25 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 1717 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 618 89 Morgan Shepard Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 319 40 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Dodge 320 10 Matt DiBenedetto (i) TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2Heat race 1 results
Heat Race 2
Laps: 20; outside row (evens)
Pos No Car Number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 20 Erik Jones (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 2 88 Kevin Harvick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 204 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20 5 48 Brennan Poole (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 206 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 207 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 208 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 209 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2010 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 2011 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 2012 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 2013 46 Brandon Gdovic Precision Performance Motorsports Chevrolet 2014 78 B. J. McLeod (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 2015 93 David Starr RSS Racing Chevrolet 2016 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 1917 97 Ryan Ellis Obaika Racing Chevrolet 1918 70 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports Chevrolet 1919 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 1920 15 Todd Peck B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 15Heat race 1 results
Race Results
Laps: 60
Pos Grid No Car Number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 63 0 2 4 88 Kevin Harvick (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 63 03 8 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 63 04 3 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 63 05 6 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 63 366 9 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 63 357 7 19 Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 63 348 5 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 63 09 12 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 63 3210 13 33 Brandon Jones (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 63 3111 10 48 Brennan Poole (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 63 3012 11 98 Jeb Burton Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 63 2913 15 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 62 2814 14 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 62 2715 17 11 Blake Kosh Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 62 2616 16 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 62 2617 19 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 62 2418 18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 62 2319 21 44 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 62 2220 20 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 62 2121 22 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 62 2022 2 20 Erik Jones (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 62 1923 25 0 Garrett Smithley (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 61 18 24 30 93 David Starr RSS Racing Chevrolet 61 1725 27 01 Ryan Preece (R) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 61 1626 28 78 B. J. McLeod (R) B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 61 1527 26 46 Brandon Gdovic Precision Performance Motorsports Chevrolet 60 1428 38 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 60 13 29 32 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 60 1230 34 97 Ryan Ellis Obaika Racing Chevrolet 60 1131 31 25 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 59 1032 36 70 Derrike Cope Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports Chevrolet 58 933 24 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 52 834 29 29 Harrison Rhodes MBM Motorsports Toyota 51 735 33 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 32 636 23 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 31 537 35 89 Morgan Shepard Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 17 438 39 10 Matt DiBenedetto (i) TriStar Motorsports Toyota 13 039 37 40 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Dodge 9 040 40 15 Todd Peck B. J. McLeod Motorsports Ford 0 1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 2 among 2 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 2 for 10 laps
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 1 hour, 9 minutes and 20 seconds
Average speed: 136.298 mph km/h
References
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