The 2016 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 6, 2016 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course.

During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections.

The preliminary entry list for the race included forty cars and was released on May 30, 2016 at 12:48 pm ET.

He’s probably not really happy I won the pole, but it goes the other way sometimes where he gets it.”[12] He also added that he "felt really good when we ran the first round and I was third and knew I had a little more speed left.

[17] Under mostly sunny Pennsylvania skies, Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 12:13 p.m. Teammate Joey Logano passed him exiting turn 1 to take the lead.

Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

[20] More specifically, one of his crew members dented in a side panel that could give the car an aerodynamic advantage.

The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 60 for a single-car wreck in turn 1 involving DiBenedetto.

Aric Almirola was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Going into the turn, Michael Annett suffered a left-front tire blowout and slammed the wall.

The eighth caution of the race flew with 51 laps to go for a single-car wreck on the Long Pond straightaway.

Going into the turn, Austin Dillon suffered a right-front brake rotor failure and slammed the wall.

Rounding the turn, Jimmie Johnson got loose, saved the car but slammed the inside wall.

"[28] After finishing third, Keselowski took issue with comments made by Fox Sports color commentator Jeff Gordon saying Fox "need[s] to get some people that aren't inbred to the sport and own teams and have internal knowledge, because that is pretty crappy.

"[29] Elliott, who finished fourth after leading a race-high of 51 laps, said he "made a big mistake there behind [Earnhardt] in the tunnel [Turn 2].

Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.

Alex Hayden, Glenn Jarrett and Steve Post reported from pit lane during the race.