The 2016 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was scheduled to be held on October 8, 2016, but was postponed to October 9, 2016, because of Hurricane Matthew, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States.

The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad-oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the Sprint All-Star Race, and the Bank of America 500.

The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area.

The 2,000 acres (810 ha) complex also features a state-of-the-art quarter mile (0.40 km) drag racing strip, ZMAX Dragway.

It is the only all-concrete, four-lane drag strip in the United States and hosts NHRA events.

But, I’ve just got to thank all my sponsors and everybody on this team, Chevrolet and Hendrick engines and chassis for everything that they do and for everything that Stewart-Haas (Racing) does.

Hopefully we can get it dialed in race trim.”[11] Alex Bowman, who qualified second, said he "didn't put the greatest lap together.

"[12] Both practice sessions scheduled for Friday following qualifying was cancelled due to rain stemming from Hurricane Matthew.

[13] Under clear blue North Carolina skies, Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag at 12:05 p.m.

Five drivers – Aric Almirola, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Matt Kenseth and Paul Menard for their crews being over the wall too soon, and Michael Annett for speeding – were sent to the tail end of the field for the restart.

Kyle Busch made an unscheduled stop from third on lap 90 for a right-front tire "delamination.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 117 after Logano suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 1.

I hate it for everybody ... they made some great adjustments today and got our car back where we needed to be to run up front and everything was going fine.

"[21] The fourth caution of the race flew on the same lap for Logano suffering another right-front tire blowout and slamming the wall in turn 1 again.

The sixth caution flew with 81 laps to go after A. J. Allmendinger suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 2.

[25] Unfortunately, Busch swerved to the left at the same time and hooked him into the wall and was rammed by Ryan Blaney and Paul Menard.

I felt like I got to third gear pretty clean and then the next thing – I feel contact and I am spinning through the grass.

The eighth caution of the race flew for Denny Hamlin losing an engine on the fronstretch with 26 laps to go.

It was better during the day than it is at night and that's a good thing, because we had to go to the back twice, so we were able to make up some ground and finish okay.”[33] NBC covered the race on the television side.

Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race.

Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will handle pit road on the television side.