The 2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 20–21, 2016 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Contested over 500 laps on the .533-mile (0.858 km) short track, it was the 23rd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Kevin Harvick scored his third win of the season, The race had eight lead changes among different drivers and nine cautions for 106 laps, as well as 3 red flags for a total of 18 hours, 21 minutes and 4 seconds.

Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.

The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on August 15, 2016 at 9:25 a.m. Eastern time.

[10] Kyle Busch was fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.796 and a speed of 129.684 mph (208.706 km/h).

Of course the pole position would’ve been awesome, but we’ll take third and give it our best shot tomorrow night.

Under night Tennessee skies, Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag at 9:03.

The red flag period lasted for one hour, 24 minutes and four seconds before engines were refired at 10:42 and the cars rolled back onto the track.

Kyle Larson and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were both tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 158 for a single-car wreck in turn 2 involving Regan Smith.

The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 308 for a single-car spin by Kyle Larson in turn 4.

[17] Justin Allgaier, driving in place of Michael Annett, clipped the left-front of Busch's car.

[22] Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Ryan Blaney, Jimmie Johnson and Elliott all suffered damage in the wreck.

"[26] Stenhouse, who tied a career-best Sprint Cup Series finish with a runner-up finish in a special paint scheme dedicated to the late Bryan Clauson, said afterwards that he "knew we were going to have to get everything perfect, and it took me a minute to get the top going.

I wanted to give up when we were two [laps] down, but I remembered we had Bryan Clauson’s tribute car here, and his favorite helmet, and I dug deep and the guys dug deep and made a lost of changes that made our Fastenal Ford a lot better.

We really wanted to park it in Victory Lane for his whole family and all of his friends and fans for Tim, Di, Taylor and Lauren his fiancée… Just a little bit short.

"[27] Hamlin, who recovered from a speeding penalty and loose wheel to finish third, said he "had a great car.

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

Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Mike Massaro and Marty Snider reported from pit lane during the race.