In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series.

Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.147 seconds and a speed of 162.550 mph (261.599 km/h).

[11] Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.407 and a speed of 160.664 mph (258.564 km/h).

[13] Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.877 seconds and a speed of 157.363 mph (253.251 km/h).

At the time of the caution, Kyle Busch was leading as he and a few other drivers had yet to pit including Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Danica Patrick, and David Ragan.

The race would be red-flagged for 15 minutes to replace the barrels at the entrance to pit road.

The green flag came back out on lap 174 and Truex initially held the lead until getting passed by Larson in turn 2.

On lap 219, Kevin Harvick made an unscheduled green-flag pit stop for a vibration.

He was able to make it to pit road with a broken axle with the race remaining green.

Following the race, Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch, and Kasey Kahne were eliminated from the playoffs.

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