| Official Race Results | ||||||||
| Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | ||||||||
| April 17, 2016 | Race 8 of 36 | ||||||||
| Average Speed: 81.6 M.P.H. | ||||||||
| Margin of Victory: .766 Seconds | Time of Race: 3 Hrs., 15 Mins., 52 Secs. | |||||||
| Lead Changes: 16 among 7drivers | ||||||||
| Cautions: 15 for 102 laps | ||||||||
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts | Laps | Status |
| 1 | 1 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | Comcast Business | 45/5 | 500 | Running |
| 2 | 20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Nationwide | 39/0 | 500 | Running |
| 3 | 26 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Haas Automation/Monster Energy | 39/1 | 500 | Running |
| 4 | 19 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | Kelley Blue Book | 37/0 | 500 | Running |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | AdvoCare | 36/0 | 500 | Running |
| 6 | 30 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | Cosmo Motors | 35/0 | 500 | Running |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | ditech | 35/1 | 500 | Running |
| 8 | 36 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 5-hour Energy | 33/0 | 500 | Running |
| 9 | 17 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | WIX | 32/0 | 500 | Running |
| 10 | 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Autotrader | 32/1 | 500 | Running |
| 11 | 18 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire &… | 30/0 | 500 | Running |
| 12 | 23 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Roush Performance | 29/0 | 500 | Running |
| 13 | 13 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 28/0 | 500 | Running |
| 14 | 8 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | Furniture Row | 27/0 | 500 | Running |
| 15 | 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Tarkett/Menards | 27/1 | 500 | Running |
| 16 | 32 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Zest | 25/0 | 500 | Running |
| 17 | 11 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Great Clips | 24/0 | 500 | Running |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | Miller Lite | 23/0 | 500 | Running |
| 19 | 9 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | Bush's Beans | 22/0 | 500 | Running |
| 20 | 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 21/0 | 500 | Running |
| 21 | 21 | 34 | Chris Buescher | Ford | Love's Travel Stops | 20/0 | 500 | Running |
| 22 | 28 | 38 | Landon Cassill | Ford | Snap Fitness | 20/1 | 500 | Running |
| 23 | 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 18/0 | 499 | Running |
| 24 | 16 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | GEICO | 17/0 | 499 | Running |
| 25 | 34 | 14 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats | 0/0 | 499 | Running |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops/Ranger Boats | 15/0 | 498 | Running |
| 27 | 33 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | Nature's Bakery | 14/0 | 498 | Running |
| 28 | 39 | 98 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | 13/0 | 496 | Running |
| 29 | 31 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | KLove Radio | 12/0 | 495 | Running |
| 30 | 27 | 44 | Brian Scott | Ford | Shore Lodge | 11/0 | 493 | Running |
| 31 | 40 | 46 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | Pilot Flying J | 10/0 | 492 | Running |
| 32 | 37 | 32 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ford | Keen Parts/Visone RV | 9/0 | 488 | Running |
| 33 | 35 | 30 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | Curtis Key Plumbing | 8/0 | 482 | Running |
| 34 | 22 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield | 7/0 | 479 | Running |
| 35 | 25 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | Target | 6/0 | 462 | Running |
| 36 | 2 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | Dollar General | 6/1 | 460 | Running |
| 37 | 29 | 7 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | APC | 4/0 | 451 | Accident |
| 38 | 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 3/0 | 258 | Accident |
| 39 | 24 | 23 | David Ragan | Toyota | Dr Pepper | 2/0 | 211 | Engine |
| 40 | 38 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | ChampionMachinery.com | 1/0 | 169 | Suspension |