| Official Race Results | ||||||||
| Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race | Bristol Motor Speedway | ||||||||
| August 20, 2016 - rain delayed to August 21, 2016 | Race 23 of 36 | ||||||||
| Average Speed: 78.0 mph | ||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | Time of Race: 3 hrs 25 minutes 05 seconds | |||||||
| Lead Changes: 20 among drivers 8 | ||||||||
| Cautions: 9 for 106 laps + 2 Red Flags for rain | ||||||||
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts | Laps | Status |
| 1 | 24 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Busch Beer | 44/4 | 500 | Running |
| 2 | 25 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Fastenal | 39/0 | 500 | Running |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 39/1 | 500 | Running |
| 4 | 13 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | DOW - Great Stuff | 37/0 | 500 | Running |
| 5 | 12 | 34 | Chris Buescher | Ford | Love's Travel Stops | 36/0 | 500 | Running |
| 6 | 1 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Toyota | Stanley | 36/1 | 500 | Running |
| 7 | 16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Kobalt | 34/0 | 500 | Running |
| 8 | 28 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Cessna | 33/0 | 500 | Running |
| 9 | 8 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | Bush's Grillin Beans | 32/0 | 500 | Running |
| 10 | 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | 32/1 | 500 | Running |
| 11 | 11 | 88 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Axalta | 30/0 | 500 | Running |
| 12 | 22 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | AdvoCare | 29/0 | 500 | Running |
| 13 | 19 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | AARP Drive to End… | 28/0 | 500 | Running |
| 14 | 17 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Waffle House | 27/0 | 500 | Running |
| 15 | 6 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | NAPA Auto Parts | 27/1 | 500 | Running |
| 16 | 34 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | EcoBoost | 25/0 | 500 | Running |
| 17 | 18 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | Cosmo Motors | 24/0 | 500 | Running |
| 18 | 30 | 44 | Brian Scott | Ford | Medallion Financial/Jacob | 24/1 | 499 | Running |
| 19 | 26 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | Thrivent Financial | 22/0 | 499 | Running |
| 20 | 32 | 38 | Landon Cassill | Ford | MDS Transport | 21/0 | 497 | Running |
| 21 | 37 | 23 | David Ragan | Toyota | Dr Pepper | 20/0 | 497 | Running |
| 22 | 29 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | Nature's Bakery | 19/0 | 496 | Running |
| 23 | 7 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum | 18/0 | 496 | Running |
| 24 | 23 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | Huggies | 17/0 | 495 | Running |
| 25 | 21 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | GEICO | 16/0 | 495 | Running |
| 26 | 33 | 7 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | APC | 15/0 | 491 | Running |
| 27 | 36 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | 14/0 | 489 | Running |
| 28 | 15 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 14/1 | 487 | Running |
| 29 | 38 | 32 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ford | Can-Am/Kappa | 12/0 | 479 | Running |
| 30 | 27 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 11/0 | 471 | Running |
| 31 | 31 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 5-hour Energy | 10/0 | 470 | Running |
| 32 | 20 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Knauf/Menards | 9/0 | 458 | Running |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | Autotrader | 8/0 | 458 | Running |
| 34 | 35 | 98 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | Carolina Skiff | 7/0 | 442 | Running |
| 35 | 4 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | Virginia Tech/Motorcraft | 6/0 | 437 | Running |
| 36 | 40 | 30 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | Curtis Key Plumbing | 5/0 | 416 | Running |
| 37 | 5 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | Dollar General | 4/0 | 373 | Accident |
| 38 | 14 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Monster Energy/Haas Automation | 3/0 | 372 | Accident |
| 39 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's 75th Anniversary | 4/2 | 357 | Accident |
| 40 | 39 | 46 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | Pilot Flying J/Battle at… | 0/0 | 354 | Accident |