The 2016 Boyd Gaming 300 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway a 1.5 miles (2.41 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrac. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing led a dominating 199 out of 200 laps to earn his 78th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Daniel Suarez of Joe Gibbs Racing and Erik Jones, also of Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish second and third, respectively.