In December 2015 it was announced that in 2016 the speedway would be repaved and partially reconfigured. This was necessary to fix drainage issues after a rain-plagued 2015 weekend, when "weepers" from water being pushed up interfered with track drying efforts. In addition, turns 1 and 2 were changed, with the width of the track narrowed from 72 to 56 feet to give cars coming out of the pits a wider apron, and the banking increased from 14 to 17 degrees. Turns 3 and 4 remained 14 degrees. A curing process was used to make the new paving 5 years "seasoned" to give the surface character. Finally, SAFER Barriers were added along the entirety of the outside wall. The completed project was first used in the July 2016 NASCAR weekend, in which Brad Keselowski scored his third win by stretching his last tank of gas to barely beat Carl Edwards. The win gave Keselowski an average of .500 by winning 3 of the 6 races held, and is the only driver that has won at the speedway in even numbered years since the Cup Series arrived (2012, 2014, and 2016). In 2017, Martin Truex, Jr. became just the fourth driver to win the race, and he would go on to win the NASCAR Cup Series Championship.