2016_NASCAR_Camping_World_Truck_Series

2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

22nd season of third-tier NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

The 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 22nd season of the Camping World Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. It was contested over twenty-three races, beginning with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing won the driver's championship with three victories. Toyota won the manufacturer's championship with 14 wins and 32 points over Chevrolet.

Johnny Sauter, the 2016 Camping World Truck Series champion.
Matt Crafton, the 2013 and 2014 champion, finished second behind Sauter in the championship.
Christopher Bell, finished third in the championship.
Timothy Peters, finished fourth in the championship.
William Byron fininished fifth in the championship and was the Rookie of the Year.
Toyota won the Manufacturers' championship with 14 wins and 787 points.
The No. 9 for Kyle Busch Motorsports, driven entirely by William Byron, won the Owners' championship.

This was the first year that the truck series (and the Xfinity Series) had a playoff system. Just like in the Cup Series, four drivers competed for the title in the final race at Homestead, also the final round of the playoffs. Those drivers are shown below.

2016 was the final year to feature RAM in competition. Despite losing factory support following the 2012 season, several independent teams continued to run RAMs until the body style aged out.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

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Limited schedule

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Clay Greenfield Motorsports.
  2. [N 2]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Premium Motorsports.
  3. [N 3]
    Napier's races in the No. 49 were fielded in a collaboration with Rick Ware Racing.
  4. [N 4]
    All races that Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing fielded the No. 1 truck, these entries were fielded in a collaboration with MAKE Motorsports. At Kentucky Speedway (Race 10) Travis Kvapil wrecked his MAKE Motorsports' truck in practice and did not have a backup. So Kvapil took Jennifer' s No. 1 truck and renumbered it to No. 50. Jennifer Jo Cobb used her backup truck and renumbered it to No. 10, Caleb Roark drove the No. 1 truck that was a Premium Motorsports' truck they borrowed to S&P.
  5. [N 5]
    Tommy Joe Martins qualified the No. 44 truck for the race, but crashed in qualifying. He contacted Austin Wayne Self and the No. 22 team, who initially didn't make the race, to run with the No. 44 but in Self's (Toyota) truck.
  6. [N 6]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Contreras Motorsports.
  7. [N 7]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with SS-Green Light Racing.
  8. [N 8]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with JR Motorsports.
  9. [N 9]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with MB Motorsports.
  10. [N 10]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Ken Schrader Racing.
  11. [N 11]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with MAKE Motorsports.
  12. [N 12]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Peck Motorsports.
  13. [N 13]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Young's Motorsports.
  14. [N 14]
    Entry at Gateway was fielded in a collaboration with MAKE Motorsports.
  15. [N 15]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with NTS Motorsports.
  16. [N 16]
    Entry was fielded by Rette Jones Racing in a collaboration with Hattori Racing Enterprises.
  17. [N 17]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Kyle Busch Motorsports.
  18. [N 18]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with B. J. McLeod Motorsports.
  19. [N 19]
    Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Mike Harmon Racing.

Changes

Teams

Drivers

Crew chiefs

Rule changes

The 2016 Camping World Truck Series season introduced several major changes:

  • A "caution clock" rule was in effect during all races, excluding the Eldora Dirt Derby due to its format. Under this system, a competition caution was thrown after twenty consecutive minutes of green flag racing. No free pass was awarded on these cautions, and the clock is reset upon all restarts. The clock was turned off during the final laps of the race (10 on Pocono and Mosport, 20 on all other tracks).[11] The caution clock rule was replaced the following year with a new stage system, adopted by all three of NASCAR's national series.[12]
  • A playoff format similar to the Chase for the Cup used in the Sprint Cup Series was adopted.[13]
  • Truck Series director Elton Sawyer also announced the availability of crate engines, known as the "Delta Engine", for teams to use starting with the Charlotte race.[14]

Schedule

The Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway in August

FS1 televised every race except Talladega, which aired on Fox. Due to programming overrun, coverage of Iowa started on Fox Business Network, while Michigan aired on FS2.

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Results and standings

Races

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Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led.

. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

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Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

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Manufacturers' championship

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See also

Notes

  • ^1 Tommy Joe Martins qualified the No. 44 truck for the race, but crashed in qualifying. He contacted Austin Wayne Self and the No. 22 team, who initially didn't make the race, to run with the No. 44 but in Self's (Toyota) truck.
  • ^2 The race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was postponed from May 20 to May 21 because of inclement weather.[15]
  • ^3 Because of chassis and body regulations, Ram is only eligible to race at circuits 1.25 miles or shorter (except Dover) and road courses that use the previous-generation body. Fiat last submitted a truck in the 2012 season, before the current generation body used at longer tracks was used. [citation needed]

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